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Originally Posted by Nick Beale
One possibility is that the Gruppe consisted of a flying Staffel and a sea-going Flotille.
Seenotteilstaffel (Land) 20 operated in Italy (Campoformido-Udine) from October 1944 to April 1945 and seems largely to have been engaged in reconnaissance over the Adriatic with the Fw 190 A-8.
What little I know about it is in "Air War Italy 1944-45" (Beale, D'Amico & Valentini, 1996).
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I believe Nick is correct. Each Seenotgruppe consisted of a Seenotstaffel and a Seenotflotille which I presume operated high speed lauches or similar to rescue downed airmen.
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Andy Fletcher
1st June 2006, 22:07
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