Seenotzentrale (L) Cherbourg

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Seenotzentrale (L) Cherbourg

Formation and History. (Aug 40 - Jun 42)

Formed (new) 6 August 1940 at Cherbourg. Responsible for air-sea rescue operations in the western Channel area and around Normandy using 2. Seenotstaffel and its own Seenotflottille equipped with 8 motorboats and 2 Schnellboote (PT-type boats). Exercised operational control over Seenotbezirksstellen Le Havre and Cherbourg. Renamed Seenotzentrale (L) Normandie o/a April 1942.[1]

FpN: (L 22675)

Leiter: Maj. Grave (Aug 40 - Jan 41)

Maj. Fritz Gruhne (Jan 41 - Jan 42)

© 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 AFHRA Maxwell: decimal K113 Karlsruhe Collection, unpublished manuscript “Geschichte d. Seenotdienst 1939-45”; PRO London: AIR 40 Air Ministry intelligence documents, A.I.3.(E) intelligence study “Organisation of the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-321 roll 39; BA-MA Freiburg: RL 2 III Meldungen über Flugzeugunfälle…..(Loss Reports – LRs); 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 1939-1945:28, 49; J-L.Roba/C.Crãciunoiu-Seaplanes Over the Black Sea: German-Romanian Operations 1941-1944; N.Kannapin-Feldpostübersicht.

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