Seenotbereichskommando XIV

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Seenotbereichskommando XIV

Formation and History. (Jun 43 - Apr 44)

Formed (new) o/a 17 June 1943 at la Maddalena/12 km SW of Cagliari on Sardinia with branch sea rescue centers at Elmas and Olbia. Subordinated to Seenotdienstführer 2. Exercised tactical control over sea rescue assets deployed on and around Sardinia and Corsica. Transferred to Pola/Istria during the second half of September 1943 during the German evacuation of Sardinia, and from there controlled sea rescue operations in the northern Adriatic. Disbanded at Pola at the end of February or beginning of March 1944.[1]

FpN: (L 53105)

Leiter:

Maj. Ludwig Wahl (17 Jun 43 - 29 Feb 44)

© H.L. deZeng IV, 2024

References

  1. AFHRA Maxwell: decimal K113 Karlsruhe Collection, unpublished manuscript “Geschichte d. Seenotdienst 1939-45”; PRO London: AIR 40 Air Ministry intelligence documents, A.I.3.(E) intelligence study “Organisation of the Air/Sea Rescue Service in the G.A.F.” dated 31.1.1944 with later supplements; PRO London: AIR 40 Air Ministry intelligence documents; NARA WashDC: RG 242/T-405 roll 45, frame 950; W.Dierich-VdL:283-97; D.Jung/B.Wenzel/A.Abendroth-Die Schiffe und Boote der deutschen Seeflieger 1912-1976; K.Born-Rettung zwischen den Fronten: Seenotdienst der deutschen Luftwaffe 1939-1945:167; J-L.Roba/C.Crãciunoiu-Seaplanes Over the Black Sea: German-Romanian Operations 1941-1944; F.Kurowski-Seekrieg aus der Luft: Die deutsche Seeluftwaffe im Zweiten Weltkrieg:177; N.Kannapin-Feldpostübersicht.

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