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Does the soldbuch mention what unit Hptm Adam was Staffelkapitän of - or indeed the full listing of units he served with and when?

Adam

Dag nab it - I just edited the above, pressed "save" and the system decided against my editing. So here it is again. There were a lot more than 27 aircraft - KüFlGr 906 provided 19 He 59s alone (9 from 1./906 and a further 10 from 3./906). As for the Ju 52/3mg5e ("Wasser") the fo...

Just 8./KGzbV 108 was equipped with the Ju 52 - all the rest were He 59s that had been acquired from training and KüFlStaffeln.

Originally, 10 Ju 52s were secured for service during the campaign, but others did filter in through the course of Apr - June '40.

HTH

Adam

The fundamental issue is whether or not the lucky torpedo strike would have occurred at all if both ships were still sailing together. So the question becomes; cruising together, does the Bismarck suffer the damage in the first place or: a)is the added weight of PE's AAA enough to drive off or shoot...

[quote="phylo_roadking"]the by-now rather battered Luftwaffe - who would have been VERY badly attrited by first achieving the air superiority necessary to LAUNCH the invasion - and by logic mauled even further by [i]loosing[/i] it again to the RAF permitting the defeat of the invasion alon...

Many thanks to you both. Just the information I was after

regards

Adam

Does anyone have any information on a Lt.z.S Broili who participated in the capture of HMS Seal as part of 1./906?

I'm after first name, fate, service appointments - anything. Alternatively, if anyone knows a forum where I may find this information, I'd be greatful

TIA

Adam

21.9.41:
Fw 200C-3/U-4
F8+EL
WNr. 0078
1./KG 40
Crew was rescued and became POW


8.11.41
Fw 200C-3
F8+ZL
WNr. 0083
3./KG 40
Fate of crew unknown

19.12.41
Fw 200C-3/U-4
F8+IH
WNr. 0086
1./KG 40
Oberleutnant Hans-Joachim Hase and crew KIA


This is all I have - hope it helps

Adam

Don't forget Horst Carganico also used Mickey Mouse in place of the Staffel number on his 109's.... A significantly more flamboyant use of a Disney character than Galland's emblem below the cockpit.

(Sorry, I am unable to lay my hands on a decent enough pic to add here)

He was Chief of the General Staff, or at least that was his final position before his suicide in '43. He was responsible not only for operations but also for all basic decisions relating to the implementation of the air strategy as laid down by the Chiefs of the General Staff. Overall area of respon...

"With Dowding at the head of RAF Fighter Command the Luftwaffe didn't really have much of a chance." I'm sorry Redcoat but this has almost nothing to do with the original question, in the same way that England didn't so much achieve a victory over Germany in the BoB as Germany didn't manag...

E.R. Hooten says in Eagle in flames (page 100) that after the defeat at Kieve Stalin was prompted to offer the Germans a peace settlement similar to the Brest-Litovsk agreement of 1918. Can someone be more specific in what the details of the peace settlement were, exactly.

Thanks in advance,
Adam

Can anyone send me, or describe to me, the unit emblem of this gruppe - if indeed such a thing existed?

Thanks in advance,

Adam

Sorry, should have been a bit more specific. When I refered to the G variant I was talking mid '44 onwards, from what I have here in front of me. Initial orders for WNF were received on 15 August 1938 to build E-2s. On 1 January, one for 190 Bf 109E-3s for delivery between June 39 and Sept 40, and 2...

Further to the above, it seems that the Neustadt plant produced only the G variant of the 109 and the manufacturers identification (on ID plate) was 'hmt'. As for Me 210 production, I couldn't find anything that Weiner Nuestadt built any but the Hungarians certainly did. Between Nov 42 and Mar 45 86...