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Old 18th February 2010, 15:12
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Re: Henschel 129's in France & Family History

A brief re-read of Pegg's book indicates no HS 129 losses in combat in the Caen / Normandy area. In fact, there is virtually no discussion of the Hs 129 in Western France. There are picture of the aircraft you linked at the Canadian archives. The aircraft is simply noted as W. Nr. 140492 coded DO+XE. The aircraft was merely said to have been bombed and then looted. No unit is given to which that Hs 129 may have belonged.

As for III / SG 151, Pegg indicates that these were training units and they shifted and were redesignated so much that units were hard to follow. It seems that III / SG151 became part of I / SG 152 in February 1944 as 3 (Pz) Staffel. At the end of July it became 14.(Pz)/Sg151 and disbanded in October 1944.

Unless I am missing something, there seems to be no combat loss of an Hs 129 in the west of France.
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