1./Seeaufkl.Gr. 125
1./Seeaufkl.Gr. 125
Unit Code: (7R + )
Formation (May 1943)
Formed May 1943 at Constanta-Mamaia/Romania (ex-Aufkl.St. 1.(F)/125) with Blohm und Voss BV 138 flying boats.[1]
South Russia - Black Sea (May 1943 – Sep 1944)
25.5.43: had just arrived at Constanta-Mamaia with 9 BV 138s - Staffel notified that it would begin receiving 3 Arado Ar 196 floatplanes in June.[2]
24.6.43: Staffel ordered to transfer immediately to Sevastopol/Crimea.[3]
3.7.43: (Lf1l.4) - BV 138 destroyed in a depth charge explosion at Sevastopol, 100%, 4 WIA and 1 MIA.
3.7.43: (Lf1.4) - Ar 196 crashed at Sevastopol, 100%.
1.8.43: (Lf1.4) - Ar 196 force landed near Sevastopol due to engine trouble, 100%, 2 injured.
30.8.43: At Sevastopol.[4]
6.10.43: (Lf1.4) - BV 138 (7R+HH) shot down by AA-fire near Yalta/Crimea, 100%, Hptm. Hans Römer + 4 MIA.
2.44: Sevastopol.[5]
14.4.44: Staffel's non-flying component ordered to transfer to Constanta-Mamaia this date, while the aircraft and crews were to remain at Sevastopol.[6]
30.4.44: Aircraft and crews transferred to Varna/Bulgaria o/a this date as Soviet forces closed on Sevastopol.[7]
1.7.44: Transferred from Varna to Constanta-Mamaia o/a this date. [8]
25.8.44: Transferred from Constanta-Mamaia to Salonika/Greece as a result of Romania's change of sides - plans called for the Staffel to be used for convoy escort and cover in the Aegean Sea. [9]
5.9.44: No longer needed following the German decision to evacuate Greece and the Aegean, Staffel disbanded after turning over all remaining aircraft to 3./Seeaufkl.Gr.125). [10]Staffel's Feldpost number deleted 28.10.44. [11]
FpN: 1./Seeaufkl.Gr.125 (L 52813).
Staffelkapitän
Hptm. Kurt Schütt (acting) (May 43 - Jul 43)
Hptm. Edelmann (May 43 - Mar 44)
Also see:
BRANNATH, Hugo, Lt.
BRÄUER, Hans-Klaus, Oblt.
CRÖMER (RÖMER? KREMER?), Hans (Harry?), Hptm.
KOCH, Fritz (Friedrich?), Lt.
LISY, Johannes, Lt.
LOY, Gerhard, Lt.
ZOROWSKI, Wolf von, Lt.
© by Henry L. deZeng IV (Work in Progress).
(1st Draft 2022)