Pictures from my Grandfather 1.(F)123 Norway 1942 ff

[edNorth]

I like know if any flights by him are recorded to Iceland area (26West etc.). Possibly only after May 1942.

Best regards
Ed

[beaverpatrol]

Originally Posted by eknutson

As you say sombody can use it for investegation. Whould it be possible for you to shear Hig res scans for the Sola Aiation Museum. A copy of the flugbuch will also be of interest

Regards
Ernst Knutson mail fiaten@c2i.net

I will send you all the stuff i have. some files are larger than 2 MB . did your email-provider accept this? drop me a line to Beaverpatrols@gmail.com


FOR ALL : !!

I was surprised about such a big interest about these pictures. i will load them via Picasa into the internet. so could every people use them for historical researchs.
i will post the URL if uploading is completed

Kind Regards @ all

[beaverpatrol]

Originally Posted by Chris Goss

Can you tell us more about Gerhard Losse?

It was my grandfather.
see also @ http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=19254

[beaverpatrol]

try this :
https://picasaweb.google.com/1071522...339149/DropBox

thats all i have as scans
some more informations i saved in my mind , after discussions with my grandmother.

ask me , maybe i can help

[edNorth]

Thank you very much, Much appriciated!

Most if not all the photos are new to me, but its the logbook that says so much. Very interesting entries in his logbook; several flight to the Faroe-Islands, but no flights to East-Iceland.
"LB" notation on flights on the A6+EH and A6+FH over Scapa Flow, Leirwick etc. in May and June 1942 likely denote Luftbild (Vertical Photo-"Mapping") from that altitude. Two aircraft with these codes were lost in the autumn. All Ju 88 D´s could carry larg mapping cameras but it appears most flying was visual recce at lo level.

Also still having Do 17 (A6+OH) in summer 1941, and also flying Do 17 with 1.(F)/124 (code G2+AL) was surprise, I thought long since replaced by Ju 88 D´s. The Fw 200 Condor training in summer 1942 likely because unit 1.(F)/120 got some of them in the autumn. Note there is NOT "Ju 88" marked on flights in November/December 1942, so I wonder if these are Ju 88 or Fw 200.

Best regards
Ed

[bill norman]

When I try to download, I simply get 'Sorry page not found'. Given that edNorth managed it, what am I doing wrong?

[beaverpatrol]

https://picasaweb.google.com/1071522...eat=directlink

should work

[bill norman]

Beaverpatrol. It worked! Thank you

[edNorth]

One of the pilots Losse flew with was Lt. Schütze, see entries 13., 18, and 23. September 1941. This pilot was Rudolf Schütze that flew mostly He 111´s with Wettekette Nord (1940) and Westa Luftflotte 5 afterwards, then with Westa 6 in Banak, and crashing in Arado Ar 232 near Banak. He made many pioneering flights, including first Luftwaffe He 111 recce flight over Reykjavík City (Iceland) in November 1940. His incredible flight story is told in full in book "Wetterflieger in der Arktis 1940-1944" by Werner Schwerdtfeger and Franz Selinger. Motorbuch Verlag 1982, German text, ISBN 3-87943-854-4

Thanks again,
Best regards, Ed

[Andreas Brekken]

Dear mr. Schröder!

Thank you very much!

A lot of interesting information on recce flights from Norway, and your attitude towards sharing with the research community is commendable.

Klasse!

MfG Andreas B