[C.Moeller]

Hi Allan,

thank you very much, you are welcome.
My interest in the Bü 131/181 is because my new book is about the Panzerjäger Bü 181 units and Nachtschlachtkommandos.

Meanwhile, I have tried to find out more about the units which have been stationed around Schwerin at that time.

Biplanes might have come from NSGr. 8 or 4./NSGr. 5 (if Bü 131 might have been mixed with Ar 66 and/or Go 145):
NSGr. 8 was at Parchim until 2 May 1945, then Kaltenkirchen and finally Eggebek (20km S Flensburg). On 19 April they still had 34/33 Ju 87, 8/6 Go 145 and 3/2 Ar 66 (Go 145 and Ar 66 to 3./NSGr. 8). In Eggebek just one Ar 66, but 27 Ju 87 have been found.
Also, most probably 4./NSGr. 5 was operating under NSGr. 8. On 16 April 1945 this squadron had 9/8 Go 145 and 7/4 Ar 66. The last information about their location I have is dated 23 March 1945: Neuhardenberg.

Additionally, 1. Panzerfauststaffel Bü 181 was located in Parchim on 30 April, then Ludwigslust, Kaltenkirchen and finally Eggebek.
Nachtschlachtkommando 4 (Bü 181) was set up around 26 March 1945 in Schwerin at FFS A72 (the school was dissolved from March 1945 on). They probably moved to Grossenbrode around 30 April 1945.
Also, Nachtschlachtkommando 2 (Ar 96) moved from Celle to Schwerin on 9 April 1945. Around 30 April 1945 they moved to Warnemünde.

Regarding the Fi 156:
Oberst Helbig, Commodore of the Lehrgeschwader 1, on 30 April 1945 was ordered by the 14th Flieger Division to take over a commando of ten Fi 156 on the airport Schwerin-Görries. They should fly to Berlin in the night to 1 May 1945 and rescue important documents and couriers. Helbig later reported that a landing in Berlin was not possible because the visibility was too poor, so he returned to Schwerin via Perleberg. He never heard anything about the other pilots (see Taghon, Peter: History of Lehrgeschwaders 1, Vol. 2: 1942-1945, 1. edition, Zweibrücken/Germany 2004, p. 435-437).

Well, this is all I can contribute at the moment.

Best regards,

Christian