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Re: He 114 - Pinguin - Hilfskreuzer
After 1940 the main user of the He 114 was 1. and 2/Aufkl.Fl.Gr.125. The following aircraft has been recorded, mainly in National Archives Kew HW5/22 and the KTB of Gen.d.Lw.b.Ob.d.M./O.Qu.
Aircraft of 1./Aufkl.Fl.Gr.125
He 114B 2548
He 114B 2549 7R+BH Ex. 2./125 7R+BK.
He 114B 2550 Ex. 2./125 7R+CK. 22.09.41 10% Pernau. Damaged by fire from Soviet fighters.
He 114B 2559 From 2./125 on 19.07.41. Ex. 7R+AK.
He 114B 2560
He 114B 2561 7R+DH Ex. 2./125 7R+DK.
He 114B 2562 Ex. 2./125 7R+EK.
He 114B 2572 From 2./125 on 19.07.41. Ex. 7R+IK. 15.09.41 30% Pernau. Damaged by enemy flakduring attack on the seaplane station Papiari on
Ösel island.
He 114B 2573 7R+FH Ex. 2./125 7R+FK. 24.09.41 20% Location not reported. Damaged by fire from enemy fighters.
He 114B 2574 Ex. 2./125 7R+GK. 18.07.41 40% damaged by enemy fire while on a recce sortie
He 114B 2575 Ex. 2./125 7R+HK.
Aufkläsrungsfliegergruppe 125 was established on 29. March 1941 with Stab, 1.Staffel (He 60), 2. Staffel (He 114) and 3. Staffel (Ar 95). The 2./125 was formed in Aalborg with aircraft and crews drawn from the 4./Bordflieger Ergänzungsstaffel based there. This was done on 8. April 1941. In July 1941 the 2./125 converted to Ar 196 and their remaining He 114's transferred to 1./125 and operated alongside this units He 60 aircraft.
In November 1941 1./125 transferred to List and began conversion to BV 138C-1. While operating from Tromsö in Norway, 1./125 was redesignated Küstenfliegerstaffel 2./706 on 26. May 1943 and again redesignated 2.(F)/S.A.Gr.130 on 5. July 1943.
A new 1./S.A.Gr.125 with BV 138 and Ar 196 was formed in Sewastopol on 26. May 1943 mainly with aircraft handed over by 3./125.
During the autumn of 1939 the following units operated the He 114 in a mix with other aircraft like He 60 and He 59: 1./306, 1./506, 1./706, 1./196 and 5./196.
On 25. October 1939 some of these units were redesignated:
1./306 became 3./806
1./506 became 1./806
1./706 became 1./906
1./196 and 5./195 retained their designations.
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