Stab./Seeaufkl.Gr. 125
Stab/Seeaufkl.Gr. 125
Unit Code: (7R + )
also as: Aufklärungsführer Schwarzes Meer - West
Formation (May 1943)
Formed May 1943 at Constanta/Romania (ex-Stab/Aufkl.Gr.125). Responsible for reconnaissance operations over the western Black Sea area.[1]
South Russia - Black Sea (June 1943 – Sep 1944)
8.6.43: Stab reported a single Blohm und Voss BV 138 flying boat assigned to it. [2]
1943-44: Stab operated under Seefliegerführer Schwarzes Meer/Luftflotte 4.[3]
25.8.44: with the Romanian coup and change of sides on 23 August, the Stab was transferred from Constanta-Mamaia to Salonika/Greece where it was ordered to take charge of convoy security duties in the Aegean Sea. But shortly after arriving, Luftwaffenkommando Südost decided it was not needed.[4]
5.9.44: renamed Stab IV./ZG 26 and ordered to transfer immediately to Norway.[5]
FpN: Stab/Seeaufkl.Gr.125 (L 01777).
Kommandeur:
Oberst i.G. Helmut Schalke (5/43 - 8/44)
© by Henry L. deZeng IV (Work in Progress).
(1st Draft 2022)