Stab./13 (2nd)

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Stab/Aufkl.Gr. 13 (2d Formation)

Code: (4E +)


Formed at the beginning of 1939 at Göppingen near Stuttgart (new). The Stab is believed to have remained in southwest Germany during the campaign in Poland, but its location has not been determined. Re-designated Koluft AOK 18 on or about 4 November 1939. Another usually reliable source states that it was re-designated Koluft AOK 5 on 26 August 1939, but that is not correct.[1]


FpN:Stab/Aufkl.Gr. 13 (L 11354).


Kommandeur:

Obstlt. Dr. Emil Stephan (c.Jan 39 - c.4 Nov 39)

© by Henry L. deZeng IV (Work in Progress). (1st Draft 2021)

References

  1. W.Dierich - Die Verbände der Luftwaffe 1935-1945: Gliederungen und Kurzchroniken – Eine Dokumentation; J.-P.Défieux - Répertoire des Unités Aériennes de la Luftwaffe 1935-1945: Reconnaissance Aéronavale (Nanterre, privately published, n.d. (c 1988-90?); K.Ries - Luftwaffen Story 1935-1939, p.75; Tessin, Georg, Deutsche Verbände und Truppen 1918-1939: Altes Heer, Freiwilligenverbände, Reichswehr, Heer, Luftwaffe, Landespolizei, p.419ff; Völker, Karl-Heinz, Die deutsche Luftwaffe 1933-1939: Aufbau, Führung und Rüstung der Luftwaffe sowie Entwicklung der deutschen Luftkriegstheorie; NARA WashDC: RG 242 (T-77 LPA assignment orders).

Aufklärungsgruppe 13

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