Ghostbombers updates

[Nick Beale]

Uploaded to the ghostbombers.com website this morning:

• Several additions to Listening and Jamming, June 1943–August 1944: including the origins of Kommando Rastedter, co-operation with naval units and its commanding officer's subsequent posting.
• KGr. 100, ULTRA and the Coventry Blitz: extensive additions about the RAF's attacks on the X-beam stations.
• I./JG 4 heads home: expanded to include details of four more Bf 109 G-14 lost or damaged on 19 September 1944.

[RolandF]

For September 19th 1944, Bf 109G-14 WNr 413774 I have Fahnenjunker- Unteroffizier Horst Zwingmann, injured. Obviously he returned.
Hope this helps

Regards
RolandF

[Nick Beale]

Thanks Roland, that's one for me to include at the next update.

[RT]

Nd for the 413686, name is Ge. Kurt Lack 59740/620

Rémi

[Nick Beale]

This morning's updates to Ghost Bombers are:

• Extensive additions to Listening and Jamming: June 1943–August 1944, including statements from German prisoners about Kdo. Rastedter and information about the Kettenhund jamming transmitter.
• Markings and camouflage: additions about Mediterranean theatre markings in December 1941 (thanks to Daniele Righi) and the emblem of 1.(F)/121.
• Geschwader Bongart: more about Luftwaffe intervention in the Battle of Estang, as seen by Lt. Col. George Starr.
• Jagdgruppe 200: additions regarding operations on 18, 23 and 29 June 1944 (thanks to Jochen Prien).
• I./JG 4 heads home: addition of a pilot's name and correction of another (thanks to 12 o'Clock High Forum members RolandF and RT).

[edNorth]

12 December 1941
"engine colwings will be painted broihgt yellow..."

Nothing personal. These bright cowlings hit my eyes some days ago, but was unable post anything, due "page resetting whilst loading" problem, unsolvable by hitting F5.

I think in old days Warts were warned of falling bottom (under) engine cowlings, at least on Bf 109s as these included the (heavy) oil cooler.

HNY -Ed

[TormodChristiansen]

Originally Posted by Nick Beale

This morning's updates to Ghost Bombers are:

• I./JG 4 heads home: addition of a pilot's name and correction of another (thanks to 12 o'Clock High Forum members RolandF and RT).

Interesting to see the magnitude of decrypted ULTRA-messages and it looks like ULTRA also includes losses with lightly damaged aircrafts with no personal injury. Any chance for that you have stumbled upon similar cases in Norway for the same time period in 1944 as this bird? http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showth...ight=krager%F6

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by TormodChristiansen

Interesting to see the magnitude of decrypted ULTRA-messages and it looks like ULTRA also includes losses with lightly damaged aircrafts with no personal injury. Any chance for that you have stumbled upon similar cases in Norway for the same time period in 1944 as this bird? http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showth...ight=krager%F6

I have been so busy for a long time with operations in France that now I feel guilty that I did not pay more attention to Norway! Most of what I have noticed has been about movements of aircraft between bases and sorties flown on particular days, especially reconnaissance and convoy escort. From memory I am sure that you will find some reports of lost or damaged aircraft but I don't remember any long lists. That I./JG 4 material I found is unusual because you do not usually get so many reports from one unit. Such information can appear suddenly and vanish just as fast (for example when they move to somewhere with a good landline and stop communicating by radio).

I'm still "in France" (in research terms) at the moment but if I spot any good Norway material, I'll post it on the forum.

[gaupe75]

Originally Posted by Nick Beale

I have been so busy for a long time with operations in France that now I feel guilty that I did not pay more attention to Norway! Most of what I have noticed has been about movements of aircraft between bases and sorties flown on particular days, especially reconnaissance and convoy escort. From memory I am sure that you will find some reports of lost or damaged aircraft but I don't remember any long lists. That I./JG 4 material I found is unusual because you do not usually get so many reports from one unit. Such information can appear suddenly and vanish just as fast (for example when they move to somewhere with a good landline and stop communicating by radio).

So that probably means that communication between luftwaffe units in Norway, was mostly by landline, and was never picked up by ULTRA?

Then what we have left, is communication with ship traffic?

[TormodChristiansen]

Thanks anyway for the reply and information on the matter Nick.