Unit help

[jager17]

I want to research the unit whose markings are on this bayonet frog, I believe it is a luftwaffe reconnaissance unit stationed at the air base in Bad Voslau Austria. Any info on this unit or websites that could help would be greatly appreciated.
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[Antonio Scapini]

I'm not so firm in Luftwaffe units but i think this (and the link on the page) can help you research:

http://www.ww2.dk/air/recon/aufklg112.html

[jager17]

the site doesnt seem to list Bad voslau as a known base. Also more combat info would be good
Thanks

[Gerdan]

Some information on a/f Bad Voeslau, Austria


http://www.loav.at/english/defaulteng.htm


Gerdan

[Johnny R]

Base-

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/...nVoeslau-R.htm

[Simon O.]

If you can see which was stamped over the other you'll know if the frog belonged to the Fliegerhorst kommandanteur before or after the aufklärungsgruppe. 1./Aufkl.Gr.12 we know was formed from Aufkl.Gr. 112 in oct.37 so that part is Ok.

[jager17]

It looks like the top stamp is the most recent one, also I would say the bayonet isnt original to the frog as the bayonet is a 1940 and therefore to late for the frog stampings if the unit was vhanged in 1937

[Simon O.]

The top stamp can't be the most recent as 1./Aufkl.Gr.12 came after it.

A bayonet and a frog cannot be original to each other, they are two seperate items that weren't issued together. A bayonet is a serial numbered weapon, the frog a piece of personal equipment. That the frog is pre-war doesn't mean the bayonet didn't join it before the end of the war.