Wehrmachtsauskunftstelle fur Kriegeverluste und Kriegsgefangene (WASt) - 4

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Marko Jeras
marko.jeras@zg.hinet.hr
Help! Need loss data for Oblt. Ivan Rupchich on 12.8.1941...
Fri Mar 15 10:26:36 2002
195.29.52.209

Ivan Rupcic (Rupchich) lost his life during practise flight in JFS 4 on 12. August 1941. I am looking for somebody that have document with the report on this loss with plane W.Nr and that can make me a plain photocopy of that document.

I sincerely hope that someone of you that have that data will help me.

Please contact me off-board, if you like.

Thank you in advance,

Marko

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Christian Kirsch
Oblt. Ivan Rupcic
Sun Mar 17 13:48:06 2002
62.155.255.21

Hu Marko

Oblt. Ivan Rupcic chrashed in his Messerschmitt Bf 109 B-1, Werknummer 390 at Flexdorf in the near of Fürth.Rupcic baled out, but died. He had a collision with a Messerschmitt Bf 109 D-1, Werknummer 2605. This pilot ist baled out safley. The only document of this crash was in the WASt. in Berlin.

Hptm. Askan Vid was woundet on the 22. 08.1941 in a emergency landing at Kettingswörth (Me Bf 109 D-1, Werknummer 2539 70%).

Major Mato Culinovic was wondet in a emergncy landing at Bischkowitz 28.09.1941 and
Oblt. Ivan Karner crashed at Milowitsch on the 28.09.1941, and died 29.09.1941.
I have no informations about the two planes.

Christian

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Marko Jeras
Dear Mr.Kirsch,
Sun Mar 17 14:57:06 2002
195.29.57.91

thank you for very valuable answer. Are all this data from WASt? I thought that WASt files do not contain data on planes in which pilots were wounded or lost their life.

Does BA Verluste film show no info on this?

Can I, please, contact you off board?

Marko

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Fred
Ludwig Roth - Jg 26's Pilot
Sun Mar 17 13:02:45 2002
80.9.114.132

Hi,

I'm looking for informations about a Jg 26 german pilot LUDWIG ROTH, KIA on january the 9th 1943

Was he a new pilot of the Jg 26, did he have any claims, is he buried in france ?

Thanks !

Fred

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Norbert Neuser
Ludwig Roth
Mon Mar 18 01:38:32 2002
172.159.220.209

Hello, Fred.

amongst several entries under this name I've found one sounding reliable:

Uffz. Ludwig Roth
* 6.4.1920 Schaafheim
† 9.1.1943 Abbeville

at "http://www.volksbund.de

For more informations call up there or at the "WASt" in Berlin.

Best regards

Norbert

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Anonymous
Re: Ludwig Roth
Tue Mar 19 09:03:48 2002
62.106.10.133

Thanks for your information, and address: http://www.volksbund.de

Fred

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Dirk TOLLET
Staffelkapitän 1./KG 26 yes or no ?
Mon May 20 19:44:13 2002
212.239.146.70

Hi,

THE BLITZ THEN & NOW,Volume 2,page 283 records the loss of a He111H-5 of 1./KG 26 : (ff) Oblt. Albert von Schwerin - (bo) Oblt. Hunno Philipps (Staffelkapitän) - (bs) Stabarzt Dr. Albert Leuchtenberg and Ofw. Heinz Göhler and Ofw. Fritz Gundlack;date of loss 19/11/1940.
I can find this crew in the loss list of 'ACHTUNG - TORPEDO LOS! written by former unit member Rudi Schmidt. But in the list of the staffelkapitäne of 1./KG 26 there is no Hunno PHILIPPS mentioned as StaKa ?!?
Hptm. Wolfgang Künster 07/04/40 - 11/09/40
Hptm. Heinrich Richard 12/09/40 - 11/12/40
I also want to know who was the (bf) and (bm) of the two Ofw.
Does anyone know where I can find more information about this matter ? Or does anyone have a solution ?
e-greetz,
Dirk TOLLET

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Jim P.
Re: Staffelkapitän 1./KG 26 yes or no ?
Mon May 20 19:49:37 2002
64.223.199.2

Don't know about Stkp. question, but von Schwerin was an (early!) RK winner.

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Andreas Brekken
Possible solution
Wed May 22 08:34:08 2002
129.240.8.184

Hi!

The solution would be to dig out the WASt report on the loss, and also the record from Gen.Qu.Abt.6.

I would guess that it is in file RL 2 III/1175, available from BA/MA Freiburg.

