[Andy Mitchell]

Brian,

Regarding the unit(s) used to fly agents to the UK, please refer to KG 200 - The Luftwaffe's most secret unit by Geof Thomas and Barry Ketley.

Page 23 has the following - "it was, however, clearly better to place agents as close as practicable to their intended destinations. As a result the aircraft of Aufkl.Gr.(F)/Ob.d.L. were to be used for clandestine flights to drop secret agents and saboteurs into Great Britain and the remaining neutral countries, some of these agents being recruited from the Lehr und Baukp.zbV 800. This new kind of operation, which required accurate navigation by night was undertaken by the Gruppe Rowehl which seemingly prided itself on the precision of its navigation in the prefered cloudy weather conditions........"

The story continues with reference to Gartenfeld (Staka of 3. Staffel) flying Hermann Goertz to Dublin on 5/6 May 1940.

Page 25 mentions that Gartenfeld flew with Knemeyer to drop Abwehr agents in Central and Southern England.

There is also mention of three agents being landed from a rubber raft on the Scottish coast havng been flown there by an He 115 possibly of Kü.Fl.Gr. 906 - vera de Witte, Theodore Drueke and Werner Waelti. This was on 30 Sep 1940, thet flew from Stavanger-Sola and landed on the Banff coast.