Sonder Transport Gruppe zbV BRONKOW

[Gianandrea Bussi]

Does anyone has got any details about this unit? Did it really exist?
Dod it operate italian P.108 aircaft?

Thank you in advance

Gianandrea

[Larry deZeng]

Unofficial, informal name for a Transport unit originating from or based at this airfield at one time or another:

Calau-Bronkow (GER) (31 km WSW of Cottbus in Brandenburg)
General: airfield in Brandenburg 28 km WSW of Cottbus and 2.5 km E of the village of Bronkow. A Landeplatz in 1938 that was upgraded to an Einsatzhafen in 1939. Grass surface.
School Units: Arbeitsplatz for Schule/FAR 82 (Cottbus) (1939-41);
Station Units: Fl.H.Kdtr. A(o) 101/I.

Its official name was Transportfliegerstaffel 5, which flew from late 1943 to 10 September 1944 when it was renamed 14./TG 4. It had 10 P.108s and several Ju 90s and Ju 252s.

L.

[Gianandrea Bussi]

Thank you for the quick answer.

Gianandrea

[RT]

A Pi108 G6+FY was reported at Sedes in Autumn 1944

Remi

[Brian]

Hi guys

Out of curiosity, what happened to the ten P.108s?

Cheers
Brian

[Andy Mitchell]

To supplement Larry's airfield information, Ries and Dierich in "Fliegerhorste und Einsatzhäfen der Luftwaffe" have the following co-ordinates for the airfield - 51.40.25 N - 13.57.40 E