Information/statistics on the 'Air bridge' phase of the battle.

[Trooper117]

A good informative read here on the statistics of the 'air bridge' phase from November 1942 - Jan 1943.  http://www.stalingrad.net/german-hq/the-stalingrad-airlift/airstat.html

Edited June 25, 2013 by Trooper117

[FlatSpinMan]

Thanks for digging that up. It does seem odd to me that there's no Ju52 (of course I know its a question of resources) but the figures in your link do suggest a big role for the 111's.

 

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The airlift statistics.

 

 

 

Planes lost by the Luftwaffe during the Stalingrad air-lift.

During the Stalingrad air-lift (Nov. 24th, 1942 until Jan. 31st, 1943) (69 days)

the Luftwaffe lost 488 planes : an average of 7.07 transport planes a day.

 

266 Junker 52 (a third of Luftwaffe's total complement) (3.85 Ju52 each day)

165 Heinkel 111 (2.42 He111 each day)

42 Junker 86

9 FW 200

5 Heinkel 177

[707shap_Srbin]

Facts about He111:

 

III./KG 4 - 10 He111 loss records, from 14.01.1943 to 30.01.1943

I./KG 27, II./KG 27, III./KG 27 - 37 He111 loss records, from 21.11.1942 to 2.02.1943

II./KG 53 - 10 He111 loss records, from 14.01.1943 to 03.02.1943

I./KG 55, II./KG 55, III./KG 55 - 61 He111 loss records, from 21.11.1942 to 2.02.1943

I./KG 100 lost 13 He 111H ( 2 to fighters, 2 crashed for unknown reason, 2 lost to ground fire, 1 destroyed by own troops and 6 lost to unknown reasons) from 24.11.1942 to 20.01.1943

 

KGr.z.b.V. 5 - 40 He 111H loss records, from 22.11.1942 to 22.11.1942

KGr.z.b.V. 20 - 42 He 111H loss records, from 03.12.1942 to 30.01.1943

KGr.z.b.V. 23 - 26 He 111H loss records, from 10.01.1943 to 01.02.43

KGr.z.b.V. 25 - 4 He 111H loss records, from 18.01.43 to 27.01.43

 

Overall, german records confirm 28 He111 lost to soviet fighters, but up to 80 He111 wer lost by "unknown reason" or just "crashed". Fighters, FLAK, bad weather - we will never find out reason of loss.