IV/LLG 1
IV./LLG 1
Ordered formed early January 1943 using personnel taken from Ergänzungsgruppe (S) 1. Stab reportedly ordered disbanded in January 1944.
FpNs
Stab IV: L 52 756 (*1/43. +25 Oct. 1944).
10 Staffel/l: L 51 682 (*1/43. +11 Feb. 1945).
11 Staffel/l: L 50 273 (*1/43. +12 Feb. 1945).
12 Staffel/l: L 51 701 (*1/43. +11 Feb. 1945).
Reorganized April 1943, with the Staffeln being reassigned to the other Gruppen of LLG 1.
Commanding Officers
Maj. Walter Scherf (c. 1/43 - c. 1/44)
Stations
Langendiebach/NE Hanau (1/43 - 1/43)
Kerch IV/Crimea (2/43 - 4/43)
Langendiebach (4/43 - 1/44)
Equipment and Returns
Avia 65's and DFS 230 gliders (1943).
Reported 30 Avia 65's and a complement of DFS 230's on strength 13 Jan. 1943.
IV./LLG 1 Representative Losses
13.1.43: Ar 65 (35%) and DFS 230 (25%) in forced landing at Ebenfelde (E Prussia or Poland, but not located).
19.1.43: Ar 65 forced landing at Krasnostav/W Ukraine, 50%.
4.2.43: He 111 assigned to 16. Staffel/LLG 1 crashed at Bagerovo airfield/Crimea, 100%, 4 injured.
12.2.43: Ar 65 damaged in take-off collision at Primorski, 50%.
26.2.43: DFS 230 force landed in bad weather in Planquadrat 7671 (Taman Peninsula NE of Kerch), 80%, pilot WIA.
13-15.2.43: 4 AR 65 crashes and accidents in vicinity of Kerch.
Also see
HEIDENREICH, J. (Johannes?), Oblt. DKG. Pilot. Staka 12./LLG 1.
MAYER, ? , Lt. in 16./LLG 1. WIA.
MEYER, Elimar, Lt.(Kr.O.). (R) Pilot.
© by Henry L. deZeng IV (Work in Progress, 2023).
(1st Draft 2023)
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