Coding for 3./506
 

I thought that the unit code for Küstenfliegergruppe 506 was S4+ but I have a /506 KTB report for 3rd June 1941 stating that He111 of 3./506 (and coded BK+CO) carried out a torpedo attack in the North Sea. Any comments?

Bill Norman (website: www.billnorman.co.uk)

Re: Coding for 3./506
 

Obviously still using its factory codes?

Re: Coding for 3./506
 

He111 really ???


Rémi

Re: Coding for 3./506
 

BK+CO is H-5 3891

Still in the inventory in 1943

Rémi

Re: Coding for 3./506
 

3./506 began conversion from He 115 to Ju 88 on 09.06.1941 at Westerland on the island of Sylt. What this He 111 did on unit strength I can not explain. Can anyone else ??

Re: Coding for 3./506
 

ah..my mistake. Words like 'egg', 'face' , 'on' and 'my' spring to mind! Should have stated He115 coded BK+CO. Does Chris's explanation still hold?

Re: Coding for 3./506
 

Sure it does, but the code is for an He111 ...

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Iinformation has come to hand to shed a little more light - perhaps? The initial instruction was for 3 x He115 to transfer from List to Großenbrode 'for a special operation'. However, 3hrs after their arrival they were - for some unknown reason - instructed to return to List. Shortly after that, BK+CO ( specifically stated as He111) of 3./506 was transferred from Großenbrode to Westerland, from where it subsequently made an attack on the designated ship with 2 x torpedoes and a number of bombs. For this operation BK+CO is regularly referred to in the KTB as being an He111. It is even mentioned in the crew's debrief. There seems to be no doubt that He111 was the type. The crew of the ship that was attacked described their assailant merely as 'Heinkel' - but their description of the form of the attack mirrors the description given by BK+CO's BO. Any more comments?

Re: Coding for 3./506
 

Training ??

Re: Coding for 3./506
 

Unlikely: the target was an aircraft carrier.