NARA KTB reports

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'Clock High!:

Jose Luis Fauste
Info about a/c of the following pilots...
Sat May 5 22:27:21 2001


Hi everybody.

I'm trying to obtain info about the a/c flown by the following pilots:
-Anton Resch (JG-52)
-Heinz Marquardt (JG-51)
-Rudi Dassow (JG-6/ZG-26)
-Friedich Obleser (JG-52)

Anyone knows if photos of the a/c of these pilots exits? Any other detail also is wellcomed

TIA

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Jim P.
Re: Info about a/c of the following pilots...
Mon May 7 03:02:40 2001


I'm quite sure I have text info about planes of all these pilots. Photos is another story. Nada. I know its difficult, but please be patient. Some of the units that these guys flew for are just starting to be written about. Heck, I've been waiting for 20 years for photos of planes for some of these guys. I have all the histories from Prien, Mombeek, Caldwell and others. These guys are uncovering some incredible stuff.

I've read the complaints from many here as to the cost of these various publications and, I know where these guys are coming form and in essence would agree with them, but no one ever claimed an interest in this field was easy or cheap. Maybe some of the photos some of you guys crave will appear on the internet sometime in the future, but don't hold your breath. I've been interested in this field of research for 25 years. The first 10-15 amounted to buying various generic publications by various authors and guesstimating who may have flown the plane in this or that photo.

Heck, even getting the text info is expensive. My source for the Lw.Gen.Qu. loss data spent over a grand for the microfilms.

If your a poor college student, like I once was - of course you can't afford this stuff - look into your college library. They may be able to borrow or get copies of books or documents for you -- like the KTB of SG 77 or other units from the national archives. Of all places, the University of Maine library, from my home state, has a photo archive of Manfred von Richthofen. Some of these photos were used in one of the many books on this pilot.

And this is not just generic to the LW. Over the last 10 years there have been a lot of wonderful detailed histories published on U.S. and RAF fighter and bomber units. The bottom line with this or any hobby/interest is they ain't gonna come cheap. Try building a big model railroad.

[Richard T Eger]

Hans Jehee
j.j.m.jehee@hccnet.nl
Member
24 December 2002 10:52
KTB's Luftgau Holland

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Hello,

I have a question related to the Luftwaffe but not to aircraft.
My name is Hans Jehee and I collect information about all kinds of shipping
in occupied Holland during WW2.
During WW2 the Luftwaffe in Holland confiscated a lot ships like houseboats,
fast craft (often yachts) and inland tankers (self-propelled and non
self-propelled).
In my collection I have a number of vessels confiscated by "Luftgau
Holland". Now my question:
Does anybody has knowledge of the existence of a Kriegstagebuch (or other
documents) of the Luftgau Holland and the location of this in Freiburg and
/or NARA and if possible the designations of these in Freiburg or NARA. Of
course any other source of information about these vessels is very welcome.
Of course I always will try to answer question about this subject.

Greetings from Holland, Hans Jehee

[Richard T Eger]

Chris Madsen
sian.madsen@sympatico.ca
Member
29 April 2003 20:23
German naval KTB from Holland

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NARA at College Park has the following war diaries (KTB) on microfilm under T1022 Records of the German Navy 1850-1945 (the PG number is the original file designation given by the Admiralty after capture of the Tambach archives; PG stood for "Pinched from the Germans"):

KTB des Marinebefehlshabers/Admirals in den Niederlanden:

10 May-15 July: PG47518, roll 4295
15 July-31 March 1943: PG47519-529, roll 2784
1 April-31 March 1944: PG47530-533, roll 2784-85
1 April-31 August 1944: PG47534-535, rolls 2785-86
1-15 September, 1-15 October, 16 November-31 December 1944: PG47356-540, rolls 2725-26
16-30 September 1944: PG47356/b, roll 3744
1-30 November 1944, 16-31 January 1945: PG47538, 47540/b, roll 3745

KTB Nachrichtenführer beim Marinebefehlshaber Niederlande, October 1941-December 1942: PG47653-654, roll 2852

KTB Marinebefehlshaber/Admiral in den Niederlanden untersteller Verbände, May-October 1941: PG47694-699, rolls 2853-55

