1.(F)/120 Stavanger-Sola
 

Hello,
Please help identify the names of the officers 1. (F) / 120 from the back of the photo.
Thank you very much for any help.
Regards Tony

Re: 1.(F)/120 Stavanger-Sola
 

Hi
I read

first line:
Fe... ?, Schulz, Heig ?, Vieß, Marbach, Schönbruher (or Schönbucher?),

sec. line:
Schmidt (Maj.), Schmidt (Hptm.), Lunau, Merz

third line:
Pipke, Kuchenheimer ?, Etzradt

best wishes
JoMe

Re: 1.(F)/120 Stavanger-Sola
 

Hi John,
Thank you very much for your cooperation!
Regards Tony

Re: 1.(F)/120 Stavanger-Sola
 

Interesting,

Tony, is the photo dated?

Best Regards,
Peter

Re: 1.(F)/120 Stavanger-Sola
 

Hello Peter,
This photo is not dated.
But I have another photo of the whole Staffel, which will be from the same period and it is written on March 27, 1945.
Interestingly, the place is listed again Stavanger-Sola! But 1. (F) / 120 was at this airport only until August 1944-or am I wrong ???

Re: 1.(F)/120 Stavanger-Sola
 

Tony,


Yes, I have also noted this "problem" but found an explanation;


Michael Holms site say for 1.(F)/120;


Stavanger-Sola, 7.40 - 8.44
Eggemoen, 8.44 - 12.44
Lister, 12.44 - 3.45
Quakenbrück, 3.45 - 5.45


I have an interest in JU188 D-2 Wk Nr 230443 A6+FH that came down in Little Loch Broom in Scotland 29.12.44. It is stated that they came from Stavanger-Sola as well even though the date indicates their home base to be Eggemoen/Lister in December.


I found the answer in the interogation report from the survivor;


"1 On the 26th December the crew of this aircraft took of from their base at Eggemoen, 27 miles NW of Oslo, and flew to Lista (Lister?) where they were to start a reconnaisance flight flight over Scapa Flow as soon as favourable weather conditions permitted.

2. On the following day the crew were given orders to proceed to Stavanger-Sola and to begin their operational flight from there. At about noon 28 December, the day following their arrival to Stavanger-Sola, the crew were informed that the weather forcast was propiticus and at 1300 hours the crew was given a hurried briefing"


That show that despite their main base is given to something else they still used Stavanger-Sola for operations.


Hope that this gives a bit of an explanation.


Best Regards
Peter

Re: 1.(F)/120 Stavanger-Sola
 

Hello Peter,
Thank you for the very interesting information, I think you are right.
I see you are interested in this unit, if you are interested, send me your PM and I will send you photo scans.
Regards Tony

Re: 1.(F)/120 Stavanger-Sola
 

A few notes for the period under discussion:


Aufklärungsstaffe1 1.(F)/120
Code: (A6 + )


9.44: all or most of the Staffel transferred from Stavanger-Sola to Eggemoen near Oslo, and very few sorties were flown thereafter due to the critical fuel shortage.
25.12.44: Staffel based half at Eggemoen and half at Trondheim-Vaernes under Kommandierender General der deutschen Luftwaffe in Norwegen.
29.12.44: Ju l88 D-3 (A6+FH) crashed into a loch in NW Scotland during a mission and sank, 100%, 1 KIA, 2 MIA and 1 captured.
4.1.45: Ju 188 FTR from a recce mission over Scotland, 100%, crew MIA.
25.1.45: now at Lister under Fliegerführer 4 with 19(17) Ju 188s on strength.
7.2.45: Ju 88 D-1 (4N+FH) FTR - no details, 100%, Staffelführer Hptm. Heinrich Eiler + 3 MIA.
Although charged to 1.(F)/120, this appears to be an error and should have been charged to 1.(F)/22.
2.45: Staffel still at Lister with elements detached at Trondheim-Vaernes.
3.45: now at Stavanger-Sola and Trondheim-Vaernes.
8.5.45: Staffel surrendered, half at Stavanger-Sola (18 officers and 133 men) and half at Trondheim-Vaernes (11 officers and 129 men) with a mixed complement of Ju 88s and Ju l88s under Fliegerführer 4.

FpN: 1.(F)/120 (L 39009).

Staffelkapitän:
Maj. Anton Schub ( ? - August 1940) 9/39
Hptm./Maj. Ernst Domnick (10 August 1940 - 14 April 1941)
Hptm. Helmut Orlowski (May 1941 - November 1942)
Hptm. Hugo Löhr (December 1942 - 14 July 1943)
Hptm. Kurt Behnke (14 July 1943 - February 1944)
Hptm. Friedrich (Fritz) Heidenreich (February 1944 - 30 May 1944) MIA
Hptm. Karl-Gustav Schmidt (June 1944 - May 1945)

A Few Sources:
J.-P.Défieux - Répertoire des Unités Aériennes de la Luftwaffe 1935-1945: Reconnaissance Aéronavale (Nanterre, privately published, n.d. (c 1988-90?); K.Ries - Luftwaffen Story 1935-1939; G.Tessin - Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945, 16+ Bde., Teil 14: Die Luftstreitkräfte (Osnabrück, 1980); W.Dierich - Die Verbände der Luftwaffe 1935-1945: Gliederungen und Kurzchroniken – Eine Dokumentation, p.157; N.Kannapin - Die deutsche Feldpostübersicht 1939-1945; U.Balke - Der Luftkrieg in Europa: Die Operativen Einsätze des Kampfgeschwader 2 im Zweiten Weltkrieg, Teil I, p.406, 412; F.Kurowski - Seekrieg aus der Luft: Die deutsche Seeluftwaffe im Zweiten Weltkrieg (Herford, 1979), p.55; C.Shores et al - Fledgling Eagles: The Complete Account of Air Operations During the ‘Phony War’ and Norwegian Campaign, 1940 (London, 1991), pp.254.276, 282, 300, 302, 317; W.G.Ramsey (ed.) - The Blitz, Then And Now, v.II/p.47; J.Foreman - Battle of Britain: The Forgotten Months, November and December 1940 (New Malden (Surrey), p.15; W.Green – Warplanes of the Third Reich, p.229; NARA WashDC: RG 242 (T-312 roll 1033/1206, roll l070/59l and 969); (T-971 roll 19); AFHRA Maxwell: decimal 512.619 British AirMin P/W interrogations, ADI(K) series, microfilm rolls A5400-05, interrogation ADI(K) 127/44; AFHRA Maxwell: decimal 512.625S (British Air Ministry) OKL document; PRO London: AIR 40 Air Ministry intelligence reports and lists based on ULTRA, “Y” Service intercepts, captured documents and PoW interrogations; BA-MA Freiburg: Signatur RL 9/35 and Signatur RL 40/Kart; BA-MA Freiburg: RL 2 III Meldungen über Flugzeugunfälle…..(Loss Reports – LRs); BA-MA Freiburg: Flugzeug-Bereitstellungen (Aircraft Availability Status Reports – FzB) in: M.Holm-website (ww2.dk); K.Maesel correspondence with author; H.Löhr letter to W.Horst of 16 May 1993; web site forum.12oclockhigh.net.

L.

Re: 1.(F)/120 Stavanger-Sola
 

Hi Larry,
Great!
Thank you very much for your answer.
Regards Tony

Re: 1.(F)/120 Stavanger-Sola
 

Many thanks Larry!

Your and Douglas Stankeys published work is invaluable to me when looking for information.

Thank you!

Best Regards
Peter