Bob Baxter's Bomber Command, by Bob Baxter

[Richard T Eger]

This site deals with Lancaster operations. It really isn't a Luftwaffe site, per se, but the ability to cross reference versus Luftwaffe claims should prove valuable. The site address is:

http://www.bomber-command.info/

Sections of interest are:

Examples of my Research

A Lancaster Loss Record

Another database Bob is compiling contains details of the squadron codes allocated to Lancasters and replacement aircraft that also bore the same code.

Another of Bob's databases contains a 'potted' history of every Lancaster ever built although some entries are subject to further investigation

Lancaster Operational Losses

Listed by date, target, and serial number.

Lancaster Operations

Listed by date and target.

Lancaster Squadron Codes

Listed by squadron and serial number.

Lancaster Airfields

Description, relationship to other airfields, and use by squadron use by dates.

Leipzig Raid 19-20/02/1944

Listing by aircraft and crew of losses.

There are other sections, but the above are those I found of greatest interest.

Regards,
Richard

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[Richard T Eger]

From within a thread on 12 O'Clock High!:

Goran
Probably poor references, but...
Sun Mar 24 01:36:40 2002
213.250.7.216

Well, I am just an amateur, not a researcher, and all my modest knowledge is based on a few books and internet. In Slovenia, where I am from, is hard enough to get any decent book about luftwaffe, correct or incorrect, let alone any german documents. And with internet sites it's even worse - you don't know what is a serious research, what is a poor transcript and what is a political propaganda. By the way, I am not trying to defend all his 33 claimes against Mosquitos, but I still think that he was the best Luftwaffe Mosquito-hunter. How succesful he was - that's the job for researchers.

My data are from following sites and books

http://www.bomber-command.info/MosRaidLoss.htm

Here are listed bomber command Mosquito losses (serial numbers) by raid.
From 12/44 until the end of the war, there are about 150 losses, 57 over Berlin, 2 over Magdeburg and a few on bomber support mission.

On the site http://www.elsham.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/raf_bc I found another number of bomber mosquito losses - it is 533 to all causes.

I found data about 10./NJG 11 in "Me 262 Stormbird Rising" by Hugh Morgan and in "German Night Fighter Aces of WW2" by Jerry Scutts.

If these sources are incorrect, there are still a few questions: Were there any non-bomber command Mosquito losses over Berlin during that time? How many allied twin engined (US and Russian) aircrafts were lost over Berlin by night during that time? I know that aircraft identification was allways a problem for Germans. What methods did Luftwafe use to confirm night victories (gun cameras,searching for wreckage,..)?

[Richard T Eger]

I visited the webpage of Bob Baxter's site that Goran suggested. Here you can find:

Mosquito Losses by Raid - Tabulated chronologically by year, this includes serial numbers of Mosquitoes lost on individual raids.

Mosquito Losses by Squadron - Tabulated by squadron, this presents a simple listing by serial number of Mosquitoes lost by that squadron.

Regards,
Richard