Attempt to identify Luftwaffe losses in the last 6 months of the war using the example of Mikhail Kuzmin (15.ORAP VVS KBF)

[Andrey Kuznetsov]

Perhaps it would be worth asking the question in more general terms.

As far as I can see, the filling of summary reports on aircraft losses broken down by units (Summarische Verlustmeldungen, RL2-III/843 and subsequent files) ended on 31.Jan.45. The same thing with flight personnel losses apparently ended completely on 31.Dec.44.

Daily reports on losses for 1945 have been preserved for 1.Mar.-1.Apr.45 only. It is clear that these reports are incomplete.

Summary accounting of aircraft losses by type (without breakdown by unit) continued at least until the end of March.

Thus, determining the losses of specific units for 1945 (and for the last months of 1944) is problematic.

When did the compilation of NVM reports (Vordruck II) end in 1945 en masse?

Best regards,
Andrey