Aufkl. Gr. 122 Jul 1941

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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]

5.(F)/122 had a detachment operating from Kedainiai (Lithuania) during this month.[3]

Date Unit Aircraft Type Code Wkr.No. Notes
01 Jul 1941 1(F)./122 Ju 88D-2 809 25 % to airframe at Biala-podlaska. [4]

2 Jul 1941 – 5.(F)/122 located in Lithuania.[5]

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.[6]

2(F)./122 sent out F6+HK on the early morning sortie at 03.59 hrs, this was a 5 hour flight returning to Brest-Litovsk at 08.57.[7]

5.(F)/122 sent out F6+AN from Kedainiai at 05.55 hrs on a reconnaissance sortie on the following route – Kholm – Welikie Luki – Toporez – Idriza. While flying this sortie the crew reported encountering Flak. The aircraft had safely landed by 09.19 hrs.[8]

A Ju 88 of 4(F)./122 departed at 08.56 hrs on a sortie under orders to report on traffic movements on road and rail in the following areas – Schepetowka – Kijewrschischtschew – Kanew – Bojuslaro – Christianorka – Winniza – Schmerinka – Proskurow. The aircraft landed at 14.05 hrs [9]

At 18.00 hrs F6+MM of 4(F)./122 reported 6 trains on the route Proskurow to Schmerinka with 50 freight cars heading east. At 18.50 hrs the same aircraft reported approx 20 aircraft at Flugplatx 1002.[10] This was followed at 19.25 hrs by a report that on the rail line between Bjelaja and Zerkaw there were 10 trains and 60 freight cars heading east and 6 trains with a similar number of freight cars heading west.[11]

4 Jul 1941 – 3(F)./122 transferred from Amsterdam-Schiphol to Creil/NE France and remained there until September or October 1942.[12]

At 04.01 hrs F6+GK of 2(F)./122 departed Brest-Litovsk, on the early morning reconnaissance sortie, returning there 4 hrs and 29 minutes later.[13]

At 06.13 hrs F6+LM of 4.(F)/122 reported that no trains were seen on the line Owrutsche – Tschernikow. At 06.26 hrs the same aircraft reported two trains on the line Tschernikow. - Neshin travelling east-south-east.[14]

Between 06.00 and 07.55 hrs F6+GM of 4.(F)/122 reported numerous trains in the area searched plus 50 multi-engined aircraft at St. Mironowka airfield.[15]

At 18.30 hrs F6+DM of 4(F)./122 reported transport sightings on the route Shitomir – Korostir.[16]

5 Jul 1941 – Ju 88 F6+EK of 2.(F)/122 departed Brest-Litovsk at 15.21 hrs and returned there at 20.18 hrs having been airborne for nearly 5 hours and having flown 1782 km.[17]

6 Jul 1941 – F6+NN of 5.(F)/122 took off from Kedainiai at 01.49 hrs to fly a road reconnaissance sortie of the following: Ostrow – Welikie Luki – Pleskau – Luga – Novgorod. The aircraft returned to Kedainiai and landed at 05.42 hrs.[18]

7 Jul 1941 - 5(F)./122 located at Kedainiai.[19]

8 Jul 1941 – Another road reconnaissance sortie was flown from Kedainiai by 5.(F)/122 (F6+HN), departing at 01.46 hrs and covering the following area: Pleskau – Luga – Novgorod – Opotschka.[20]

9 Jul 1941 – 5(F)./122 continued to be located at Kedainiai.[21]

10 Jul 1941 – 2(F)./122 operated a sortie from Minsk-Süd taking off at 04.03 hrs, the aircraft F6+DK returned at 05.49 hrs having flown a total of 636 km.[22] The same crew then operated a further sortie in F6+BK commencing at 06.37 hrs and returned at 11.24 hrs.[23]

12 Jul 1941 – 2(F)./122 now based at Minsk.[24]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.[25]

2(F)./122 despatched F6+EK at 13.35 hrs and the aircraft returned at 18.01 hrs from the sortie, landing again at Minsk-Süd.[26]

13 Jul 1941 – 4.(F)/122 relocated to Flugplatz Brödy-Süd.[27]

14 Jul 1941 – 1(F)./122 reported their last loss until they departed the theatre in December 1941.

An aircraft of 4(F)./122 reported, at 07.30 hrs, that there were 1000 railway wagons at the rail yards at Kuran-Bachmatsch (Gradnetz 22824/35).[28]

A Ju 88 (F6+AN) from 5.(F)/122 departed Velonen at 15.25 hrs on a reconnaissance sortie to the Leningrad area (Narva – Krasnogwardeisk) returning to land at 19.35 hrs.[29]

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.

