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Old 7th March 2009, 17:59
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Re: Kurierstaffel 5 & 7, activities 1940 ?

The sources I used were:

Ries, Karl Luftwaffen Story 1935-1939 (Mainz, 1974).- page 179
Dierich, Wolfgang. Die Verbände der Luftwaffe 1935-1945: Gliederungen und Kurzchroniken – Eine Dokumentation (Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag, 1976). – pages 190 and 191
Kannapin, Norbert. Die Deutsche Feldpostübersicht 1939 - 1945; 3 Bände; Osnabrück: Biblio Verlag, 1980-82). ISBN: 3-7648-1183-8 - various pages
The above confirm the unit redesignations.

Less reliable, but still helpful:
Bateson, Richard, "Fieseler Fi 156 Storch; Profile #228" Profile Publications.- page 137
Piekalkiewicz, J. "Fieseler Fi 156 Storch im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag). - page 74

Larry deZeng’s notes (for personnel) are drawn mainly from microfilms of original documents, typically assignment orders.
I even resorted to Michael Holm’s website www.ww2.dk.


Additionally, from Larry’s Personnel Notes:

KRIPPENDORF, Max. 26.06.42 Oblt.(d.R./Fl.), trf from Kurierstaffel 7 (Staka?) to Stab/1. Fliegerdivision. 01.09.42 promo to Hptm.(d.R./Fl.).

SACHTLEBER, Paul. 26.11.42 Maj., Staka Kurierstaffel 5, reported MIA.
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