Aufklärungsgruppe 18

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Aufklärungsgruppe 18 [PREWAR]


Formed 28 March 1938 at Köttingbrunn, Zeltweg and Aigen in Austria (from assets of the former Austrian Air Force) with Italian Ro 37s and Heinkel He 45s. Organized as a close (Heeres or Army) reconnaissance group with a Gruppenstab and 1. – 4. Staffel. Renamed Aufklärungsgruppe 14 on 1 November 1938.[1]


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© by Henry L. deZeng IV (Work in Progress). (1st Draft 2021)

References

  1. J.-P.Défieux - Répertoire des Unités Aériennes de la Luftwaffe 1935-1945: Reconnaissance Aéronavale (Nanterre, privately published, n.d. (c 1988-90?); K.Ries - Luftwaffen Story 1935-1939, pp.72-88; Tessin, Georg, Deutsche Verbände und Truppen 1918-1939: Altes Heer, Freiwilligenverbände, Reichswehr, Heer, Luftwaffe, Landespolizei, pp.291-94 and 418-21.


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