Verbindungsstaffel 60
Verbindungsstaffel 60
(Unit Code: ?)
Formation. (May - Jun 41)
No information found in the extant primary documentation examined as to exact date and place of formation, but a published source says formation was at Allenstein/East Prussia in April 1941. [1]
Russia. (Jun 41 - Mar 45?)
21 Jun 41: Ar 66 crash landed at Allenstein/East Prussia due to pilot error, 15%.[2]
22 Jun 41: at Tilsit/East Prussia assigned to Koluft/Panzergruppe 4 for the advance toward Leningrad and Lake Ilmen.[3]
12 Jul 41: Ar 66 crashed taking off from Anisinovo (not located), 80%.
26 Jul 41: Fi 156 struck an obstacle at Fp. Pskov and crashed, 100%, pilot killed.
17 Aug 41: still under Koluft/Panzergruppe 4 in North Russia.[4]
Oct 41: departed the Northern Sector of the Eastern Front for the Central Sector and the attack toward Moscow.
16 Oct 41: Fi 156 (W.Nr. 5193) crash landed at Vorobyevo (not located) due to pilot error, 30%.
25 Oct 41: a man from the Staffel reported injured when he accidentally walked into a propeller at Gzhatsk/NE of Vyazma.
20 Nov 41: Staffel withdrawn from operations along the approaches to Moscow this date to prepare to return to Germany.[5]
Nov 41 – May 42: transferred to Germany and disbanded, with assets returned to the schools. Re-established c. 25 April 1942 at Straubing/Bavaria for assignment in Russia. However, no documented reference to the Staffel dated later than November 1941 has been found, so its location is something of a mystery. A published source states that the Staffel was sent back to the Central Sector in Russia with Station at Vyazma. [6]
Jul 42: transferred to Paris-Villacoublay. [7]
Oct-Dec 42: said to have returned to Russia where it took part in the battle for Stalingrad. [8]
Jan 43: now identified at Bourges/France. Here, it was reportedly disbanded and its assets incorporated into multi-engine flight school FFS (C) 15. [9]
Jun 44: Verbindungsstaffel 60 re-established and then disbanded again in March 1945.
12 Jun 44: based at Bourges/France and may have just arrived according to German documents. [10]
4 Jul 44: moved to Oslo/Norway. [11]
25 Dec 44: ordered disbanded at Oslo. [12]
Mar 45: finally disbanded again for the third time. Its Feldpost number deleted 4 Apr 45. [13]
FpN:(L 39882, then L 49014, then L 60123)
Staffelkapitän:
Oblt. Gerhard Schrödter ( ? - ? ) 1941?[14]
Other Personnel Assigned to or Associated with this Staffel:
(none found)
© H.L. deZeng IV, 2024
References
- ↑ N.Kannapin-Feldpostübersicht; 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.
- ↑ BA-MA Freiburg: RL 2 III Meldungen über Flugzeugunfälle…..(Loss Reports – LRs).
- ↑ AFHRA Maxwell: decimal K113 Karlsruhe Collection.
- ↑ NARA WashDC: RG 242/T-311 and T-312 Heeresgruppe Nord, AOK 16 and AOK 18 documents.
- ↑ RG 242/T-321 roll 20.
- ↑ K.Ries-Deutsche Flugzeugführerschulen und ihre Maschinen 1919-1945:115; N.Kannapin-op cit.; B.Rosch: op.cit.
- ↑ B.Rosch: op.cit.
- ↑ B.Rosch: op.cit.
- ↑ B.Rosch: op.cit.; N.Kannapin-op cit.
- ↑ (CX/MSS/R215/7).
- ↑ B.Rosch: op cit.
- ↑ B.Rosch: op cit.
- ↑ N.Kannapin-op cit.
- ↑ A.Mitchell: U.Balke-KG 2/Teil 1:410.
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