Nachtaufklärungsstaffel Operations

[Chris Goss]

Has any account of the operations of these 4 staffel been published? I have the potted histories (which are thin) but from what I can see, 51 aircrew were awarded the DKiG and one, Hptm Franz Kustaz, the RK which is quite impressive. Matti has been helpful with the losses (they flew Do 17, Do 217 and He 111 but in very small numbers) but am I missing something?

[Nick Beale]

All I can offer is these four Do 217s of 1.(F)/Nacht that were found at Zeltweg, Austria: http://www.ghostbombers.com/miscella.../zeltweg3.html

[gogh]

Post 2# for Nick Beale K7+DH has the same WNr. as K7+HH an typo ?

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by gogh

Post 2# for Nick Beale K7+DH has the same WNr. as K7+HH an typo ?

There's a note on the page, in red letters on a white background: "[Duplicated Werk Nummer, as in original report]".

[ju55dk]

Also Ju 188.
Junker

[Chris Goss]

...and Ju 88 but Dorniers and Heinkels seemed to be the aircraft of choice

[Chris Goss]

Matti has kindly send me a list of their aircraft-just one Ju 88 A-4, one Ju 88 D-1 and a single Ju 188 are listed. Rest are Do 17 M, P, Z; He 111 P-2, H-5, H-6, H-11, H-16; Do 217 E-4, K-1, M-1, N-1; Do 215 B-4, B-5

[Brian Bines]

According to another site and GQM page 10 dated 30.4.43 Ju 88 D-1 F6+EM 430449 of 4.Nachtaufklärungsstaffel was lost on 10.4.43 with FF Ltn Horst Dietrich , B Ltn Kurt Faust , Bf Uffz Johann Kutner and Bm Ofw Wilhelm Klingenberg all missing . Comments from the other site added that they fell to two P-39s of 298 IAP making a belly landing 45 km. NW of Tihoreck with crew taken prisoner .

Horst Dietrich b. 23-3-22 shown in Luftwaffe Officers Career Summaries as being in 4.Nachtaufklärungsstaffel

[ju55dk]

Ju 188 D-2: K7+BK and K7+CK april 1945.
Junker

[Laurent Rizzotti]

Originally Posted by Brian Bines

According to another site and GQM page 10 dated 30.4.43 Ju 88 D-1 F6+EM 430449 of 4.Nachtaufklärungsstaffel was lost on 10.4.43 with FF Ltn Horst Dietrich , B Ltn Kurt Faust , Bf Uffz Johann Kutner and Bm Ofw Wilhelm Klingenberg all missing . Comments from the other site added that they fell to two P-38s of 298 IAP making a belly landing 45 km. NW of Tihoreck with crew taken prisoner .

Horst Dietrich b. 23-3-22 shown in Luftwaffe Officers Career Summaries as being in 4.Nachtaufklärungsstaffel

Guess you mean two P-39s of 298 IAP.