Jagdfliegerführer Rumänien
Jagdfliegerführer Rumänien
(FpN: L 52042)
Jagdfliegerführer:
Oberst Bernhard Woldenga (c.1 Apr 43 - c.7 Feb 44)
Oberst Eduard Neumann (c.7 Feb 44 - 4 Sep 44)
Formation. (Mar 43?)
Formed o/a March 1943 at Bucharest-Pipera to control fighter defences, both German and Romanian, over that country and especially over the capital area and the oil fields and refineries at Ploesti.[1]
Romania. (Apr 43 - Sep 44)
7 Jul 43: Stab at Bucharest-Pipera - had a Stabsschwarm with 5(4) aircraft.[2]
11 Jul 43: a Stab Bü 131 crashed near Urziceni, 100%, pilot killed.[3]
7 Aug 43: another Bü 131 struck an obstacle at Fp.Bucharest-Pipera, 80%.
1 Jan 44: Bucharest-Pipera.[4]
19 Jan 44: orders issued this date removing many of the command’s personnel to form the new Stab/Jagdfliegerführer Balkan, although other sources give a date of 7 February 1944. The remaining personnel were re-designated as Jagdabschnittsführer Rumänien, a sector command of lesser size and importance, and moved to a new command and control complex at Bucharest-Otopeni.[5]
c.1 Jul 44: reverted back to its original designation, Jagdfliegerführer Rumänien - it is believed that this measure was taken to reflect a change in its subordination from Jafü Balkan/Lw.-Kdo. Südost to directly under Luftflotte 4.[6]
11 Jul 44: Stab still at Bucharest-Otopeni.[7]
4 Sep 44: Stab ordered disbanded by Luftflotte 4 following the German withdrawal from Romania.[8]
© H.L. deZeng IV, 2023
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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);
- ↑ PRO London: DEFE 3 ULTRA signal ML6614.
- ↑ BA-MA Freiburg: RL 2 III Meldungen über Flugzeugunfälle…..(Loss Reports – LRs).
- ↑ ULTRA signal.
- ↑ G.Tessin-op.cit.; ULTRA signals VL4432 and VL4649.
- ↑ G.Tessin-op.cit.; N.Kannapin- Die deutsche Feldpostübersicht 1939-1945. 3 Bde (I – III) (Osnabrück, 1980-82).
- ↑ AFHRA Maxwell: decimal 512.619 British AirMin CSDIC P/W Interrogation Reports in microfilm rolls A5415-18, interrogation CSDIC/CMF A.446.
- ↑ G.Tessin-op.cit.