Fliegerführer XI. Fliegerkorps
Fliegerführer XI. Fliegerkorps
(FpN: L 16614)
Fliegerführer:
Gen.Maj. Gerhard Conrad (21 Dec 40 - 31 Jan 43)
Maj. Walter Kiess (acting?) (1 Feb 43 - ? )
Formation. (Jan 41)
Formed o/a 1 January 1941 at Berlin-Tempelhof as a component of Gen.Kdo. XI. Fliegerkorps. Initial plans proposed the consolidation of all Ju 52 transport units under the Fliegerführer, but this was not carried out. In practice, the Stab was used to control the operations of those air units directly subordinated to XI. Fliegerkorps (LLG 1, LLG 2, G.S.Kdos. 1 and 2, Erg.Gruppen (S) 1 and 2, and Erg.Gruppe für Fallschirmkampfbeobachter). During its existence, the Stab or a command post dispatched by the Stab accompanied German airborne forces (Fallschirmjäger) on all of their operations, maneuvers and other major movements, beginning with the 20 May 1941 invasion of Crete.[1]
Germany. (1941 - 1943)
30 Apr 41: Caudron 334 from the Stabskette/Fliegerführer XI. Fliegerkorps crashed and burned at Berlin-Oberschöneweide, 100%, 3 killed.[2]
7 May 41: Stabskette He 111H-5 belly landed due to engine trouble at Fp.Oberstraubling in Bavaria, 25%.
20 May 41.: Stabskette Ju 52 crash landed at Topolia (Topolis?) near Athens in Greece, 40%.
26 May 41: Stabskette Ju 52 collided with a truck on Athens-Phaleron airfield, 15%.
13 Nov 41: Stabskette DFS 230 glider crash landed at Fp.Parchim in North Germany, 20%.
Dec 42: Stab at Berlin-Tempelhof.[3]
10 Aug 43: Stabskette based at Berlin-Tempelhof with 2(0) He 111s on strength.[4]
o/a 1 Mar 44: renamed Fliegerführer Fallschirm-Armeeoberkommando 1.[5]
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References
- ↑ G.Tessin-Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945, Teil 14: Die Luftstreitkräfte (Osnabrück, 1980); H.Boog- Die deutsche Luftwaffenführung 1935-1945: Führungsprobleme, Spitzengliederung, Generalstabsausbildung (Stuttgart, 1982), p.25.
- ↑ BA-MA Freiburg: RL 2 III Meldungen über Flugzeugunfälle…..(Loss Reports – LRs).
- ↑ G.Tessin-op.cit.
- ↑ BA-MA Freiburg document.
- ↑ G.Tessin-op.cit.; R.Edwards-German Airborne Troops (Garden City (NY), 1974).