Stab./SAGr. 131
Seeaufklärungsgruppe 131
Unit Code: (8L + )
Stab
Formation (Aug 1943)
Formed 10 August 1943 at Stavanger/SW Norway (new) with a handful of officers and men and a single Arado Ar 196. Under Fliegerführer Nord (West) 8/43 - 2/44, Fliegerführer Nordmeer 3/44 - 4/44 and Fliegerführer 4 from 4/44 to 9/44, the Stab remained at Stavanger-Sola/See with its Ar 196 until it was disbanded there in late September or early October 1944 (FpN deleted 21 Oct 1944). Its mission was to exercise operational command over maritime reconnaissance, anti-submarine patrols and convoy escort missions in the waters off Central and South Norway. [1]
FpN: Stab/SAGr.131 (L 52073).
Kommandeur
Maj. Hans-Joachim Georg Tantzen (acting?) (8.43 - 9.43)
Obstlt. Wolfgang von Zezschwitz (24.9.43 - 1944)
Maj. Johann Gässler (1944 - 2.45)
© by Henry L. deZeng IV (Work in Progress, 2022).
(1st Draft 2022)
References
- ↑ (order Genst.d.Lw./Gen.Qu.(2.Abt.) Nr.10108/43g.Kdos., 10.8.1943; Hafsten-Flyalarm:162; BA-MA RL 40/Kart; Dierich; Tessin; Kannapin; K.Maesel collection; ULTRA).