Luftflotte 4 losses Apr.-Jun.1943: a comparison of the different data

[Nikita Egorov]

Andrey, thank you for raising this issue again.

In TsAMO you will find an interogation protocole of an officer from the QM's staff of Luftflotte 3 within 1941-1943, who descibed how the system worked in details. I will send you reference by e-mail.

Andreas,

To summerise, we have four main sources of LW losses:

1. GQ reports.
2. Bestand listings.
3. NVM
4. Summarische Verlustmeldungen

Were there any other documents related directly to losses and to what extent they have been preserved up to now? What level was responsible for reporting losses that occurred during transportation to or back from rear? Many planes were captured on the railway junctions, dismantled for shipping and they were reported only initially in GQ as revocable losses.