Verbindungsstaffel 3
Verbindungsstaffel 3
(Unit Code: F5+)
Formation. (Apr - Jun 41)
No information as to exact date and place of formation found in the surviving primary documents, but a postwar published source says April 1941.[1]
Central Russia and Italy. (c. Jun 41 - c. Apr 44)
Jun 41: central sector of the Eastern Front attached to Koluft/Heeresgruppe Mitte.[2]
28 Jun 41: Fi 156 C-2 crashed between Fp. Warsaw-Bielany and Grodno/NE Poland, 100%, General d. Infanterie Schmidt and one other injured.[3]
c. Dec 41: transferred from C Russia to Germany to rest and refit, and then to the Mediterranean and North Africa theater approximately 25 Apr 42.[4]
26 Jun 42: Fi 156 crash landed near Naples, 35%.
Aug 43: said to have been ordered disbanded.[5]
4 Feb 44: Staffel’s FpN deleted this date.[6]
22 Apr 44: 5 He 111s (F5+BH, EH, FH, GH and HH), 1 Me 110 and 1 Fw 58, all belonging to Verbindungsstaffel 3, departed Bergamo-Vicenza en-route to Piacenza. This suggests its aircraft were being reassigned to other units. [7]
FpN:(L 34697)
Staffelkapitän:
(none found)
Other Officers Assigned to this Staffel:
LEFHOLZ, Karl-Herbert. Oblt. Offz.z.b.V.
© H.L. deZeng IV, 2024
References
- ↑ N.Kannapin-Feldpostübersicht; mention of Staffel in various German documents; Rosch, Barry C. Luftwaffe Support Units: Units, Aircraft, Emblems and Markings 1933-1945. Luftwaffe Colours/Classic Colours series. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing, 2009. ISBN: (10) 1 903223 64 4.
- ↑ AFHRA Maxwell: decimal K113 Karlsruhe Collection.
- ↑ BA-MA Freiburg: RL 2 III Meldungen über Flugzeugunfälle…..(Loss Reports – LRs).
- ↑ W.Dierich-Verbände der Luftwaffe; B.Rosch: op.cit.
- ↑ W.Dierich-op cit.
- ↑ N.Kannapin-op cit.
- ↑ PRO London: DEFE 3 ULTRA signal KV1740.
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