See-Transportstaffel 3
See-Transportstaffel 3
(Unit Code 8A+_L)
Also as:Lufttransportstaffel (See) 3
Seetransportstaffel Ju 52
Transportfliegerstaffel (See) 3
Formation. (Nov 43)
Formed on or about 1 November 1943 at Trondheim-Hommelvik in central Norway by renaming 1./Transportgruppe 20. Equipped with Ju 52/3m Wasser floatplane transports. Immediately following its formation, the Staffel was transferred to Athens-Phaleron in Greece for service in the Aegean. The Staffel’s duties were the same as those for See-Transportstaffel 1.[1]
Aegean. (1943 - Oct 44)
Feb 44: 3 of its Ju 52 floatplanes shot down in February by RAF Mosquitos off Delos (Dilos), a tiny island in the Aegean near Mykonos.
May 44: Ju 52 floatplane shot down by a fighter near Leros in the Aegean, 100%.
Sep 44: at Athens-Phaleron with 8 Ju 52 floatplanes and 13 crews.
1 Oct 44: Ju 52 shot down by a night fighter off Crete. A few days later, most of the Staffel’s remaining assets were reassigned to See-Transportstaffel 1 at Athens-Phaleron and the Staffel was disbanded.
FpN:(L 38127)
Staffelkapitän:
Oblt. Ernst-Joachim Gomoll (Oct 43 - 19 Oct 44)
Also see:
(no additional names found)
© by Henry L. deZeng IV (Work in Progress, 2022).
(1st Draft 2022)
Additional Notes and Losses
25.8.44: Located at Athens-Phaleron.[2]
References
- ↑ N.Kannapin-Feldpostübersicht; NARA WashDC: RG 242/T-79 roll 14; AFHRA Maxwell: decimal 512.619 British AirMin CSDIC P/W Interrogation Reports in microfilm rolls A5415-18, interrogation CSDIC A.473; Jet & Prop magazine, Heft (issue) 5/1995, p.6.
- ↑ Fliegende Verbände und F.B.K. des Komm. Gen.d. Dt. Lw. I. Griechenland – Stand 25.8.44 (dated 27.8.44)
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