KTB des Kommandanten der Seeverteidigung von Nordholland (Den Helder)
May 1940-February 1941: PG47542, roll 2726
October 1941-December 1942: PG47543-545, rolls 2726-27

KTB des Kommandanten der Seeverteidigung von Mittelholland
November-December 1944: PG47541. roll 2726

KTB des Kommandanten der Seeverteidigung von Südholland
February 1941, October 1941-March 1942: PG47547-549, rolls 2727-28
June-December 1942, September-November 1944: PG47550-555, rolls 2988-90

KTB der Kriegsmarinedienstelle (KMD) Rotterdam
July 1940-August 1944: PG47715-726, rolls 2856-57

KTB der Kriegsmarinedienstelle Antwerp
August 1940-August 1944: PG47704-714, roll 2856

KTB des Festungkommandanten Den Helder
May 1940-February 1944: PG47700, roll 2855

KTB des Hafenkommandanten Rotterdam
January 1940-December 1942, 4-30 September 1944: PG47670-673, roll 2895
1-15 March 1945: PG47673/b, roll 3745

KTB des Hafenkommandanten Amsterdam
May 1940-December 1942: PG47658-659, roll 2853

KTB des Hafenkommandanten Antwerp
July 1940-December 1942: PG47661-662, roll 2853

KTB des Hafenkommandanten Hoek van Holland
May 1940-February 1941, January-December 1942: PG47668-669, roll 2895

KTB des Hafenkommandanten Ijmuiden
16 June 1941-15 January 1943: PG476575, rolls 2895-96
10 October 1941-1 May 1943 (draft notes): PG47676-678, roll 2898

KTB der Hafenschutzflotille Nordholland
June 1941-December 1942: PG47687-688, rolls 2896-97

KTB der Hafenschutzflottille Ijmuiden
August 1941-March 1943, September-December 1944: PG47679/a-d, roll 2896
January-December 1943: PG47689. roll 2897

KTB des Führers der Motorbootsverbände Niederlande
January 1941-January 1943: PG47702, rolls 2855-56
October 1944-January 1945 (with gap 16 November-14 December 1944): PG47620-621, roll 2728
February-March 1945: PG47621/b, roll 3745

KTB der Küstenüberwachungsstelle Niederlande
June 1940-February 1941. February-October 1942: PG47655-656, rolls 2852-53

They can be purchased for $39 US per roll, for mailing to an international address.

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'Clock High!:

Bill G
Are operational records for Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 available? (nm)
Thu Apr 3 19:11:49 2003
207.69.116.6

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Jim P.
Not 100% sure, but I seem to recall...
Thu Apr 3 19:21:36 2003
64.223.199.2

that SG 77's war diary, or parts of it, were part of a particular records group (can't remember name) in the U.S. National Archives.

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Anonymous
Hi Jim...how detailed..?
Thu Apr 3 19:27:48 2003
207.69.116.6

....do you know how detailed it would be? Would it list pilots names and the missions they flew on?

Thanks,

Rick

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Jim P.
Never seen them, just the document listing. (nm)
Fri Apr 4 13:32:23 2003
64.223.199.2

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'Clock High!:

Andrey Kuznetsov
Microfilm orders in NARA
Wed Jun 18 22:26:04 2003
217.25.82.101

Dear Fellow Researchers,

who have an experience in microfilm ordering in NARA?
I'm searching KTBs of some Luftwaffe units in Nov.-Dec.1943.
NARA Guide for the Record Group RG242 (German Documents)is absent. Where I can find microfilm roll numbers for II./SG2 or 9.Flakdivision, for example?

Best regards,
Andrey Kuznetsov

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

LwFlieger
Microfilms
Fri Jun 20 06:59:47 2003
205.188.209.112

Unfortunately only about 3% of the official records of the Luftwaffe have survived and there are no surviving KTB, Anlagen or other documents for the units you mentioned. The only way to obtain such data is by luck while scanning through surviving records, a very laborous task.

As for ordering microfilms from NARA, contact their website at www.nara.gov .

Good luck!

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Andrey Kuznetsov
Thank you (nm)
Fri Jun 20 22:17:34 2003
217.25.82.101