[Larry deZeng]

3.(F)/Aufklärungsgruppe 121
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South Russia. (June 1941 - May 1943)
4 June 1941: Ju 88 A-5 crash landed at Weimar-Nohra airfield while en-route to Romania, 15%. 22 June 1941: at Ramnicul-Sarat airfield in eastern Romania with 10 Ju 88As and 3 Bf 110s under IV. Fliegerkorps/Luftflotte 4 for the attack on the Soviet Union this date. The Staffel’s mission was to provide strategic reconnaissance support for the drive across Bessarabia and Moldavia and into South Ukraine. 24 June 1941: operating from Balti (Beltsy) airfield in Moldavia. 13 July 1941: Ju 88 D-2 shot up by a Russian fighter over Bacau/north-east Romania, 70%, 1 WIA. 10 August 1941: transferred from Balti forward to Balta/165 km north-north-west of Odessa. 14 August 1941: Ju 88 A-5 damaged at Balta due to engine failure, 25%. 26 August 1941: Ju 88 D-2 crash landed at Nikolayev-West airfield, 15%. September 1941: operating from Nikolayev-East airfield, the Staffel flew a total of 92 Ju 88 recce sorties under IV. Fliegerkorps for the loss of one plane. 9 October 1941: Ju 88 D-2 damaged by bombs during enemy air attack on Nikolayev, 15%. November 1941: Staffe1 flew a total of 52 Ju 88 recce sorties from Nikolayev under IV. Fliegerkorps without loss during November.
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Sources:

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; N.Kannapin - Die deutsche Feldpostübersicht 1939-1945; 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 (Mainz, 1974), pp.80-89; BA-MA Freiburg: RL 2 III Meldungen über Flugzeugunfälle…..(Loss Reports – LRs); BA-MA Freiburg: RL 40/Kart; PRO London: DEFE 3 ULTRA signals HP4060, HP5708 and HP5932; PRO London: AIR 40/1966, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983; PRO London: AIR 40 Air Ministry intelligence reports and lists based on ULTRA, “Y” Service intercepts, captured documents and PoW interrogations; NARA WashDC: RG 242 (Microcopy T-312 roll 388/866, roll 394/883, roll 410/445, roll 411/768); U.Balke - Der Luftkrieg in Europa: Die Operativen Einsätze des Kampfgeschwader 2 im Zweiten Weltkrieg, 2 Bde (Koblenz, 1989-90), pp.393, 404, 418; C.Shores - Fledgling Eagles: The Complete Account of Air Operations During the ‘Phony War’ and Norwegian Campaign, 1940 (London, 1991); J.Foreman - 1941 - The Turning Point, Parts 1and 2 – The Battle of Britain to the Blitz (Walton on Thames (Surrey), p.66; J.R.Smith/A.L.Kay - German Aircraft Of The Second World War (London, 1972), p.426; M.Rauchensteiner - Der Krieg in Österreich, 1945. (Wien, 1984); M.Abicht – captions from captured Luftwaffe reconnaissance photos held by the U.S. National Archives; M.Holm – web site ww2.dk.

For Rowehl, there is some here:

http://www.wiki.luftwaffedata.co.uk/...sgruppe_Ob.d.L.

Also, the Militärgeschliches Forschungsamt in Potsdam has a postwar (1972?) manuscript written by Theodor Rowehl that provides great detail on Kommando Rowehl from its inception through June 1941.

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