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Re: Bergunskommando or Salvage Detachments
Frederic,
In France, prior to 1 September 1943, the Flugzeug-Bergungstruppe came under the Luftflotte 3 Chef Ingenieur. He in turn parceled them out for attachment to the Koflug (Kommando Flughafenbereich) as the need dictated, and these in turn could assign them for temporary duty with individual Fliegerhorstkommandanturen. Additionally, the Werft-Kp. at each Fliegerhorstkommandantur had its own organic Bergungstrupp, sometimes 2 or 3 of them. None of these little 8 to 12 man Trupps kept their own records, such as a KTB mit Anglagen. They just filled out forms and filed hand-written reports to the Fl.H.Kdtr. and the Koflug.
In March 1943, there were an estimated 35 independently numbered Flugzeug-Bergungstruppe in West France plus another 100+ that were organic to the Werft-Kpn.
Since you are specifically interested in March 1943 in Brittany, you might want to determine the Koflug responsible for the Brest Peninsula and the Fliegerhorstkommandanturen that were there at that time. IMHO, that would be the best place to look. These records are in BA-MA RL 20 and RL 21.
Hope this helps a bit!
Larry
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