Aufkl. Gr. 122 Jul 1941
Jul – Nov 1941 - 3(F)./122 reported no losses during this period, or at least none were recorded in the Luftwaffe Gen.Qu. loss returns.
Erg.(F)./122 ’s location is not known, but it probably moved to the Eastern Front with the rest of Aufkl.Gr. 122 in June 1941.[1]
Jul 1941 – 4(F)./122 transferred forward to Brödi (southeast Poland) and then, before the end of July, to Winitsa in western Ukraine.[2]
| Date | Unit | Aircraft Type | Code | Wkr.No. | Notes |
| 01 Jul 1941 | 1(F)./122 | Ju 88D-2 | 809 | 25 % to airframe at Biala-podlaska. [3] |
3 Jul 1941 – Aircraft from 5(F)./122 flew reconnaissance sorties along the Russian-Latvian border and reported the rapid buildup of Soviet VVS aircraft reinforcements, mainly on the airfields at Opochka and Idritsa which lie just over the border in Russia some 125-170 km south of Pskov. These were attacked the next day by elements of KG 76 and KG 77.[4]
4 Jul 1941 – 3(F)./122 transferred from Amsterdam-Schiphol to Creil/NE France and remained there until September or October 1942.[5]
7 Jul 1941 - 5(F)./122 located at Kedainiai.[6]
9 Jul 1941 – 5(F)./122 continued to be located at Kedainiai.[7]
12 Jul 1941 – 2(F)./122 now based at Minsk.[8]An Oblt of 2(F)./122 informed Luftflotte 2, Minsk, that he had been shot down by a German fighter 10km West of Vitebsk, the Bf and Bm were both injured. They were now at Kanary (?) airfield. He would fly back to Minsk in a Bf 108 at 0430 the next day.[9]
14 Jul 1941 – 1(F)./122 reported their last loss until they departed the theatre in December 1941.
| Date | Unit | Aircraft Type | Code | Wkr.No. | Notes |
| 14 Jul 1941 | 1(F)./122 | Ju 88 | F6+LH | 1147R | Failed to return from a recce in the Smolensk-Roslavl area, 100%, Oblt. Heinz von Reeken + 1 WIA. |
| 25 Jul 1941 | 2(F)./122 | Ju 88A-5 | F6+AK | 285R | Failed to return from a recce over the Moscow-Kaluga area, 100%,4 MIA |
| 25 Jul 1941 | Erst./122 | Ju 88A-5 | F6+AO | 453 | Lost in the vicinity of Moscow – 100%.R |
26 Jul 1941 – 1(F)./122 was now based at or operating from Fp.Borisov/80 km NE of Minsk.[10]
27 Jul 1941 – 5(F)./122 deployed to Pleskau.[11]
| Date | Unit | Aircraft Type | Code | Wkr.No. | Notes |
| 27 Jul 1941 | 1(F)./122 | Ju 88D-1 | F6+FH | 1195 | 100%R |
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References
- ↑ LdZ
- ↑ ADI(K) interr.sum.
- ↑ Remi Tracanelli – via e-mail 10/04/05 – all details.
- ↑ LdZ - Bergström/Mikhailov-Black Cross-Red Star, v.1:77-78.
- ↑ LdZ - BA-MA/Freiburg: Signatur RL 20/241-42.
- ↑ T312 R546 KTB AOK 16 – Flivo lagebericht Nr 20 07/07/41
- ↑ T312 R546 KTB AOK 16 – Flivo lagebericht Nr 22 10/07/41
- ↑ LdZ - PRO/London: AIR 40/1975.
- ↑ AIR 40/1975 via Adam Thompson
- ↑ LdZ - LR evidence.
- ↑ T312 R546 KTB AOK 16 – Flivo lagebericht Nr 39 27/07/41