1.(F)/125 (3rd)
Aufklärungsstaffel 1.(F)/125 (3d Formation)
(Unit Code 7R+)
Formation. (February 1943)
Formed February 1943 in Norway (new) with Blohm und Voss BV 138 flying boats.[1]
Norway. (February 1943 - May 1943)
February 1943: little is known about the 3d formation of this Staffel. It may have been put together using a few cadre crews from the other two Staffeln of Aufkl.Gr. 125 plus a number of replacement crews, but this needs confirmation.
15 March 1943: BV 138 crashed at Andenes at the north end of the Lofoten Islands, 100%, no injuries to the crew.
9 April 1943: BV 138 (7R+CL) shot down while en-route between Copenhagen and Trondheim, 100%, 5 MIA.
2 May 1943: BV 138 C-1 (7R+EH) failed to return from a recce patrol, 100%, Staka Hptm. Manfred + 5 MIA.
May 1943: transferred to the Black Sea around mid-May and on arrival renamed 1./Seeaufkl.Gr. 125.
FpN: 1.(F)/125 (L 52813).
Staffelkapitän:
Hptm. Peter Manfred (c.February 1943 - 2 May 1943)
Also see:
BIERAST, Walter, Lt./Oblt.
BISCHOFF, Dietrich, Lt.
BLANKE, Elmar, Hptm.
BORN, Karl-Heinz
BRANDT, Harro? Hans?, Oblt.
BRÄUER, Hans-Klaus, Oblt.
GOTTANKA, Siegfried, Lt.
HINRICHS, Gerd, Oblt.
LANDSBERG-VELEN, Johann (Dieter?) Otto Reichsfreiherr von, Lt.
MARX, ? , Hptm.
SCHWANENGEL, Friedrich, Lt.
© by Henry L. deZeng IV (Work in Progress).
(1st Draft 2022)
References
- ↑ N.Kannapin - Die deutsche Feldpostübersicht 1939-1945. 3 Bde (I – III) (Osnabrück, 1980-82); BA-MA Freiburg: RL 2 III Meldungen über Flugzeugunfälle…..(Loss Reports – LRs); K.Maesel – personal correspondence with H.L.deZeng; F.Kurowski - Seekrieg aus der Luft: Die deutsche Seeluftwaffe im Zweiten Weltkrieg (Herford, 1979), pp.249, 269, 274; M.Holm-website ww2.dk.