Lufttransportführer (See)
Lufttransportführer (See)
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Lufttransportführer:
Maj. Hermann Lessing (Mar 40 - May 40)
Formation and History. (Mar 40 - May 40)
Formed second half of March 1940 to control seaplane transport units scheduled for employment in the forthcoming occupation of Denmark and Norway, which began on 9 April 1940. Initial complement of seaplane transports included 14 x He 59s and 13 x Ju 52/See floatplanes. Attached and subordinated to Gen.Kdo. X. Fliegerkorps. Disbanded in May 1940.[1]
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- ↑ F-W.Morzik-German Air Force Airlift Operations, USAF Historical Studies No. 167 (New York, 1968), p.91); C.Shores-Fledgling Eagles: The Complete Account of Air Operations During the ‘Phony War’ and Norwegian Campaign, 1940 (London, 1991), p.216.