17 Jul 1941 – an aircraft of 4(F)./122 reported at 17.39 hrs that there were 12 single engined aircraft visible on the airfield Gomel I (Ziel-Nr SU 10 314) and that 1 aircraft was taking off.[30]

At 17.42 hrs the aircraft from 4(F)./122 reported that it was now overflying Gomel-Pribytki (Ziel-Nr SU 10 1357).[31]

18 Jul 1941 – 4(F)./122 was again active on this day – an aircraft reporting in at 13.30 hrs.[32]

19 Jul 1941 – 4(F)./122 located at Brödy Süd.[33]

Aircraft from 5.(F)/122 operating from Pleskau.[34]

At 09.26 hrs a sortie from 4(F)./122 reported aircraft at the airfield that it was currently over.[35]

An aircraft from 4(F)./122 broadcast at 10.18 hrs identifying 8 trains on the move.[36]

A Ju 88 (F6+AN) from 5.(F)/122 took off from Pleskau at 05.16 hrs for an early morning sortie to look at an airfield south of Leningrad. The Ju 88 returned to land at Pleskau at 07.37 hrs.[37]

20 Jul 1941 – Ju 88 (F6+WN) flew from Pleskau for a reconnaissance sortie over an airfiled near Narva.[38]

23 Jul 1941 – F6+CN from 5.(F)/122 flew an early morning sortie to airfields near Leningrad.[39]

25 Jul 1941 – F6+AN from 5.(F)/122, flying from Pleskau, operated a morning reconnaissance sortie to airfields near Leningrad.[40]

Date Unit Aircraft Type Code Wkr.No. Notes
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.[41]

Date Unit Aircraft Type Code Wkr.No. Notes
26 Jul 1941 1(F)./122 Ju 88D-1 1123 Barisov, crashed on take-off, 100%. Oblt. Hans-Dietrich Klette (F), Oblt. Robert Trattner (B), Uffz. Hans Gühringer (Bf) and Ogefr. Walter Stucke (Bs) all injured.[42]

27 Jul 1941 – 5(F)./122 formally deployed to Pleskau.[43]

Date Unit Aircraft Type Code Wkr.No. Notes
27 Jul 1941 1(F)./122 Ju 88D-1 F6+FH 1195 100%R

28 Jul 1941 – The crew of Ju 88 F6+RN of 5.(F)/122 claimed a Russian fighter (I-18) following combat south east of Waldai at 6,000m. The crew consisted of Oblt Taubert (F & Staka), Uffz. Maier (Bs), Lt. Hütten (B) and Uffz. Löhn (Bf). According to the report by Oblt. Taubert the enemy aircraft was shot down by the defensive fire put up by Lt. Hütten and Uffz. Löhr. Due to the weather and light they were unable to observe the crash.[44]

29 Jul 1941 – 3.(F)/122 operated a morning sortie (F6+DL) to the east coast of England. The aircraft was “in area” at 08.55 hrs Z but turned back approximately 60 km west of Flamborough Head, returning to Schipol on one engine. The aircraft landed at 11.30 hrs Z.[45]

A Ju 88 from 5.(F)/122 (F6+UN) was sent out on an early morning road reconnaissance sortie to the area bounded by Novgorod – Waldai – Cholm. The aircraft departed Pleskau at 03.23 hrs landing back there at 06.38 hrs.[46]

Date Unit Aircraft Type Code Wkr.No. Notes
29 Jul 1941 1(F)./122 Ju 88D-1 F6+EH 1149 Lost in unknown circumstances. 100%. Crew initially recorded as missing but on 9 Sep 1941 recorded as killed. Uffz. Friedrich Schmidt (F), Lt. Thomas Greifenstein (B), Uffz. Joachim Elger (Bf) and Gefr. Kurt Bütow (Bs) all killed.[47]
29 Jul 1941 2(F)./122 Ju 88A-4 1118 Barma, Emergency landing as a result of engine fire, 35%. Lt. Wilhelm Appel (B) injured.[48]
29 Jul 1941 3(F)./122 Ju 88A-5 346 Fl.Pl.Schipol, belly landing, 25%.[49]

