Transportstaffel V. Fliegerkorps
Transportstaffel V. Fliegerkorps
(Unit Code: G5+)
Formation. (c. Feb 40)
Formed around February 1940 as the Luftwaffe was preparing for the all-out German offensive in the West that began on 10 May 1940. Other details concerning its formation are not known.[1]
West and South Russia. (c. Feb 40 - Apr 42)
16 Apr 40: Ju 52 damaged landing at Fp. Munich-Neibiberg, 5%[2]
10 May 40: probably at Augsburg with Stab/V. Fliegerkorps.
2 Jul 40: Ju 52 crashed at Fp. Rhein/Main, 70%, 3 injured.
Jul 40: based at Paris-Villacoublay and Jouy-en-Josas/SW of Paris through May 1941.
22 Jun 41: believed to be at Zamość/SE Poland with Stab/V. Fliegerkorps.
21 Jul 41: Ju 52 crash landed at Fp. Dubno/SE Poland, 30%.
26 Jul 41: Ju 52 crashed at Fp. Kraków/SW Poland due to pilot error, 60%.
11 Aug 41: based at Fp. Berdichev/40 km S of Zhitomir.[3]
8 Sep 41: now at Fp. Belaya Tserkov/75 km SW of Kiev.[4]
29 Oct 41: Ju 52 bombed on the ground at Fp. Taganrog/60 km W of Rostov, 25%.
10 Apr 42: renamed Transportstaffel Luftwaffenkommando Ost.[5]
FpN:(L 21068)
Staffelkapitän:
Maj. Josef Filbig ( ? - 10 Apr 42?) 9/41
Also see:
(no other names found)
© by Henry L. deZeng IV (Work in Progress, 2022).
(1st Draft 2022)
References
- ↑ G.Tessin-Verbände und Truppen der Deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS 1939-1945 - Teil 14: Die Luftstreitkräfte; N.Kannapin-Feldpostübersicht.
- ↑ BA-MA Freiburg: RL 2 III Meldungen über Flugzeugunfälle…..(Loss Reports – LRs).
- ↑ NARA WashDC: RG 242/T-405 roll 49, frame 856.
- ↑ BA-MA Freiburg: Signatur RL 20/281-84.
- ↑ H.Plocher-The German Air Force Versus Russia, 1942; LR evidence; N.Kannapin-op cit.
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