Verbindungsstaffel 63

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Verbindungsstaffel 63

(Unit Code: ?)


Formation. (May - Jun 41)

No information found in primary documents as to exact date and place of formation, but a postwar published source states this occurred in April 1941 at Pruzana (Pruzhany) in East Poland before it moved to Slonim in June. [1]


Central Russia and South Russia. (Jun 41 - Oct 44).

24 Jun 41: Fi 156 (KH+YR) reported missing near Pruzhany/72 km NE of Brest Litovsk, 100%, Oberst Carl von Gerlach, Koluft/Pz.Gr. 2, plus one other both MIA (later changed to KIA).[2]

4 and 6 Jul 41: at Minsk-South assigned to Koluft/Panzergruppe 2. [3]

11 Aug 41: now at Fp. Shatalovka/55 km SE of Smolensk and still assigned to Koluft/Panzergruppe 2.[4]

5 Sep 41: 2 Ar 66s damaged taxiing at Fp. Unecha/225 km W of Orel, 40% and 35%.

22 Sep 41: still assigned to Koluft/Panzergruppe 2.[5]

1 Nov 41: based at Orel under Koluft/Pz.AOK 2.[6]

8 Nov 41: Ju 52 crash landed at Fp. Chern/77 km NE of Orel, 30%.

19 Nov 41: Staffel transferred from Orel to Stubendorf/near Oppeln in Silesia.[7]

Nov 41 – May 42: disbanded at Stubendorf, with assets returned to the schools. Re-established c. 25 April 1942 for assignment in South Russia.[8]

24 Jun 42: Fi 156 crash landed at Kursk, 65%.

Summer - Fall 42: all or elements of the Staffel flew briefly under the designation 2./Störkampfgruppe Luftflottenkdo. 4.[9]

26 Jul 42: Go 145 force landed at Fp. Makeyevka/12 km E of Stalino, 10%.

28 Jul 42: Fi 156 crash landed at Fp. Makeyevka, 60%.

7 Aug 42: Caudron C 445 crashed taking off from Fp. Stalino-North due to engine failure, 25%.

29 Aug 42: Fi 156 crashed taking off from Fp. Kislovodzl (Kislovodsk/N Caucasia?), 30%.

9 Oct 42: Kl 35 struck an obstacle while landing in Pl.Qu. 7966 (near Gorlovka in the Donets Basin), 60%, Obstlt. Kurt Lehmann (pilot) injured.

Nov 42: withdrew for reorganization and re-equipping, and now at Nikolayev/S Ukraine. [10]

7 Feb 43: He 111 H-2 crashed at Nikolayev/S Ukraine, 90%.

16 Feb – 25 Mar 43: as Verb.St. 63 once again, and now at Simferopol’/Crimea.[11]

Apr 43: moved to Poltava, to Kharkov in May and to Stalino in July. [12]

Aug 43 – Apr 44: Ukraine or transferred to southern Italy in August where it was based at Reggio, moved to Udine in northern Italy in September and finally to Zagreb (Agram)/Croatia in January 1944 where it was disbanded in August 1944? The move to S Italy is based on a Staffel member’s flight log and is believed to be altogether incorrect. The member may have been transferred to Italy, but the Staffel did not. [13]

2 May – 13 Jun 44: Czerlany (Gródek)/28 km WSW of Lvov (Lwow). [14]

Jun-Sep 44: almost certainly remained in South Poland, but this needs confirmation.

16 Oct 44: order for disbandment issued by OKL. To be carried out by Luftflotte 6 and completed by 15 Nov 1944. [15]

Oct 44: disbanded. Staffel’s Feldpost number deleted on 20 Nov 44.[16]


FpN:(L 19483, then L 11422)

Staffelkapitän:

Lt. Walter Schmidt ( ? - 27 Mar 44) MIA



Other Personnel Assigned to or Associated with this Staffel:

DAHLEM, Heinrich. Lt.

FRICK, Willi. Oblt.

GERLACH, Karl von. Oberst. Passenger. Killed in crash 24 June 1941.

LEHMANN, Kurt. Obstlt. Pilot. Injured.


© H.L. deZeng IV, 2024

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ BA-MA Freiburg: RL 2 III Meldungen über Flugzeugunfälle…..(Loss Reports – LRs).
  3. ↑ NARA WashDC: RG 242/T-312 roll 160, frame 896; A.Mitchell: Lw. Q. Gen. Loss Returns 31.8.41 Page 2.
  4. ↑ RG 242/T-313 roll 85, frame 898.
  5. ↑ T-313 roll 232, frame 958.
  6. ↑ T-313 roll 93, frame 486.
  7. ↑ T-313 roll 94, frame 766.
  8. ↑ K.Ries-Deutsche Flugzeugführerschulen und ihre Maschinen 1919-1945:115; N.Kannapin-op cit.
  9. ↑ N.Kannapin-op cit.
  10. ↑ B.Rosch: op.cit.
  11. ↑ Flugbuch (flight log) Brunsmann cited on http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=156992 .
  12. ↑ B.Rosch: op.cit.
  13. ↑ B.Rosch: op.cit.
  14. ↑ Brunsmann-op.cit.
  15. ↑ A.Mitchell: RL2-III/63 Aufstellung, Umbildung, Umbenennung und Auflösung.- Sammlung von Verfügungen, Dienstanweisungen, Organisationsplänen und Geschäftsverteilungsplänen1934 – 1945 Bd 19 Oct 1944 pg 95.
  16. ↑ N.Kannapin-op cit.

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