[musec04]

Hello Stig,


Flieger Ersatz Abteilung.My take on this,granted Ersatz literally translates as replacement into English (and likewise Swedish?), but all of these FEA were in fact training schools. I guess you could say the item that was being replaced were the lost pilots and observers from the operational units.The company owned Flying Schools we touched upon in the AEG B.I thread also had designations as FEAs.


Although later on in the war there were flying schools for specific functions for example the Flieger Beobachterschulen or the Schiessschule throughout the war FEAs whether company run or Army run were the standard training units. That at least is how I've understood matters. If you , or another board member has a different take on this, I 'm certainly willing to learn.





Regards,


Clint