Is there a list of ships sunk by the Luftwaffe?

[mjbollinger]

The Soviets published a multi-volume report on ship losses and damage during WWII. It is very complete, covering merchant ships and warships. A few copies are available (in Russian). It details losses by theater and by day. Extremely detailed.

[Paul Thompson]

Originally Posted by mjbollinger

The Soviets published a multi-volume report on ship losses and damage during WWII. It is very complete, covering merchant ships and warships. A few copies are available (in Russian). It details losses by theater and by day. Extremely detailed.

mjbollinger,

Thank you for making me aware of the source. Would you mind providing the title and publication details?

I have sent you a private message.

Regards,

Paul

[James A Pratt III]

Glad to be of help. Here are some books that deal with RAF torpedo bomber and anti-shipping operations:
Torpedo Bomber/ The Ship Busters Ralph Barker
The Strike Wings Roy C Nesbit
Armed Rovers " "
Torpedo Airmen " "
A Separate little War Andrew Bird
A Forgotten Offensive Christina J.M. Goulter

[Paul Thompson]

Originally Posted by James A Pratt III

Glad to be of help. Here are some books that deal with RAF torpedo bomber and anti-shipping operations:
Torpedo Bomber/ The Ship Busters Ralph Barker
The Strike Wings Roy C Nesbit
Armed Rovers " "
Torpedo Airmen " "
A Separate little War Andrew Bird
A Forgotten Offensive Christina J.M. Goulter

James, thank you for the set of sources. I will look up the new Stackpole edition of "The Ship Busters", since I have at least broswed all the others. In the process of finding that edition, I've chanced upon an interesting blog by someone who's read a few works on Coastal Command - aircrewbookreview.blogspot.com.

Regards,

Paul

[Frank Olynyk]

Paul,
May I add to the list of references the books of Chris Shores? First, the two volumes published so far of A History of the Mediterranean Air War, which cover the period of June 1940 to March 1943 in North Africa. These cover operations from Northeast Africa, and should cover all sinkings by aircraft of the British, Italian, German and American forces in this period. The period of November 1942 to May 1943 will be covered in volume three, work on which has just started.

Operations from Malta are covered in the earlier Malta: The Hurricane Years (1940 to 1941), and Malta: The Spitfire Year (1942). Further operations from Malta will appear in forthcoming volumes of Mediterranean Air War. The former is out of print, but used copies are not hard to find. The latter has just been reprinted.

The earlier Air War for Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete 1940-41 also has details of ship losses to aircraft, with appendices listing the losses. Additional research in this area has been done by others, so these lists may be incomplete. This one is also out of print, and seems to be just a little expensive.

Hope this helps.

Frank.
co-author of the MAW series.