German losses over Austria

[Andreas Brekken]

Hi, Stig.

Until we get further information from the Namentliche Verlustemeldung or other contemporary sources my postulation is that the aircraft with the mentioned WNr was a KG 54 bird, while the aircraft flown by LG 1 are a 'WNr unknown' as far as I am concerned.

So someone have to come up with a comtemporary source for the WNr on the LG 1 bird before I take this as a final answer.

We do not know to what extent the crew members was wounded yet. I have seen (and heard a few recollections from veterans) examples of belly landings with 109's that were below 10% but with injuries to the pilot. In one of these the aircraft slid to a halt on a grass landing strip, and the pilot banged his head against the gunsight and was rewarded the Verwundetenabzeichen for his head injury, while the aircraft is not recorded in the loss records at all (only visible from the NVM and in his logbook).

So in my opinion, we need the NVM for these guys, or an entry from a unit log or something similar in order to state that this is the same airframe.

Regards,
Andreas