APPENDIX 1: Nachtschlachtgruppe 1's known casualties, 24 February 1945
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Staffel
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Type
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Werk Nr.
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Damage
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Crew
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Fate
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2.
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Ju 87 D-5
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141983
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80%
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Hptm. Robert Magath
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WIA
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Fw. Heinz Kolbe
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WIA
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(crashlanded due to pilot error)
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3.
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Ju 87 D-5
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142098
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100%
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Fw. Horst Erdmann
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POW
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V8+PD
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Uffz. Günther Marth
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MIA
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(shot down by light AA in Jülich area, c. 2000 hrs)
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3.
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Ju 87 D-5
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141970
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100%
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Ofw. Jürgen Campsen
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MIA
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Oblt. Helmut Steffen
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MIA
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(failed to return from operation in Jülich area)
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3.
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Ju 87 D-5
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131372
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30%
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—
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—
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V8+KD
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—
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—
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3.
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Ju 87
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—
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<10%
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Fw. Otto Dey
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—
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(damaged by AA fire)
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3.
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Ju 87
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—
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<10%
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Hptm. Wilhelm Kögel
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DOW
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—
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(damaged by AA fire)
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Key
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WIA = wounded in action; MIA = missing in action; POW = prisoner of war; DOW = died of wounds.
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In each case the pilot is listed first, then the radio operator.
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Notes
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Magath had previously served with JG 3 and had been set for transfer to I./SKG 10 (by way of an attachment to SG 152) when, on 24 August 1944, Luftflotte 3 instead ordered his transfer to NSG 1 with immediate effect. In October 1944, a prisoner had reported that he was expected to take over command of 1. Staffel from Oblt. Modrach.
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In the case of Marth records conflict: aircraft casualty returns are as above; PW interrogation has him flying with Erdmann. Personnel loss returns list him as hospitalised in Krefeld following a parachute jump nearby on 1 January 1945.
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Again, personnel records state that Kögel (himself a pilot) was flying with Erdmann and that he was wounded by fire from a heavy machine gun, dying on 10 March 1945.
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Steffen and Campsen [some sources say "Kampsen"] were never traced, the former was later declared legally dead. Campsen held the German Cross in Gold, Iron Cross 1st Class and Gold War Flights Badge. He had been shot down before, having at that time 450 war flights to his credit. At about 20.00 hrs. on 29 October 1944, his Ju 87, V8+QB, had been hit by medium AA near Stolberg (east of Aachen). With its engine and fuel feed system damaged, Campsen and his radio operator, Uffz. Gustav Merchel, abandoned the aircraft. Hein tried to regain German lines but was taken prisoner after three days; Campsen evidently made it back to fight again.
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Dey's usual crewman was Fw. Burchardt.
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