Verbindungsstaffel 66
Verbindungsstaffel 66
(Unit Code: ?)
Formation. (May - Jun 41)
No information found in the primary documents seen as to exact date and place of formation., but a postwar published history claims it was established in June 1941 using elements of flight school FFS (A/B) 10. [1]
Central Russia and South Russia. (Jun 41 - c. Feb 43).
Jun 41: assigned to Koluft/AOK 2.
16 Jul 41: Go 145 (W.Nr. 269) crash landed at Fp. Minsk-East, 15%.[2]
18 Jul 41: Fi 156 (W.Nr. 5697, BH+WM) failed to return, crew of 2 MIA. [3]
18 Jul 41: Go 145 (SA+X) reported missing in the Orsha area, 100%, 2 MIA.
31 Aug 41: Fw 58 crashed taking off from Fp. Borisov, 85%.
22 Sep 41: still assigned to Koluft/AOK 2.[4]
29 Sep 41: Go 145 crash landed near Klintsy/86 km NE of Gomel, 60%, 1 injured.
Nov 41 – May 42: transferred to Germany and disbanded, with assets returned to the schools. Re-established c. 25 April 1942 at Warnemünde using aircraft and personnel from FFS A/B 10 for assignment in South Russia.[5]
Luftflottenkdo. 4.[6]
18 Jul 42: Fi 156 reported missing - no details, 100%, 2 MIA.
3 Aug 42: Fi 156 shot down by a fighter near Dimitriyevskaya (probably in the Rostov area), 100%, crew safe.
6 Sep 42: Fi 156 bombed on the ground at Fp. Maikop in N Caucasia, 100%.
Nov 42: transferred to Nikolayev/SW Ukraine for reorganization as a night harassment squadron with the designation 1./Störkampfgruppe Luftflottenkdo. 4. [7]
Feb – Mar 43: before it could be employed in its new role, it was disbanded following the German disaster at Stalingrad. [8]
FpN:(L 40682, then L 12573)
Staffelkapitän:
Other Personnel Assigned to or Associated with this Staffel:
ERNST, Hans. Obgfr. Flight Mechanic. MIA (18.7.42). [9]
SCHUBERY, Alfred. Uffz. Pilot. MIA (18.7.42).
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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); A.Mitchell: RL2-III/755 1.8.41 pg 7 entry 88.
- ↑ A.Mitchell: RL2-III/762 21.7.42 Pg 2 Entry 24.
- ↑ NARA WashDC: RG 242/T-313 roll 232, frame 958.
- ↑ K.Ries-Deutsche Flugzeugführerschulen und ihre Maschinen 1919-1945:115; N.Kannapin-op cit; Jet & Prop magazine, Heft (issue) 1/1994, p.5.
- ↑ N.Kannapin-op cit.
- ↑ N.Kannapin-op cit.; B.Rosch: op.cit.
- ↑ N.Kannapin-op cit.
- ↑ A.Mitchell: RL2-III/762 21.7.42 Pg 2 Entry 24 for both Ernst and Schubery.
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