Kurierstaffel 8
Kurierstaffel 8
Formation. (Aug 39)
Ordered formed c. 26 August 1939 at Calw/37 km WSW of Stuttgart with 6 aircraft for assignment to AOK 7.[1]
West and Central Russia. (Sep 39 - Oct 43)
8 Jul 40: Fw 44 crash landed at Fp. Brussels-Evere, 60%.[2]
30 Aug 40: Belgium/N France area assigned to Koluft/AOK 9.[3]
4 Nov 40: Fi 156 collided with a hangar at Fp. Rouen-Boos, 45%.
10 Jun 41: moved from France to the Eastern Front for the invasion of Russia and now based at Dubovo/South in east-central Poland attached to AOK 9. [4]
22 Sep 41: still assigned to Koluft/AOK 9.[5]
2 Oct 41: Kl 35 crash landed at Fp. Smolensk, 35%.
30 Oct 41: Fi 156 C-1 (W.Nr.4271), Fl. Pl. Sychyovka/49 km S of Rzhev – crashlanding 40%.[6]
6 Nov 41: W34 (W.Nr. 0467) made emergency landing near Simanova (not located) due to enemy fire, 25% damage.[7]
24 Jan 42: still assigned to Koluft/AOK 9.[8]
16 Apr 42: Fi 156 crashed while taking off near Rzhev, 30%.
17 May 42: Fi 156 C-3 crash landed at Fp. Dunayevo/22 km SW of Kholm, 35%.
23 Nov 42: attached to AOK 9.[9]
3 Jun 43: Fi 156 destroyed in a mid-air collision over Fp. Orel-West, 100%, 2 killed.
23 Jun 43: Fi 156 crashed at Tereyevka (not located) due to pilot error, 60%, pilot killed.
19 Jul 43: Fi 156 shot up and force landed – no details, 25%.
3 Aug 43: Fi 156 crashed at Shablykino/60 km WSW of Orel due to engine failure, 100%.
5 Aug 43: Fi 156 crashed at Shmenevaya (not located) due to pilot error, 60%.
29 Aug 43: Fi 156 damaged taking off from a field at Poltino/36 km W of Rzhev, 20%.
1-15 Oct 43: Gomel area/C Russia - renamed 27./Fliegerverbindungsgeschwader 2.[10]
FpN:(L 28732)
Staffelkapitän:
Obstlt. Hellmuth Erhardt ( ? - 23 Mar 42)
Maj. Heinz Adolf Vincke? (31 Mar 42 - ? ))
Also see (in: “Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries”, at website www.ww2.dk):
WULFF, Karl. Lt./Oblt. Beobachter (observer).
© 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).
- ↑ NARA WashDC: RG 242/T-312 document.
- ↑ Rosch, Barry C. Luftwaffe Support Units: Units, Aircraft, Emblems and Markings 1933-1945. Luftwaffe Colours/Classic Colours series. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing, 2009. ISBN: (10) 1 903223 64 4.
- ↑ T-313 roll 232, frame 958.
- ↑ A. Mitchell: BA-MA RL2-III/1179 10.11.1941 pg 3 entry 31
- ↑ A. Mitchell: BA-MA RL2-III/1179 – 12.11.41 pg 3 entry 48.
- ↑ T-312 roll 1156, frame 1020.
- ↑ T-312 roll 305, frame 792.
- ↑ W.Dierich-op cit.; N.Kannapin-op cit.
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