3./NAGr. 1
3./NAGr. 1
(Unit Code Q1+)
Formation. (November 1944)
Formed on or about 22 November 1944 at Gelsenkirchen-Buer/North Rhine-Westphalia (ex-5.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 123) and equipped with the reconnaissance version of the Messerschmitt Bf 109G fighter.[1]
Germany. (November 1944 - April 1945)
22 November 1944: flew reconnaissance over the Nijmegen bridges in Holland under Stab/(F) 123 (Luftwaffenkdo. West).
24 November 1944: ordered to transfer from Gelsenkirchen-Buer to Twente airfield in Holland.
21 December 1944: transferred from Twente to Niedermendig on approximately this date to fly tactical recce during the Ardennes offensive (Battle of the Bulge).
24 December 1944: flew reconnaissance in the Elsenborn-Malmedy area.
26 December 1944: at Niedermendig with 15(11) Bf 109s. Returned to Twente around mid-January.
22 January 1945: of two Bf 109s dispatched from Twente to fly photo reconnaissance over the Arnhem area, one was shot down by RAF Typhoons near Eibergen.
January 1945: the Staffel reported it flew a total of 31 operational sorties along the Western Front during the month of January.
February 1945: following are a few losses reported during the first half of the month and these help illustrate the Staffel’s activity and casualties.
5 February 1945: Twente under Stab/NAGr. 1.
6 February 1945: Bf 109 G-5 crashed on take-off from Twente, 70%.
6 February 1945: Bf 109 G-14 shot down by a fighter north of Venlo, 100%, pilot MIA.
10 February 1945: Bf 109 G-6 shot down by a fighter over Lochem/Holland, 100%, pilot KIA.
14 February 1945: Bf 109 G-6 failed to return from a recce sortie - no details, 100%,
pilot MIA.
7 March 1945: transferred from Twente to Breitscheid/38 km north-west of Giessen for operations under Stab (F)/123.
30 March 1945: in transfer from Langenhagen to Goslar with orders to commence reconnaissance in the Kassel area, which it began the next day.
9 April 1945: reported 7(3) Bf 109s on strength.
11 April 1945: transferred to Reinsdorf/13 km south-east of Jüterbog.
22 April 1945: Staffel ordered disbanded by OKL this date.
FpN:3./NAGr. 1 (L 53620).
Staffelkapitän:
Oblt. Karl-Heinz Goldberg ( ? - April 1945)
© by Henry L. deZeng IV (Work in Progress).
(1st Draft 2022)
References
- ↑ G.Tessin - Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945, Teil 14: Die Luftstreitkräfte (Osnabrück, 1980); N.Kannapin - Die deutsche Feldpostübersicht 1939-1945, 3 Bde (I – III) (Osnabrück, 1980-82); PRO London: DEFE 3 ULTRA signals HP7452, HP7949, BT297, BT497, BT3375, BT6677, BT9031, BT9259, KO310; BA-MA Freiburg: RL 2 III Meldungen über Flugzeugunfälle…..(Loss Reports – LRs); BA-MA Freiburg: Signatur RL 2 III (Gen.Qu./Org.Abt.) document Qu.2 Nr.20657/45; BA-MA Freiburg: Signatur RL 40/Kart; Archiv Gruppe 66 magazine, No. 7/vol. 2, p.25; M.Holm-website ww2.dk.