Howevere, a solution to Your questions on Phillips not being or being the Staka of 1./KG 26 could simply be a misinterpretation: The Staffel number is not very often used in the reports, usually only the Gruppe number. Check for his name in 2. and 3. Staffel also. (Assming You haven't done this already). I could offer to look it up for You, but I am afraid I could not promise to do it very fast....

Regards,
Andreas

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From 12 O'Clock High!:

NickM
A question RE: II/JG77's usage of MC205s
Fri Jun 7 19:10:30 2002
198.81.16.164

Hi:

I was reading over the new profile book by Claes & Christer; I came across an interesting entry; apparently II/JG77 actually went into combat with Macchi Mc205s for a while...from what I read: No losses & reasonable successes.
Does anyone have any info re: the actual record for II/JG77 while flying the Macchis' & the pilots' impressions, if they were given?

Thanks, ahead of time;

NickM

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Ferdinando D'Amico
Here we go...
Fri Jun 7 22:30:31 2002
151.27.18.219

II./JG 77 was completely re-equipped with both captured and newly-built Macchi C.205s since October 1943. The unit suffered at least three deaths and one wounded pilot during the training, partly due to the reverse-operating throttle used by the Italians. These were subsequently modified accordingly. The German unit transferred to Lagnasco a/f (Cuneo) on 6 November 1943 and started to operate with a maximum of 23 C.205s on strenght.

It effected several scrambles on 8/11, 9/11, 25/11, 26/11, 28/11. On 1 December the unit claimed one P-38 shot down during a combat of 9 C.205s (scrambled 16, seven aborted mission for various causes) against 25 P-38s of 49th FS, 14th FG escorting B-17s over Turin. This is the only (unconfirmed) claim made by the Germans while flying the C.205.

Other scrambles followed on 4/12, 10/12, 23/12 and on 24/12 (one C.205 was lost for a fire on board compelling the pilot to crash-land, remaining wounded). Five more scrambles were made between Christmas and 30/12. The last flight of 30/12 was made by six C.205s against enemy bombers which weren't intercepted.

On 31 December, All the Macchi C.205s were officially handed over to the newly constituted 1° Gruppo Caccia A.N.R. (but this is another story...) and the II./JG 77 went back to its Bf 109s.

The German pilots had extremely good recollections of the C.205 and of its capabilities and some remarks were even put in the unit's Kriegstagenbuch (War Diary):

"Fast plane with good behaviour, except for a tendency to enter in spins if turns are exceedingly tight. Main defects are the radio equipment and the complicated fuel and ammo supplying operations on the ground. It is however a real fighter."

Sources (only the main ones are listed here):
Bundesarchiv-Freiburg - RL 2 III/728; KTB der Geschwaderstab./JG 77

WASt Berlin - Aktenmaterial der personalverluste bei II./JG 77

Flight-logbook of Hans-Joachim Deicke (CO of II./JG 77)

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All the above is a much simplified version of a research I made for an article that was published on 1993 in Italy.

HTH, all the best

Ferdinando D'Amico

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NickM
Thank, Fernando!
Sat Jun 8 17:38:47 2002
198.81.16.23

Fernando:

thanks for the info; I got the impression from the 'LW Profiles' Book that it got a bit more usage & a bit more success in combat!

Thanks;

NickM

PS: Can't wait for IL-2-or its sequel-to model them!

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Luc Wittemans
possible NJG 1 aircrew ?
Tue Jun 11 12:09:15 2002
195.207.141.130

I have a list of names of German military personel buried at the German cemetary near Sint-Truiden (Saint-Trond) airfield. In addition to many pilots and aircrew (not exclusively of NJG 1), many non aircrew were also buried there but usually their unit is clearly indicated (flakregiment, ...).

I have been unable to find out if the four listed below belonged to the aircrew of NJG 1. Could anyone confirm that they were or were not pilots, bordfunkers or other aircrew with NJG 1? If they were part of the aircrews, and if deceased due to a flying incident/accident, I would like to obtain details of the circumstances of this event. The four names are:

Uffz Franz Käser 5./NJG 1
Gefr Rudolf Scherzmya 12./NJG 1
Uffz Herman Fischer IV./NJG 1
Oblt Kleinschmidt IV./NJG 1

Thanks in advance for clearing this one

Luc Wittemans,
Sint-Truiden, Belgium

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Melvin Brown
NJG1 Graves
Wed Jun 12 00:39:17 2002
195.92.194.19

Hi Luc,

Checked my NJG1 WASt returns and found the following;

Gefr. Rudolf Scherzyna. 12/NJG1 (Waffenwart)
Born. 19.02.1924 in Schwientechlewitz.
Erk. II./Fl.A.Rgt.71 5.Kp.Nr.1696
Killed in bombing attack on St.Trond 09.05.1944.

