Not but field, but who cares....

[Angel Farré]

Thanks to all for your comments, I was searching for a nice RK holder Soldbuch from the Heer, but instead appears this, I always have wanted to pick up some nice Lufty pieces so I jump on this, I feel it nice for being such a well decorated pilot, no fighter one, but really hard won awards, now I must start buying books and finding web pages relating to LW units, now I want to now which type of aircrafts were flown in the units where he served and where and which type of missions he flown, of course any personal detail will be wellcomed, if he had any kill or any reference in books will be highly appreciated.

Angel

[Angel Farré]

As promised here are somne other documents and scans from his Soldbuch.

First the last unit he served, I wonder if he ever trained their guns to anything

Angel

[Angel Farré]

Something to give a more human face to war, bad news traveled in both directions and this time death news comes from the homeland.

Angel

[Angel Farré]

Apointment as Tecnical Officer in N.A.G. 6

Angel

[Angel Farré]

Waht is this?

Angel

[Luftm40]

Neat group! Your man was as close to being an infantryman as any Luftwaffe pilot could be! He was a low level reconnaissance pilot whose mission it was to provide tactical overhead imagery for ground units. Flying such missions in an environment where you don't have complete air superiority took some cojones. Recon pilots were awarded a fairly high proportion of awards for bravery, but are somewhat "unsung" compared to the bomber and fighter guys...

[Angel Farré]

Thanks for your words Andy, but I think you mean "cojones" that can be translated as "balls".

I think also that recon pilots were the unsung heroes of the LW, all look at the fighter, the bombers and the close support units, but without the info from the recon pilots he could not be able to archive much of his success.

I'm waiting for any other info regarding this man and his units

Angel

[Luftm40]

Yes I stand corrected in my Spanish!

[Luftm40]

Judging from the photo, he most likely flew the FW 189. The last unit entry for JG 110 is interesting. I'm not sure what their mission was, as they are listed as having operated numerous aircraft types

[Luftm40]

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Nahaufklärungsgruppe 6
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Stab/NAGr. 6:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Obstlt Richard von Korff, 5.42 - 1942
• Maj Hans-Gerd von Scholz, 1942 - 1943
• Hptm Heribert Rinke, 1943 - 11.43
• Hptm Wilhelm Sell, 11.43 - 9.44
• Maj Hermann Harbig, 9.44 - 1945
• Maj Heinz Schultze, 1945 - 3.45
• Hptm Herward Braunegg, 3.45 - 4.45
• Maj Arthur Schulze, 4.45 - 5.45

Formed 5.42 in South Russia from Koluft 4, with with Stab, a Stabs-Kompanie and a Ln.Betr.Komp.(mot.). The Stabs-Kompanie was disbanded 12.44.

The following units are known to have served under Stab/NAGr.6:

• 2.(H)/Aufkl.Gr.12, 7.44
• 7.(H)/Aufkl.Gr.13, 5.42 - 3.43
• 3.(H)/Aufkl.Gr.21, 7.44
• 2.(H)/Aufkl.Gr.31, 9.43 - 1.44
• 5.(H)/Aufkl.Gr.32, 2.43 - 8.43
• 7.(H)/Aufkl.Gr.32, 11.43 - 6.44
• 2.(H)/Aufkl.Gr.33, 5.42 - 7.43
• 1./NAGr.2, 8.43
• 1./NAGr.6, 8.44 - 12.44
• 2./NAGr.6, 8.44 - 12.44
• 2./NAGr.16, 4.43 - 8.43

Known bases:

Naumowo(?), 7.42
Mikojanowka, 2.43 - 7.43
Konotop, 8.43 - 10.43
Biala-Zerkow, 10.43 - 1.44
Kalianowka, 1.44 - 10.3.44
Winniza, 10.3.44 - 13.3.44
Kamenetz-Podolsk, 13.3.44 - 24.3.44
Kolemea, 24.3.44 - 28.3.44
Lemberg, 28.3.44 - 18.6.44
Bayreuth-Bindlach, 18.6.44 - 2.9.44
Herzogenaurach, 2.9.44 - 12.44
Lechfeld, 12.44 - 28.2.45
Schwäbisch-Hall, 28.2.45 - 27.3.45
Lechfeld, 27.3.45 - 8.5.45

1. Staffel:

Formed 1.8.44 in Bayreuth-Bindlach from 3.(H)/Aufkl.Gruppe.21.

Known bases:

Bayreuth-Bindlach, 8.44 - 2.9.44
Herzogenaurach, 2.9.44 - 12.44
Lechfeld, 12.44 - 28.2.45
Schwäbisch-Hall, 28.2.45 - 27.3.45
Lechfeld, 27.3.45 - 12.4.45
Kaltenkirchen, 12.4.45 - 2.5.45
Lechfeld, 2.5.45 - 8.5.45

2. Staffel:

Formed 1.8.44 in Bayreuth-Bindlach from 12./Aufkl.Gruppe 12.

