Verbindungsstaffel 59

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Verbindungsstaffel 59

(Unit Code: ?)


Formation. (May - Jun 41)

No information found in the primary documents examined as to the exact date and place of formation, but a published source states this was in April 1941 at Görlitz/Germany. [1]


South Russia. (Jun 41 - Feb 43)

Jun 41: at Zilenka attached to Panzergruppe 1 for the drive into northern Ukraine from SE Poland.[2]

22 Jun 41: Fi 156 crashed at Sawczyn/SE Poland, 70%.[3]

29 Jun 41: Go 145A force landed near Łuck/130 km NNE of Lvov due to engine trouble, 60%.

6 Jul 41: Go 145 (W.Nr. 1368) shot down at Szumsk (Šumskas) in SE Lithuania near Vilnius, 85%, 2 missing. [4]

13 Jul 41: Fi 156 (W.Nr. 613) damaged in taxiing accident at Roshow, 15%. [5]

26 Jul 41: at Fp. Belaya Tserkov/75 km SW of Kiev.

15 Aug 41: now at Fp. Kirovograd/C Ukraine.

6 Sep 41: 3 aircraft damaged when a German bomb accidentally detonated at Fp. Kirovograd, Fw 58 @ 20% and 2 Go 145s @ 15% each.

28 Sep 41: 1 casualty due to enemy fire at Koblijaki (Kobliyaki?) (not located). [6]

16 Nov 41: Fw 58 crash landed at Dnepropetrovsk, 15%.

Nov 41 – May 42: transferred to Germany and disbanded, with assets returned to the schools. Re-established c. 25 April 1942 for assignment directly under Luftflotte 4 in South Russia.[7]

3 Jun 42: Fi 156 crash landed at Fp. Nikolayev, 45%.

27 Nov 42: Fi 156 crash landed at Fp. Morosovskaya-South/202 km NE of Rostov, 100%, pilot injured.

7 Jan 43: Fi 156 blown up at Avi-Lovski (not located) to prevent capture by the advancing enemy, 100%.

Feb 43: disbanded shortly after the conclusion of the Stalingrad disaster.[8]

14 Feb 43: remaining assets and new assets redesignated Flugbereitschaft/Luftflotte 4. [9]


FpN:(L 39322, then L 49374)


Staffelkapitän:

(not found)


Other Personnel Assigned to or Associated with this Staffel:

LANG, Heinrich. Ofw. MIA (6.7.41). [10]

MÖSSER, (?). Gefr. Pilot. WIA (27.11.42).

NIEBERLAIN, Fritz. Uffz. MIA (6.7.41).



© 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. AFHRA Maxwell: decimal K113 Karlsruhe Collection; B.Rosch: op.cit.
  3. BA-MA Freiburg: RL 2 III Meldungen über Flugzeugunfälle…..(Loss Reports – LRs).
  4. A.Mitchell: RL 2-III/1178, 7.8.41 pg 9 entry 194.
  5. A.Mitchell: RL 2-III/755, 1.8.41 pg 7 entry 87.
  6. A.Mitchell: Luftwaffe Quartermasters Returns 05/11/1941 page 2 item 12.
  7. K.Ries-Deutsche Flugzeugführerschulen und ihre Maschinen 1919-1945:115; N.Kannapin-op cit.
  8. N.Kannapin-op cit.
  9. B.Rosch: op.cit.
  10. A.Mitchell: for Lang, Mösser and Nieberlain.

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