KG 55 Losses on 1944

[Eduardo]

Hi,

Is it possible for someone to help me with the losses of KG 55 on 31 march 1944
and 11 jun 1944.Any help I will appreciate a lot.
Thanks;
Eduardo.

[Laurent Rizzotti]

From the KG 55 book by Wolfgang Dietrich, Motorbuch Verlag, here are the human losses for these two days (that were bad days for KG 55):

31 March 1944:
_ two crew of KG 55 were lost in air collision, presumably together but the loss lists gives slightly different data:
Crew 1 (Uffz Ernst Löffler (FF), Uffz Günther Källner (BO), Uffz Walter Benz (BF), Uffz Karl Imhof (BM) and Uffz Erich Hehmke (BS)) were all killed during a school flight (Schulungsflug), crashing NO Garbatka/NW Bakowice after an air collision during formation flight
Crew 2 (Uffz Heinz Jordan (FF), Uffz Sigmund Kitzinger (BO), Yffz Fritz Weber (BF), Uffz Werner Bähr (BM) and Uffz Theodor Grün (BS)) were all killed during a training flight (Ubungsflug), crashing NO Garbatka/NO Bakowice after an air collision
I don't know the difference, if any, between a Schulungsflug and a Ubungsflug.
_ Fw Ernst Schumann of 3./KG 55 was wounded by infantery fire in Kowel area during a mission on Kowel.
_ during a raid on Sarny, a crew of 7./KG 55 (Lt Horst Lämmel (FF), Fw Hans Büskens (BO), Uffz Wolfgang Meister (BF), Uffz Gerhard Wendt (BM) and Ogefr Johann Schumacher (BS)) was posted missing after their aircraft exploded,crashed and burned at Walusch.
_ during a raid on Sarny, a crew of 9./KG 55 was attacked by a nightfighter: Ogefr Kurt Heinrich (BM) was killed, and Gefr Johannes Pocke (BO), Uffz Paul Wolf (BF) and Uffz Richard Jäkel (BM), were wounded

11 June 1944:
_ Gefr Waldemar Ramolla (Bf) of 3./KG 55 wounded, Notlandung at Beresa Kartuska in an operational flight
_ two crew of 4./KG 55 were lost in an air collision over Terespol, crashed and burned (Aufschlagbrand). All were killed.
Crew 1: Ogefr Gerhard Gössling (FF), Fw Josef Gerschütz (BO), Gefr Ulrich Jahn (BF), Uffz Rudi Ebeling (BM) and Uffz Erhard Schmenk (BS).
Crew 2: Uffz Ulrich Seubert (FF), Uffz Gerhard Morge (BO), Uffz Gerhard Fallscheer (BF), Uffz Werner Zschaler (BM) and Uffz Arnold Theissen (BS)
_ Ogefr Johann Schumacher (BM) of 2.FBK was killed at Terespol during a ferry flight when his aircraft crashed and burned (Aufschlagbrand) after an air collision (Zusammenstoss). Probably a passenger of one of the two 4./KG 55 aircraft that collided (see above)
_ a crew of 8./KG 55 (Fhj.Fw. Erich Kurzweiler (F), Uffz Hans Markgraf
(BO), Ogefr Willi Mohr (BF), Uffz Walter Kleine (BM) and Ofw Ewald Blask (BS)) went missing during a raid on Kiev.
_ another crew of 8./KG 55 crashed on take-off from Podlodowka for an operationnal flight. The pilot, Uffz Kurt Keil, and another crew, Uffz Erich Kalabuch, were wounded, a third crew, Fhj.Fw. Werner Beuchel, was killed.

The list in the book is not in chronological order but I don't think I have missed something for these two days. Material losses without casualty will not appear in the book.

[Eduardo]

Any clue about serial number and stkz?

Eduardo.

[RT]

Pls owe Matti for these ones

31 3 44 ST KG55 Garbatka Waldgelände N, N Baranowicze Z HE111H-16 161529 G1+DA 100
31 3 44 ST KG55 Garbatka Waldgelände N, N Baranowicze Z HE111H-16 161562 G1+CA 100
31 3 44 7 KG55 Walusch Expl,+ AS HE111H 100
31 3 44 9 KG55 X F NJ HE111H
31 3 44 4 KG55 Kowel Inf, Beschuß HE111H-16 161441 G1+HM

[RT]

Nd praise him, for the following

11 6 44 8 KG55 X X HE111H
11 6 44 3 KG55 Beresa Kartuska N HE111H-16 162366 G1+DL
11 6 44 4 KG55 Terespol A Z AS HE111H-16 161590 G1+DM
11 6 44 4 KG55 Terespol A Z AS HE111H-16
11 6 44 8 KG55 Podlodowka FP b, A S HE111H-20 700137 G1+KS


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[Eduardo]

Thanks everybody!!!!
Eduardo.