On 6.2.45 absorbed Sonderkommando Braunegg.

Known bases:

Bayreuth-Bindlach, 8.44 - 11.9.44
Herzogenaurach, 11.9.44 - 12.44
Schwäbisch-Hall, 12.44 - 27.2.45
Hohne/Schleswig, 27.2.45 - 3.45
Burg bei Magdeburg, 3.45 - 10.4.45
Fassberg, 10.4.45 - 12.4.45
Lechfeld, 12.4.45 - 29.4.45
Kaltenkirchen, 29.4.45 - 2.5.45
Lechfeld, 2.5.45 - 8.5.45

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• Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, Stab/NAGr.6
• Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, 1./NAGr.6
• Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, 2./NAGr.6

[Luftm40]

<CENTER>Jagdgeschwader 110

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Geschwaderkommodoren:

• Oberst Max Gerstenberger, 15.10.43 - 15.3.45

Stab:

Formed 15.10.43 in Altenburg from Stab/Blindflugschule 10. Disbanded 15.3.45.

Bases:

• • <CENTER><TABLE cellSpacing=2 border=2><TBODY><TR><TD>10.43 - 5.45</TD><TD>Altenburg</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER>

I. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Hptm Albert Falderbaum, 15.10.43 - 7.44
• Maj Josef Belz, 7.44 - 2.11.44
• ?

Formed 15.10.43 in Altenburg from Blindflugschule 10 with:

Stab I./JG110 new
1./JG110 new
2./JG110 new
3./JG110 new
4./JG110 new

Disbanded 28.4.45.

Bases:

<CENTER><TABLE cellSpacing=2 border=2><TBODY><TR><TD>10.43 - 2.45</TD><TD>Altenburg*</TD></TR><TR><TD>2.45 - 28.4.45</TD><TD>Braunschweig-Waggum*</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER>

* 3./JG110 at Pomssen, 9.5.44 - 28.4.45

* 4./JG110 at Pommsen (15.10.43 - 8.5.44), Altenburg (9.5.44 - 12.5.44), Euba (13.5.44 - 2.45) and Wesendorf (2.45 - 28.4.45).

II. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Hptm Ferdinand Vögl, 1.6.44 - 14.10.44
• Maj Hartmann Grasser, 15.10.44 - 7.2.45

Formed 1.6.44 in Garz from the Jagdlehrerüberprüfungsgruppe with:

Stab II./JG110 from Stab/Jagdlehrerüberprüfungsgruppe
5./JG110 from 1./Jagdlehrerüberprüfungsgruppe
6./JG110 from 2./Jagdlehrerüberprüfungsgruppe

7./JG110 was formed 5.9.44 from 3./NAG102, and 8./JG110 was formed 5.9.44 in Wesendorf.

On 10.10.44 7./JG110 became 9./JG110 and 8./JG110 became 10./JG110. Four days later (14.10.44), a new 7./JG110 was formed in Garz and a new 8./JG110 at Swinemünde.

Disbanded 17.2.45.

Bases:

<CENTER><TABLE cellSpacing=2 border=2><TBODY><TR><TD>1.6.44 - 7.2.45</TD><TD>Garz*</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER>

* 8./JG110 in Wesendorf (5.9.44 - 10.10.44) and Swinemünde (14.10.44 - 7.2.45)

III. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Hptm Karl Floitgraf, 21.7.44 - 31.1.45
• Maj Kurt Benz, 1.2.45 - 15.3.45

Formed 21.7.44 in Wesendorf from parts of FFS B36 with:

Stab III./JG110 new
9./JG110 from 7./JG110 (10.10.44)
10./JG110 from 8./JG110 (10.10.44)
11./JG110 new
12./JG110 new

Disbanded 15.3.45.

Bases:

• • <CENTER><TABLE cellSpacing=2 border=2><TBODY><TR><TD>21.7.44 - 15.3.45</TD><TD>Wesendorf*</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER>
    * 9./JG110 at Pretzsch
    
    

Aircraft used 1943 - 45: Ar 96, Bf 108, Bf 109, Fw 190, Go 145, MC.202 and Si 204

[Luftm40]

Another one of the listed units:

<CENTER>Ergänzungs-Aufklärungsgruppe O.b.d.H.

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Gruppenkommandeure:

• Obstlt Gotthardt Kapuste, 14.11.39 - 31.3.40
• Oberst Adolf Kuen, 1.4.40 - 8.40
• Obstlt Dr. Hans Weichhold, 31.10.40 - 5.6.41
• Maj Udo-Ernst Haack, 6.6.41 - 11.1.42
• Obstlt Wolfgang Wehl, 12.1.42 - 9.4.42

Formed 14.11.39 in Schönfeld-Seifersdorf as Erg.Aufklärungsstaffel (H) O.b.d.H.

