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Norbert Schuchbauer

12th December 2006 17:39

Unit indentification needed

Hi all,
can anybody help me the following unit abbreviation:

FWD 50 it later became LFWA V/50

There were mostly courier flights. Any thoughts are welcome.

Norbert

Nick Beale

12th December 2006 19:25

Re: Unit indentification needed

LFWA could be Luftwaffe Feld Werft Abteilung = Luftwaffe Field Workshop Battalion and the "V" may be "verlegbar" which is mobile (but not as mobile as "mot." = "motorised").

Or I'm completely wrong …

Norbert Schuchbauer

12th December 2006 19:41

Re: Unit indentification needed

Hi Nick,
not a bad idea. I think the V is the roman numeral for 5.

Norbert

Nick Beale

12th December 2006 22:01

Re: Unit indentification needed

Quote:

Originally Posted by Norbert Schuchbauer (Post 33808)

Hi Nick,
not a bad idea. I think the V is the roman numeral for 5.

Norbert

If it's upper case then yes, I'm sure you are right.

My theory would work better if it was in lower case.

Norbert Schuchbauer

12th December 2006 22:55

Re: Unit indentification needed

I think I can say for shure now that is indeed Luftwaffe Feldwerftabteilung.

Thanks for the help Nick,

Norbert

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