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NSG 20's strength return for 6 February 1945:
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Fw 190 F-8
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15 (9)
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The following aircraft were off-strength or unserviceable:
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933223
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8%, damage, not observed by enemy, workshop Germersheim.
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583239
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8% damage, not observed by enemy, workshop Rhein/Main.
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583243
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Receiving "alteration 137."
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Fw 190 G-3
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12 (6)
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The following aircraft were off strength:
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160641
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12% damage, not observed by enemy, workshop Limburg.
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160054
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10% damage, not observed by enemy, workshop Münster.
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160668
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5% damage, not observed by enemy, Twente-Holland.
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16044_
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8%, damage (smudge) Bönninghardt.
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160613
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99% damage, observed by enemy.
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NOTE: W.Nr. 160613 was the aircraft of Ofhr. Janz, who was lost on 1 February (see below and here).
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Fw 190 A-8
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1 (0)
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Crews
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40 (total), 39 (operational), 15 (ready), 1 (not operational)
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On 12 February 1945, NSG 20 reported its casualties since the beginning of the year:
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Uffz. Kurt Langfort, 1. Staffel, fatal crash during ferry flight, 1 January.
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Fhr. Joachim Wehner, 3. Staffel, missing, 1 January.
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Ofhr. Egon Badakky, 3. Staffel, hurt when making parachute descent, 10 January.
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Ofhr. Erwin Janz, 1. Staffel, killed on 1 February.
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Ofhr. Anton Münzer, 1. Staffel killed on 9 February.
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NOTE: Langfort is buried at in the war cemetery at Bonn-Beuel; Wehner and Münzee at Ysselsteyn; Janz at Steinfurt-Borghorst-Haselstiege.
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NSG 20's strength return for 18.00 hrs. [GMT] 15 April 1945:
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Fw 190 F-8
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39 (29)
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Off strength:
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930872
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both with 35% technical damage.
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173909
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NOTE: Although listed as an F-8, 173909 was an A-8 Werk Nummer.
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Pilots
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54 (23)
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NSG 20's strength return for 16.00 hrs. [GMT] 26 April 1945:
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To strength:
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440535, 440546, 580018, 580596, 583906, 586148, 587803, 931872.
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NOTE: Although listed as F-8s, the first two were F-9 Werk Nummern.
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Fw 190 F-8
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30 (20)
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Fw 190 G-3
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1 (1)
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To strength:
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930581
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Off strength:
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739320
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70% damaged at Airfield 1667, W/T failure.
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584075
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5% damaged at 1667, undercarriage jammed.
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586600
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70% damaged at 1667, crashed on starting.
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737931
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missing.
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160372
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85% damaged at 1667, landing wheel lost on landing.
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NOTE: Allied Intelligence considered Airfield 1667 to be an error for 1666, Hagenow.
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Pilots
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65 (32)
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NOTE: In both the above returns the Gruppe reported 25 pilots non-operational. This unusually high number may include the men of the fighter training unit which NSG 20 had recently absorbed.
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Bottom photograph: an extensive article on how the Ju 87 in this picture came to end up where it was.
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