30/31 May 42 Cologne Luftwaffe losses

[James A Pratt III]

Can anyone provide me with a list of Luftwaffe losses during the 30/31 May 1942 RAF 1000 plane raid on Cologne? I know that NJG 1 suffered at least 1 WIA and Intruder Hurricannes of 3 Sqn claimed 0-2-3. Any help would be welcome. Thanks in advance.

[Doug Stankey]

From the Michael Balss book:

30/31.05.42 nightfighter combat losses:

1./NJG 1 - Bf 110G (G9+BH, WNr. 4607) 3 km N Straelen near Kaldenkirchen-Rheinland
Lt. Rudolf Kaiser KIA
Gefr. Heinrich Thomas KIA

Erg./NJG 2 - Ju 88C-6 (R4+CT, WNr. 630) vic Gilze-Rijen.
Ofw. Dietrich Schade KIA
Uffz. Jakob Cezanne KIA
Uffz. Adolf Jansen

That's all there is for this night.

DGS

[James A Pratt III]

Thanks Doug. From my notes from Schnaufer Ace of Diamonds has a Ltn Niklas "severly injured" on this date. He was from II/NJG 1.

[Alain57]

Hello ,

Here some more :
31/05/1942
St-Trond airfield ( Belgium )
Me Bf-110 E-2
Bellylanding due to battledamage 20 %
WNr-2654 - 6./NJG 1 - G9+GP
Lt Niklas Helmut (WND)/Uffz Wenning

31/05/1942
St-Trond airfield ( Belgium )
Me Bf-110 E-1
Bellylanding due to battledamage 15 %
WNr-3818 - II./NJG 1

Greetings
Alain57