On 10.3.40 increased to Gruppe with:

Stab new
1. (F) Staffel new
2. (H) Staffel new
3. (H) Staffel new

On 10.4.42 redesignated Ergänzungs-Nahaufklärungsgruppe:

Stab became Stab/Erg.NAGr.
1. (F) Staffel became 1./Erg.NAGr.
2. (H) Staffel became 2./Erg.NAGr.
3. (H) Staffel became 3./Erg.NAGr.

Bases:

• <CENTER><TABLE cellSpacing=2 border=2><TBODY><TR><TD>14.11.39 - 3.40</TD><TD>Schönfeld-Seifersdorf*</TD><TD></TD><TD>**</TD></TR><TR><TD>3.40 - 9.4.42</TD><TD>Weimar-Nohra*</TD><TD> </TD><TD>**</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER>

* 1. Staffel at Strausberg (3.40 - ?.40) and Alperstädt (?.40 - 9.4.42)

* 2. and 3. Staffeln at Weimar-Nohra (3.40 - 30.6.41) and Jüterbog-Damm (1.7.41 - 9.4.42)

** Do 17F/M, He 45, He 46, Fw 189, Fi 156, Fw 58, W.34 and C.445

[Luftm40]

And the unit to which he was assigned when awarded the RK..it looks like this unit operated in the Balkans:







<CENTER>Nahaufklärungsgruppe 12




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Stab/NAGr. 12:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Maj Hans von Berchem, 5.42 - 8.42
• Oberst Gerhard Frantzius, 10.42 - ?
• Maj Huberet-Horst Correns, ? - 16.2.43
• Maj Werner Fleischmann, 2.43 - 15.6.43
• Hptm Friedrich Kahler, 15.6.43 - 13.8.43
• Maj Werner Fleischmann, 8.43 - 4.44
• Hptm Günther Weidmann, 1944 - 5.45

Formed 5.42 in South Russia from Gruppenfliegerstab 31, with Stab, Stabs-Kompanie and Ln.Betr.Komp.(mot.). The Stabs-Kompanie was destroyed at Stalingrad.

Disbanded 4.45.

The following units are known to have served under Stab/NAGr.12:

• 1.(H)/Aufkl.Gr.10, 2.43 - 3.43
• 2.(H)/Aufkl.Gr.10, 2.43 - 3.43
• 3.(H)/Aufkl.Gr.13, 11.42
• 2.(H)/Aufkl.Gr.21, 11.42
• 4.(H)/Aufkl.Gr.33, 11.42
• 1.(H)/Aufkl.Gr.41, 2.43 - 3.43
• 6.(H)/Aufkl.Gr.41, 5.42 - 10.42 and 12.42 - 1.43
• 7.(H)/LG2, 5.42 - 10.42 and 12.42 - 1.43
• 1./NAGr.12, 4.43 - 12.44
• 2./NAGr.12, 4.43 - 12.44
• 3./NAGr.12, 4.43 - 7.43
• 2./NAGr.13, 7.44

Known bases:

Golubinskaja, 9.42 - 10.42

Orlowka(?), 1.43
Kertsch(?), 6.43
Kirowograd, 8.43 - 9.43
Orscha-Süd, 10.43 - 11.43
Mostar, 12.43 - 10.44
Sarajewo, 10.44 - 11.44
Kaposvar, 11.44 - 12.44
Lucko, 12.44 - 3.45

1. Staffel:

Formed 1.4.43 in Herzogenaurach, from 1.(H)/Aufkl.Gr.10.


Known bases:

Herzogenaurach, 4.43 - 10.43

Orscha-Süd, 10.43 - 12.43
Devoli, 12.43 - 20.9.44
Mostar, 20.9.44 - 10.44
Sarajewo, 10.44 - 12.44
Lucko, 12.44 - 3.45
Agram, 3.45

2. Staffel:

Formed 1.4.43 in Herzogenaurach, from 2.(H)/Aufkl.Gr.10.


Known bases:

Herzogenaurach, 4.43 - 11.43

Orscha-Süd, 11.43 - 12.43
Mostar, 12.43 - 8.44
Szamarnemeti, 8.44 - 12.9.44
Becescsaba, 12.9.44 - 26.9.44
Gyoma, 26.9.44 - 7.10.44
Ferihegy, 7.10.44 - 11.44
Kaposvar, 11.44 - 12.44
Talpoca, 12.44 - 3.45
Graz-Thalerhof, 3.45 - 4.45

3. Staffel:

Formed 1.4.43 in Herzogenaurach, from 7.(H)/Aufkl.Gr.13.


In 8.43 redesignated 2./ZG76.

Known bases:

Herzogenaurach, 3.43 - 8.43

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• Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, Stab/NAGr.12
• Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, 1./NAGr.12
• Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, 2./NAGr.12
• Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, 3./NAGr.12

[Matt L]

Looks like he was re-training to be a fighter pilot near the end of the war- on 18.1.45 the unit listing is JG110- a training unit: http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/...der/Inhalt.htm

Matt

ed- looks like Andy beat me to it

[Angel Farré]

Thanks to all for your kind help, any book that deals with Aufklarungs units?

Angel