III/LLG 1
III/LLG 1
Ordered formed 1 September 1940 at Braunschweig-Waggum.
Ordered disbanded 9 September 1944.
FpNs
Stab III: L 00 112 (*9/40 - 11 Feb 1945).
Stabsstaffel III: L 42 429 (*fall 41 - 11 Feb 1945).
7. Staffel/l: L 00 898 (*9/40 - 28 Oct 1944).
8. Staffel/l: L 01 361 (*9/40 - 28 Oct 1944).
9. Staffel/l: L 02 532 (*9/40 - 11 Feb 1945).
Reorganized April 1943 as Stab, Stabsstaffel, and 9. – 12. Staffeln.
Commanding Officers
Maj. Richard Kupschus (9/40 - 4/42)
Hptm. Weber ( ? - 6/42)
Hptm. Gerhard Lange (6/42 – 6/43) 2/43
Hptm. Josep Karl (6/43 – 8/44) 7/43, 2/44
Maj. Eberhard Wildhagen (8/44 - 9/44)
Stations
Braunschweig-Waggum (9/40 - )
Goslar/S Braunschweig ( ? - 1/43)
Riga-Spilve/Latvia (1/43 - 3/43)
Hildesheim (3/43 - 4/43)
Beaumont-sur-Oise/E.France (4/43 - 5/43)
Valence/S.France (5/43 - 10/43)
Nancy/E.France (10/43 - 3/44)
Alibunar/Banat (Yugoslavia) (3/44 - 5/44)
Krusevac/Serbia (Yugoslavia) (5/44 - 10/44)
Goslar (11/44 - 11/44)
Equipment and Returns
Hs 126s and DFS 230 gliders (1940 - 10/44).
Reported 32 Hs 126s and a complement of DFS 230s on strength 13 Jan 1943.
Reported 32 Hs 126s and 120 DFS 230s on strength 10 Jul 1943.
Reported 35 Hs 126s and 102 DFS 230s on strength 10 Nov 1943.
Reported 22 Hs 126s, 6 Avia 65s and 85 DFS 230s on strength 30 Jun 1944.
III./LLG 1 Representative Losses
9.4.42: Kranich 148 damaged in collision at Goslar, 10%.
8.5.42: Bü 131 struck the ground at Goslar, 60%, 1 injured.
16.7.42: a consolidated loss report this date covering Jan 41 to Aug 41 gives a total of 9 Ju 52, Hs 126 and glider losses for this period.
17.11.42: Avia B 534 crashed during a bad take-off at Langendiebach, 95%, pilot injured.
8.12.42: Hs 126 crash-landed at Goslar, 20%.
14.3.43: DFS 230 glider in forced landing near Mons in west-central Belgium, 10%.
23.3.43, 29.3.43 and 5.4.43: Hs 126 B-1 and DFS 230 crashes and accidents at Beaumont-sur-Oise/34 km N of Paris.
7.4.43: 4 DFS 230 crashes at Saint Brieux in Brittany.
22.4.43: Do 17F crash-landed at Beaumont-sur-Oise airfield, 10%.
21.5.43: 6 DFS 230 crashes near Amiens/N France.
15.6.43: Hs 126 D-1 crashed near Valence/S France due to technical or mechanical trouble, 100%, 2 injured.
Also see:
BARZ, Willi, Lt. Pilot.
BAUSE, Ferdinand, Oblt. Pilot.
BENTRUP, Otto, Hptm.
BREDENBECK, Friedrich, Lt./Oblt. WIA. MIA.
BUCHAL, Georg, Oblt. WIA.
DITTMAR, Walter, Oblt./Hptm. Offz.z.b.V., then Staka 9./LLG 1.
HORNUNG, Walter, Hptm. Pilot? Staka 7./LLG 1.
KÖDING, ? , Oblt. Pilot?
LANGER, ? , Hptm. Pilot. Staka 7./LLG 1.
LANKENAU, Franz, Lt. Pilot?
PFENNIG, Richard, Oblt. Stafü 8./LLG 1.
SANNEK, Helmut, Lt./Oblt. Pilot.
© by Henry L. deZeng IV (Work in Progress, 2023).
(1st Draft 2023)
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