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Re: GQM Verluste und Unfälle.
Yes they are.
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Re: GQM Verluste und Unfälle.
Hello Franek,
I know quite a few examples where reliably known aircraft losses are missing from the GQM returns. But so far I have not seen a single case where a reliably known personal loss is missing from the German documents (I judge this mainly from Soviet data on POW or KIA German pilots). 1944, of course, remains outside the brackets. Best regards, Andrey |
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Re: GQM Verluste und Unfälle.
I can confirm that personel losses in rare cases are missing from the NVM(WASt)
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Re: GQM Verluste und Unfälle.
I have found that several losses, mainly in December 1944, were not recorded in a NVM although the pilot had serious injuries and in one case even was KIA.
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Re: GQM Verluste und Unfälle.
John and Junker, thank you!
And are there similar examples in 1941-43? Best regards, Andrey |
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Re: GQM Verluste und Unfälle.
I am not sure, but I would assume 1940-1943 is reasonably complete. I think gaps can be seen from fall of 1944 onwards. Of course everything after February 1945 is more and more a problem.
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Re: GQM Verluste und Unfälle.
Thank you, John!
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Re: GQM Verluste und Unfälle.
There are gaps in 1941-42. Most of JFS 3/Jgr. Drontheim NVM were lost during the war. And I have two other losses without a NVM apart from that in Denmark.
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Re: GQM Verluste und Unfälle.
Obviously, there are some gaps towards the end of the war, but there are some gaps from the earlier period. For example, Galland was wounded on 2 July 1941, but there is no record in either NVMs nor GQ6. The problem is, that we know that some records are incomplete, but we have no idea to what extent. Simply, we do not have full access to NVMs, and those should be indexed to make any analysis possible. We do not have detailed information from lower levels of command chain. To be honest, I do not expect the actual figures to be much different, and I guess the gaps refer mostly to wounded airmen and damaged aircraft, but we should be very careful with any definite statements in this regard.
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Re: GQM Verluste und Unfälle.
Junker and Franek, thank you!
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In any case, all this creates an unpleasant uncertainty. Best regards, Andrey |
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