2./SAGr. 128
2.(F)/Seeaufkl.Gr. 128
Code: (6W + )
Formation (June 1943)
Ordered formed 29 May 1943 (new) with a planned allowance of 12 Arado Ar 196 floatplanes. Place of formation not known, but possibly in France. The Staffel was probably formed specifically for maritime/coastal reconnaissance along the coast of South France.[1]
France (Aug 1943? - Aug 1944)
31.8.43: (Lfl.3) - Ar 196 (6W+DK) failed to return from a mission -no details, 100%, 2 MIA.
11.9.43: (Lfl.3) - 2 Ar 196s crashed on take-off from Fp.St-Raphael/S France due to engine failure, 80% and 60%.
29.9.43: (Lfl.3) - 2 Ar 196s destroyed in a mid-air collision in the Elba-Corsica area, both 100%, 3 killed and 1 injured.
12/43: Staffel based at Marseilles-Berre seaplane base/S France.[2]
6.12.43: (Lfl.3) - Ar 196A-3 shot down in air battle, 100%, 2 KIA and 1 WIA.
6.12.43: (Lfl.3) - Ar 196 shot up by a fighter S of Cannes, 20%, 2 WIA.
25.7.44: Marseilles-Berre. [3]
21.8.44: transferred to Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance (Bodensee) in South Germany with 8 Ar 196s following the Allied invasion of South France on 15 August; during the hasty withdrawal, the Staffel was forced to blow up one Ar 196 at Berre and another at Perpignan to prevent them from falling into enemy hands. [4]
26.8.44: ordered disbanded by OKL this date - all of the Staffel's Ar 196s were to be ferried to Travemünde in N Germany and all personnel were to report to Flieger-Ergänzungsgruppe (See) at Kamp for reassignment.[5]
FpN: 2.(F)/SAGr.128 (L 52008).
Staffelkapitän
(unable to identify with certainty)
Also see:
ASTHEIMER, Dietrich, Oblt.
BUDDENBERG, Roland, Lt.z.S.
ECKHARDT, Rolf, Oblt.z.S.
GERHARD, (?), Oblt.
SCHALLER, Oskar, Lt.
SCHEPPELMANN, Albert, Lt.z.S.
SCHERPING, Jürgen, Lt.
SCHLEESE, Hermann Otto, Lt.
TRINKS, Werner, Hptm.
© by Henry L. deZeng IV (Work in Progress, 2022).
(1st Draft 2022)