KG 30 losses 15th. August 1940

[Brian Bines]

Which of the units losses this day were Ju 88 A's and which were C's, any help appreciated,
Thanks
Brian Bines

[edNorth]

Hi ;

These are all the 15 August 1940 losses (with report number and report date in 6.Abt records)

.... Ju 88 A-5 II/KG 30 15.08.1940 (12v17.08.40)
.... Ju 88 A II/LG 1 15.08.1940 (37v17.08.40)
.... Ju 88 A II/LG 1 15.08.1940 (38v17.08.40)
.... Ju 88 A II/LG 1 15.08.1940 (39v17.08.40)
.... Ju 88 A II/LG 1 15.08.1940 (40v17.08.40)
.... Ju 88 A II/LG 1 15.08.1940 (41v17.08.40)
.... Ju 88 A II/LG 1 15.08.1940 (42v17.08.40)
.... Ju 88 A-1 II/LG 1 15.08.1940 (43v17.08.40)
.... Ju 88 A-1 I/LG 1 15.08.1940 (44v17.08.40)
.... Ju 88 A III/KG 77 15.08.1940 (45v17.08.40)
.... Ju 88 A-1 9(E)/KG 54 15.08.1940 (07v18.08.40)
.... Ju 88 A-5 3./KG 30 15.08.1940 (35v18.08.40)
.... Ju 88 C I/KG 30 15.08.1940 (36v18.08.40)
.... Ju 88 C I/KG 30 15.08.1940 (37v18.08.40)
.... Ju 88 C III/KG 30 15.08.1940 (38v18.08.40)
.... Ju 88 C III/KG 30 15.08.1940 (39v18.08.40)
.... Ju 88 C III/KG 30 15.08.1940 (40v18.08.40)
.... Ju 88 C III/KG 30 15.08.1940 (41v18.08.40)
.... Ju 88 C III/KG 30 15.08.1940 (42v18.08.40)
.... Ju 88 4./KG 30 15.08.1940 (14v19.08.40)
.... Ju 88 A-1 5.(F)/122 15.08.1940 (29v19.08.40)
.... Ju 88 A-1 I/KG 54 15.08.1940 (17v22.08.40)
.... Ju 88 A-1 II/KG 54 15.08.1940 (18v22.08.40)
.... Ju 88 A-1 III/KG 51 15.08.1940 (31v29.08.40)

cheers
ed

[Brian Bines]

Ed,thanks for the reply.I have been confused by the marks of the Ju 88's of KG 30 lost this day, one table gives that Stab, I Gruppe and III Gruppe all based at Aalborg had on 13-8-40 76 Ju 88 A's with 62 operational. The losses for III gruppe show them all as 'C' models yet photos of Oblt Bachmann's aircraft of 7/30 ,which crash-landed in England ,shows it has a glazed nose of the 'A' series. I thought production Ju 88 C's all had solid noses. Although I read that the Zerstorerstaffel/KG 30 had formed the basis for II/NJG 1 in July 1940 did the each Gruppen of KG 30 retain a Zerstorer element after this?
Regards
Brian Bines

[Chris Goss]

There were no Cs involved as they had, as you said earlier, had been transferred to NJG 1

[Brian Bines]

Chris :- Thanks for the info. I always thought these were A's untill the 'C' started to appear in books which I assume used Luftwaffe Loss returns as a source. I suppose a mis-type was made in 1940 ,
Regards
Brian

[edNorth]

Hi;

These were then just Equipment Condition ´C´ - right?

cheers
ed