Verbindungsstaffel 5

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Verbindungsstaffel 5

(Unit Code: F5??+)


Formation. (Apr-May 41)

No information as to exact date and place of formation.[1]


Russia. (Jun 41 - 1944)

Jun 41: attached to Koluft/AOK 6.[2]

11 Dec 42: Verb.St. 5 transferred to Zaporozhye/SE Ukraine.[3]

26 Jun 43: Verb.St. 5 based at Ostrov/50 km S of Pskov and assigned to Stab/Luftflotte 1.[4]

10 Jul 43: Fi 156 reported missing, but the Loss Report entry subsequently deleted on 26 Jul 43.[5]

26 Dec 43: still at Ostrov.[6]

1 Feb 44: Ostrov under Luftflotte 1 - Staffel had a total personnel strength of 65.[7]

29 Feb 44: now at Riga-Skulte under Luftflotte 1.[8]

May 44: still at Riga-Skulte.


FpN:(L 35779)


Staffelkapitän:

(none found)


Other Officers Assigned to or Associated with this Staffel:

ARPPE, Fritz. Maj. Passenger. Injured in crash.



© H.L. deZeng IV, 2024

References

  1. N.Kannapin-Feldpostübersicht; mention of Staffel in various German documents.
  2. AFHRA Maxwell: decimal K113 Karlsruhe Collection.
  3. PRO London: AIR 40/1988.
  4. NARA WashDC: RG 242/T-311 Heeresgruppe Nord documents.
  5. BA-MA Freiburg: RL 2 III Meldungen über Flugzeugunfälle…..(Loss Reports – LRs).
  6. Luftflotte 1 Kriegsgliederung, Stand 26.12.1943.
  7. RG 242/T-311 roll 116, frame 014.
  8. O.Anttonen-Luftwaffe Suomessa – in Finland 1941-1944/v.2:107.

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