Ju52 Signals plane

[RT]

Which unit COULD HV BEEN in need in aug. 44 of a Ju52 with signal equipment , QG ? NJG1 ? , craft hv to be handed over to Deelen

Remi

[RT]

No answer ???

[Nick Beale]

A Luftnachrichten Regiment.

[RT]

Sounds logical, but as for 1944 I never found traces of these units, I imagined that they were disbanded..

remi

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by RT

Sounds logical, but as for 1944 I never found traces of these units, I imagined that they were disbanded..

remi

They weren't disbanded, they were the organisations the Luftwaffe's radar and signals belonged to. I think I've seen an occasional reference to their having some aircraft attached to them.

[SES]

Hi,
There was a version of the Ju 52, which was outfitted with an extensive communications suite. It was used as a make-shift control tower when a field was being used for aircraft operations, before a proper infrastructure could be established.
AFAIR they were used in connection with the airborne assaults on Aalborg and Oslo in April 1940. These airports were captured to serve as Luftwaffe bases supporting the invasion of Norway.
bregds
SES

[SES]

Please also see:

Johan Falkenberg

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Order your ww2 books here!Kampfe um Narvik 1940-
Erlebnisse des Funkers Willy Schadock mit einer Nachrichten-Ju 52
Author: Olaf Trapp
Stedinger Verlag 2000
116 p., 164 pics.
ISBN 3-927 697-25-7 A nice little gem of a book with lots of photos, chronicling the experiences of a Luftwaffe radioman during the Narvik fighting and his return 56 years later.
Willy Schadock was a radioman aboard a specially equipped communications Ju-52, responsible for coordinating LW traffic and attacks in the area as well as maintaining contact with higher HQ (i.e Oslo).
Tagged on the Jus sent north to reinforce Dietls hard-pressed forces in mid-April, we follow his journey from Germany via Aalborg and Oslo, before his Tante Ju along with 9 other aircraft come to grief on the frozen lake Hartvigvann north of Narvik. Establishing their comms post in Elvegardsmoen and then the city itself, they are soon forced to move to Bjørnefjell. Then back to Narvik only to be pressed towards the Swedish border yet again, this time after salvaging radios from the beached German destroyers.
Some of the contemporary photos are well known from other sources, but many are his own. They are chronologically organized, and of particular interest is the “then-and-now” style, where in parallel with the original photos, newer ones taken during his revisit almost 60 years later are shown.
The text is brief, in this book the main emphasis is on the pictures, but it nevertheless offers a fascinating first-hand account from someone participating in this famous battle.
At the end there are a few other short accounts from other people involved, Germans as well as Norwegians, to fill in and give a broader view to the story.
The Nachrichten Ju-52 was not one of those salvaged during the eighties, and still lies at the bottom of the lake. Pictures taken of the efforts to keep it afloat in 1940 as well as some taken today are included.
A nice addition to the bookshelf for anyone interested in Norwegian war history in general, and the fighting around Narvik in particular.
Recommended for non-German speakers as well, as the photos themselves tell much of the story.

[KrisJG3]

Original Foto Ju 52 Staffelwappen NARVIK 2.WK

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