Information concerning loss of Uffz. Georg Kapfhammer - killed in transport flight - 01.01.43
 

Hi,

Could anyone provide information on the loss of Uffz. Georg Kapfhammer who was killed in a transport flight on the 1st January 1943?

Thanks

Rick

Re: Information concerning loss of Uffz. Georg Kapfhammer - killed in transport flight - 01.01.43
 

Hello Rick,

GQM loss return 2 Jan 1943, item 103:
1.1.43 Verb.Kdo (S)V Feindflug, bei Poloczk, Notlandung infolge Flakbeschuss, He 111 WNr. 3538.
Bf Uffz Georg Kapfhammer verletzt.
Correction 4 Jan 1943: Uffz Kapfhammer seinen Verletzungen erlegen.

Regards
Leo

Re: Information concerning loss of Uffz. Georg Kapfhammer - killed in transport flight - 01.01.43
 

Thanks Leo for response but do you know what unit he was flying with?

Re: Information concerning loss of Uffz. Georg Kapfhammer - killed in transport flight - 01.01.43
 

Unit looks like Verb.Kdo.(S)V his place of death given as Welikije-Luki with dob 09.04.1915 at Tiefenbach

Regards
Brian Bines

Re: Information concerning loss of Uffz. Georg Kapfhammer - killed in transport flight - 01.01.43
 

Hi,

What unit is that?

Rick

Re: Information concerning loss of Uffz. Georg Kapfhammer - killed in transport flight - 01.01.43
 

Hi Brian,

Is it a liaison unit? Would would it be responsible for?

Rick

Re: Information concerning loss of Uffz. Georg Kapfhammer - killed in transport flight - 01.01.43
 

Rick as far as I can tell a VerbindungsKommando ( Connection Command) was a responsible for maintaining liasion between units . Search under 'Verbindungskommando Luftwaffe ' and there is Asisbiz section giving its WW2 breakdown plus posts of its current use in German armed forces .

Regards
Brian Bines

Re: Information concerning loss of Uffz. Georg Kapfhammer - killed in transport flight - 01.01.43
 

Hello Rick,

since autumn 1941 gliders were increasingly used for supply flights in support of cut-off German troops on the Eastern front. In spring 1942 the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (Luftwaffe High Command) set up headquarters for four Verbindungskommandos (S) [S = Segelflug] or Liaison Detachments (Glider). These were supposed to enable control of transport glider operations. The Verb.Kdo (S) V was attached to the Luftwaffenkommando (LwKdo) Ost at Orscha.
The other units:
Verb.Kdo (S) 1 attached to Luftflotte 1 Riga
Verb.Kdo (S) 2 attached to LwKdo Südost Belgrad
Verb.Kdo (S) 4 attached to Luftflotte 4 Saporoshje
Sources:
Wolfgang Dierich “Die Verbände der Luftwaffe“
Luftwaffe im Focus Edition No 28 pages 27-32.

Regards
Leo

Re: Information concerning loss of Uffz. Georg Kapfhammer - killed in transport flight - 01.01.43
 

Hi,

On back of card is pencilled writing saying he was killed on heimat to Stalingrad.
Would there be in any truth in that?
Rick

Re: Information concerning loss of Uffz. Georg Kapfhammer - killed in transport flight - 01.01.43
 

Yes, because a Heimatflug is a non-operational flight.