LW losses over Warsaw IX 1939?

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mirekw
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LW losses over Warsaw IX 1939?

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Post by mirekw » 17 Aug 2013, 11:37

Losses over Warsaw in IX 39?

In September 1939, Luftwaffe made ​​a series of flights over Warsaw, the Polish capital. In the first period, the city boasted a strong defense defenses. After September 6, 1939, the number of anti-aircraft guns greatly diminished.
As a result of anti-aircraft fire over the city had been destroyed at least eight aircraft Luftwaffe (damage greater than 60 %). Can anyone add information about losses reconnaissance aviation, aircraft auxiliary, which may have been shot down by Polish A/A (flak) from 1 to 27 September 1939?

Known Luftwaffe losses incurred as a result of firing anti-aircraft fire on Warsaw in September 1939.

1. 09/09/39 - 1 Me 109 E and 1 Arado Ar 66 I./JG 76
2. 10/09/ - 1 He 111, 9(K)/LG 1 shot down during a night raid on Warsaw
3. 11/09/ - 1 He 111J of Westa 1 (meteorological reconnaissance unit) shot down before noon. 11.00)
4. 21/09/ - 1 Do 17Z of Stabst./KG 2 - heavily damaged by A/A artillery. Written after his return from the Warsaw on its own airport.
5. 25/09/ - 2 Ju 52 IV. / KGzbV dropping incendiary bombs on the city, and one Ju 87 IV(St.) / LG 1

PS
I do not mean downing over the city as a result of actions Polish fighters from 1 to 6 September 1939. It is quite another matter. I mean the losses caused by anti-aircraft fire
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Re: LW losses over Warsaw IX 1939?

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Post by Jakuju » 24 Sep 2016, 21:02

My grandfather was the Polish antiaircraft artillery officer during September Campaign in Warsaw. My grandmother used to possess a plate from the He-111 shotdown over Warsaw in September 1939 by his unit (a photo of this plate can be found here http://odkrywca.pl/forum_pics/picsforum18/tabliczka.jpg)
Unfortunately, no details of this a/c and circumstances of its shotdown are known to me.
Can anyone help me identyfying this?
Thank you


mirekw
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Re: LW's Losses over Warsaw in IX 1939

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Post by mirekw » 16 Oct 2016, 13:56

There was edited a long story in Poland, which I had wrote in 2015 about this case. There is detail list of Polish fighter and A/A crews real victories versus Luftwaffe over Warsaw in 1939. In fact there were a lot of claims (about 100) and in fact much less real losses (only 8 planes destroyed by A/A fire - eight)


See more:

Mirosław Wawrzyński, Obrona prze­ciw­lot­ni­cza czynna Warszawy w 1939 roku, Wojsko i Technika Historia 1/2015

http://zbiam.pl/artyku%C5%82y/obrona-pr ... 1939-roku/

regards,
mirekw

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