Missing Losses

[Andreas Brekken]

Hi.

As a comment to this I want to add a description of how my team has been working:

We started by adding all corrections to the database. For those of you familiar with the format you know that these partly come as separate lists before the ordinary losses, in part intermingled between the losses (latter mostly in 1940 or early).

This enabled us to link the corrections and original loss when we processed the loss document for a given date, as all corrections and admendments to this must have been made after the original documents, and in some instances this have been real puzzles. Just to illustrate:

We have a loss record of a given date. For this loss record there are two corrections, one adding details, and another stating that the loss should be stricken, because it is similar to a loss reported on another date. And this other original loss also have corrections....

So thank good for relational databases, as we now are able to gather all these into a single record with all the correct references.

In the design of the database my most inportant isue has been that I want to be able to backtrack ALL information with regards to where it came from... not least because I have been scratching my head and banging it into the tabletop more than once because I know I have read something somewhere, but cannot find it...

So trust me guys, I know the feeling!

Regards,
Andreas B

[Chris Goss]

Tony: Logbook makes no mention of a combat rather engine failure

[Tony Kearns]

Thanks Chris, as always.
Anyone know the mission please? and the identity of the Wekusta 2 ObdL Ju88 also lost on that date.?

[Chris Goss]

I will have a look at the NVM/Leistungsbuch when I get home tomorrow

[Norbert Schuchbauer]

Loss of 2./Wekusta ObdL on 07-05-41 in Atlantic PQ 69-79/24 West, He 111, WNr. 6926, KG+UV, 100%. Crew MIA.
Ltn. Mager Rudi, F
Reg.Rat Fischer Bernhard, B
Uffz. Landgraf Erich, Bf
Gefr. Rössler Albert, Bm

No Ju 88 for this date and this unit.

Ragrads,

Norbert

[Tony Kearns]

Thank you Chris and Norbert.
F/Lt Haywood did not see the aircraft crash which he attacked but the Coastguard and a railway guard observed it to go into the sea. The time is listed as 02.45.
Kind regards
Tony K