Uffz. Franz Käser. 5/NJG1 (Bordfunker)
Born. 06.10.1921 in München.
Erk. 60936/44
Bf 110F-4 Wnr.4708 G9 + JN
Crashed Wimmertingen, 5km SO Hasselt, Belg.
Non operational flight, crashed after loss of right motor, Uffz. Käser baled out but hit tail of aircraft, admitted to hospital "Salvator" Hasselt seriously injured.
Pilot. Uffz. Eduard Kleinert killed.

Oblt. Heribert Kleinschmidt. 6/NJG1 (Flugzeugführer)
Born. 11.12.1915 in Köln.
Erk. 208297/14
Bf 110G-4 Wnr.5344 G9 + BP
Flugplatz St.Trond. A/c overturned on landing returning from mission.
Bordfunker. Uffz. Adolf Kastner.

Hope this helps a little,

Regards,

Melvin.

P.S Could not find Uffz. Hermann Fischer, there were other Fischers but not Hermann, do you have a date for his death.

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Luc Wittemans
NJG 1 aircrew
Wed Jun 12 08:06:32 2002
195.207.141.130

Melvin,

Thanks for completing the details about these three.

Coming to think of it, maybe I could have checked the German war graves internet site also. I will try to visit the Lommel war cemetary this summer where all those buried at Sint-Truiden were transfered to. I've been there already once many years ago when I was not yet interested in this aspect of aviation history. Maybe I can find out more details about Herman Fischer at the website or at the Lommel cemetary. I'll pass it on to you when I have more details.

Once again, thanks

Luc Wittemans

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Co de Swart
Deutsche Dienststelle Berlin
Wed Jul 17 14:49:02 2002
213.17.34.22

L.S., Hat einer eine E-mailadresse vom
--Deutsche Dienststelle, Eichborndamm 179 in Berlin?
Gibt es jemand der weiß was man da in Archive hat?
Suche personaldata ehem.LW Jagdflieger JG26. Soll davon etwas da zu finden sein?
Dank i.v., auch off board: codeswart@wanadoo.nl

AltaVista translation:

L.S., has an email address of -- German agency, calibration fount dam 179 in Berlin? Is there someone knows which one there to archives has? Seek to personnel DATA ehem.LW fighter pilot JG26. target of it somewhat there to find its? Owing to i.v., also off board: codeswart@wanadoo.nl

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Juergen
Dt. Dienststelle/WASt
Fri Jul 19 19:38:51 2002
217.84.6.2

Hello Co,

The address is:
www.genealogienetz.de/reg/DEU/wast.html (http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/DEU/wast.html)
Please note that for every copied page of document a fee of ca. 8,-- € is raised.

Regards, Juergen

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co de swart
merci
Fri Jul 19 20:40:36 2002
213.17.36.179

Juergen, thanks.
Any experiences with this bureau?
What do they handle? Gruß, Co

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Juergen
WASt
Fri Jul 26 19:36:18 2002
217.84.0.69

Hello Co,

hobby colleagues told me that a response to one´s request takes about half a year (possibly due to the little number of personnel). Some weeks ago I have started my very first request at this institution.
As far as I know the WASt keeps all the files of people who served with the Wehrmacht, have a closer look at that site.

Regards, Juergen

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Dave Pawlikowski
Night Fighter crewmember Emil Walter Preissler
Tue Jul 23 23:32:24 2002
24.60.71.18

I recived an e-mail from the family of former NJG wireless operator Emil Walter Preissler. They are looking for information on him. He was the crewmember on either a Bf110 of a Ju88.

Lost in December of 1944 over Venlo, Holland. They believe he is buried at Bad-Kreuznach, Germany. He was born in either Boernichen or Lengefeld in Erzgebirge Eastern Germany 29/1/1919.

Any help appreciated!

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From TOCH!:

Charles Bavaroise
Fate of Fw. Preißler
Wed Jul 24 06:48:06 2002
212.34.74.65

Hi Dave

Fw. Walter Preißler, Bordfunker, KIA 12. Dec. 1944 west of Hundesheim in Luftkampf.
Flugzeugführer Fw. Günther Liersch KIA,
Bordschütze OGfr. Rudolf Keller KIA

11./IV NJG 6, Bf 110 G4, WNr. 110043, Code 2Z+AV

Source is WASt-report.

HTH
Greetings
Carl

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Dave Pawlikowski
Charles - thank you!
Wed Jul 24 09:23:32 2002
24.60.71.18

Thanks for tracking this down for me. It has been passed along to the family.

Take care.