31 Jul 1941 – 5.(F)/122’s Ju 88 F6+UN encountered flak when operating over Krasnogwardeisk – North Estonia.[50]

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  1. ↑ LdZ
  2. ↑ ADI(K) interr.sum.
  3. ↑ Werner Breese Combat Sorties – compiled by Tim Oliver from Werner Breese's Flugbuchs and LdZ Luftwaffe Airfields – Baltic States.
  4. ↑ Remi Tracanelli – via e-mail 10/04/05 – all details.
  5. ↑ RH 19-III/820 – pg 10 Der Stand der fliegenden Verbände is folgender
  6. ↑ LdZ - Bergström/Mikhailov-Black Cross-Red Star, v.1:77-78.
  7. ↑ Flugbuch Ofw. Rudolf Gosau. Entry 87
  8. ↑ Werner Breese Combat Sorties – compiled by Tim Oliver from Werner Breese's Flugbuchs
  9. ↑ 500-12452-000426 Luftflotte 4 Funksprüche vom 28/4 – 4/7.1941 pg 77
  10. ↑ 500-12452-000426 Luftflotte 4 Funksprüche vom 28/4 – 4/7.1941 pg 78
  11. ↑ 500-12452-000426 Luftflotte 4 Funksprüche vom 28/4 – 4/7.1941 pg 80
  12. ↑ LdZ - BA-MA/Freiburg: Signatur RL 20/241-42.
  13. ↑ Flugbuch Ofw. Rudolf Gosau. Entry 88.
  14. ↑ 12452-426 Luft. 4 Ic messages (Koluft, reports etc.) 41-06 to 41-07
  15. ↑ 12452-426 Luft. 4 Ic messages (Koluft, reports etc.) 41-06 to 41-07
  16. ↑ 500-12452-000426 Luftflotte 4 Funksprüche vom 28/4 – 4/7.1941 pg 61
  17. ↑ Flugbuch Ofw. Rudolf Gosau sortie 89.
  18. ↑ Werner Breese Combat Sorties – compiled by Tim Oliver from Werner Breese's Flugbuchs
  19. ↑ T312 R546 KTB AOK 16 – Flivo lagebericht Nr 20 07/07/41
  20. ↑ Werner Breese Combat Sorties – compiled by Tim Oliver from Werner Breese's Flugbuchs
  21. ↑ T312 R546 KTB AOK 16 – Flivo lagebericht Nr 22 10/07/41
  22. ↑ Flugbuch Ofw. Rudolf Gosau sortie 91.
  23. ↑ Flugbuch Ofw. Rudolf Gosau sortie 92
  24. ↑ LdZ - PRO/London: AIR 40/1975.
  25. ↑ AIR 40/1975 via Adam Thompson
  26. ↑ Flugbuch Ofw. Rudolf Gosau sortie 93
  27. ↑ TsAMO 500-12452-000427 Luftflotte 4 Unterlagen 8/7 – 21/7.1941 – Orientierungsblatt; Fernschreiben; Feindnchrichtenblatt; Nachtrag zur Abendmekdung; Tagesmeldung p163
  28. ↑ 12452-429 Luft. 4 Ic messages (Koluft, reports etc.) 41-06 to 41-07 – frame 876484
  29. ↑ Werner Breese Combat Sorties – compiled by Tim Oliver from Werner Breese's Flugbuchs
  30. ↑ TsAMO 500-12452-000428 Luftflotte 4 Funksprüche vom 14/7 – 19/7.1941 Aufklärungs = u Sage Meldungen p95
  31. ↑ TsAMO 500-12452-000428 Luftflotte 4 Funksprüche vom 14/7 – 19/7.1941 Aufklärungs = u Sage Meldungen p98
  32. ↑ TsAMO 500-12452-000428 Luftflotte 4 Funksprüche vom 14/7 – 19/7.1941 Aufklärungs = u Sage Meldungen p134
  33. ↑ TsAMO 500-12452-000428 Luftflotte 4 Funksprüche vom 14/7 – 19/7.1941 Aufklärungs = u Sage Meldungen p25; Standort der Flieger Verbände 19.7.41
  34. ↑ Werner Breese Combat Sorties – compiled by Tim Oliver from Werner Breese's Flugbuchs
  35. ↑ TsAMO 500-12452-000428 Luftflotte 4 Funksprüche vom 14/7 – 19/7.1941 Aufklärungs = u Sage Meldungen p60
  36. ↑ TsAMO 500-12452-000428 Luftflotte 4 Funksprüche vom 14/7 – 19/7.1941 Aufklärungs = u Sage Meldungen p54
  37. ↑ Werner Breese Combat Sorties – compiled by Tim Oliver from Werner Breese's Flugbuchs
  38. ↑ Werner Breese Combat Sorties – compiled by Tim Oliver from Werner Breese's Flugbuchs
  39. ↑ Werner Breese Combat Sorties – compiled by Tim Oliver from Werner Breese's Flugbuchs
  40. ↑ Werner Breese Combat Sorties – compiled by Tim Oliver from Werner Breese's Flugbuchs
  41. ↑ LdZ - LR evidence.
  42. ↑ RL2/III – 755 1.8.41 pg 6 entry 69
  43. ↑ T312 R546 KTB AOK 16 – Flivo lagebericht Nr 39 27/07/41
  44. ↑ RL 10/458 0015.jpg.
  45. ↑ HW13/96
  46. ↑ Werner Breese Combat Sorties – compiled by Tim Oliver from Werner Breese's Flugbuchs
  47. ↑ RL2/III – 755 1.8.41 pg 6 entry 68
  48. ↑ RL2/III – 755 1.8.41 pg 6 entry 67
  49. ↑ RL2/III – 755 1.8.41 pg 6 entry 70
  50. ↑ Werner Breese Combat Sorties – compiled by Tim Oliver from Werner Breese's Flugbuchs
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