Aufklärungsgruppe (H) 30
Aufklärungsgruppe (H) 30
also as: Aufklärungsgruppe Berger
Formed July 1940 in North France as a provisional Stab for the planned invasion of England. Its sole function was to command two Staffeln outfitted to lay smoke screens as part of II. Fliegerkorps operations. On 13 August 1940 the two Staffeln were identified as 4.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 31 and 5.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 32. Various accounts state that the smoke screens were intended to conceal invasion barges, hide mine-laying aircraft operating close to the English coast and/or conceal German coast artillery emplacements in the Pas de Calais area. In any event, the Stab was redundant by November 1940 after the planned invasion had been cancelled. The Stab was formally disbanded in 1941, probably in March or April.[1]
FpN:Stab/(H) 30 (L 15740).
Kommandeur:
Maj. Hans Berger (Jul 40 - c.15 Feb 41)
© by Henry L. deZeng IV (Work in Progress). (1st Draft 2021)
References
- ↑ G.Tessin - Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945, 16+ Bde., Teil 14: Die Luftstreitkräfte (Osnabrück, 1980); W.Dierich - Die Verbände der Luftwaffe 1935-1945: Gliederungen und Kurzchroniken – Eine Dokumentation; N.Kannapin - Die deutsche Feldpostübersicht 1939-1945; U.Balke - Der Luftkrieg in Europa: Die Operativen Einsätze des Kampfgeschwader 2 im Zweiten Weltkrieg, Teil I, p.409.