Kurierstaffel 4
Kurierstaffel 4
Formation. (Aug 39)
Ordered formed c. 26 August 1939 with 6 aircraft for assignment to Heeresgruppe Süd at Neisse. After the end of the campaign in Poland in exchanged identities with Kurierstaffel 5.[1]
Poland, West and South Russia. (Sep 39 - Oct 43)
Sep-Oct 39: began transferring from the East to the front in the West with station in the vicinity of Koblenz - still assigned to Heeresgruppe Süd (subsequently redesignated Heeresgruppe A.
27 Sep 39: W 34 force landed near Pakoslaw/56 km N of Breslau, 60%.[2]
Feb 40: exchanged designations with Kurierstaffel 5 (5 became 4 and 4 became 5). [3]
May-Jun 40: campaign in the West against France and the Low Countries.
30 Aug 40: Belgium/NE France area assigned to Koluft/Heeresgruppe A.[4]
May-Jun 41: ordered to Silesia/SE Germany for the attack on Russia.
15 Jun 41: transferred from Oels/Silesia to Dębica/SE Poland.[5]
Jul 41: said to be at Starokonstantinov/100 km W of Berdichev.
27 Sep 41: transferred from Uman/W Ukraine to Aleksandriya near Kirovograd.[6]
29 Nov 41: Fi 156 crashed at Poltava due to engine failure, 60%.
1 Feb 42: based at Poltava under Koluft/Heeresgruppe Süd.[7]
18 Feb 42: Fi 156 struck an obstacle while taking off from Poltava, 35%.
16 Jul 42: a man from the Staffel WIA by ground fire at Valuyki/147 km ENE of Kharkov during the advance to the Volga River.
Aug 42: reassigned to Luftwaffenkdo. Don and to be based at Kharkov-North.[8]
4 Feb 43: a Staffel pilot KIA by ground fire west of Stary Oskol/185 km NE of Kharkov.
4 Feb 43: Ju 52 (RF+NB) shot down SW of Stary Oskol, 100%, 4 MIA, c. 20 WIA.
1-15 Oct 43: still in South Russia, but now possibly attached to an AOK - renamed 22./Fliegerverbindungsgeschwader 2.[9]
FpN:(L 06773, L 28648)
Staffelkapitän:
Hptm. Albert Niggemann, Dr. (jur.) ( ? - ? ) 5/43
Also see (in: “Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries”, at website www.ww2.dk)
(none found)
© H.L. deZeng IV, 2024
References
- ↑ W.Dierich-Verbände der Luftwaffe; N.Kannapin-Feldpostübersicht.
- ↑ BA-MA Freiburg: RL 2 III Meldungen über Flugzeugunfälle…..(Loss Reports – LRs).
- ↑ N.Kannapin-Feldpostübersicht – op.cit.
- ↑ NARA WashDC: Rg 242/T-312 document.
- ↑ BA-MA Freiburg: Signatur RL 20/281-84.
- ↑ RL 20/281-84.
- ↑ RG 242/T-312 roll 1156, frame 960.
- ↑ RG 242 microfilm.
- ↑ W.Dierich-op cit.; N.Kannapin-op cit.
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