Losses of Sturmstaffel 1, 30 january 1944

[Laurent Rizzotti]

Hello,

Can someone provide details of losses suffered by Sturmstaffel 1 on 30 January 1944 ?

Thanks in advance

[karl lusink]

Originally Posted by Laurent Rizzotti

Hello,

Can someone provide details of losses suffered by Sturmstaffel 1 on 30 January 1944 ?

Thanks in advance

Hello,
Sturmstaffel 1 Einsatz Dortmund. Feindberührung 11.40 uur.

Fhr Manfred Derp Fw 190A-6 Wn:550920
“weisse 11 +” 1 KIA Esser (D)

Uffz Heinz von Neuenstein Fw 190A-6 Wn:550798
“weisse 6 + “ 1 KIA Berber (D)

Lt Ulrich Blaese Fw 190A-6 Wn:550779
“weisse 17 “ 1 WIA (FSA) Diepholz (D)

Uffz Werner Peinemann Fw 190A-6 Wn : ? 1 WIA (FSA) Sachsenhagen (D)

And 10 (!!??) x Fw 190A-6 NN All OK

Regards
Karl Lusink

[Laurent Rizzotti]

Thanks Karl,

So two pilots killed and two bailed out wounded, so at least four total losses, and ten other Fw 190 "lost" (including damaged I guess, "lost" here meaning included in loss lists).

So far I had two sources:

1) the RLV summary for 30 January 1944 included in the relevant claim file of Tony Wood:
_ claims: 2 B-24, 1 B-17
_ losses: 2 KIA, 1 WIA, 3 aircraft destroyed (damage between 60 and 100%) and 11 damaged

2) the Luftwaffe Summary Aircraft Losses database (thanks to Andreas Brekken and co) that show for this Sturmstaffel and this day the following losses:
_ 6 aircraft destroyed by gunfire from enemy aircraft during operational flight, including 5 "not observed by enemy" and 1 "observed by enemy".
_ 1 aircraft destroyed without enemy action on operational flight
_ 2 aircraft damaged by gunfire from enemy aircraft during operational flight, not observed by enemy
_ 4 aircraft damaged without enemy action on operational flight

So certainly a bad day for the Staffel, with 13-14 aircraft losses (total or repairable), 2 KIA and 1-2 WIA.