Luftwaffe unit code 9N

[RolandF]

Christian,

is this the Siebel with additional camo surrounding the code markings and the flash sign? At Brunnthal airfield a Fh 104 is depicted lying amidst the scrap heap...

Regards

Roland

[Marcel Hogenhuis]

Cher Remi, dear Roland and Christian

Many thanks and though Stab 3./Jagddivision would make sense, it remains obscure why this Siebel was not mentioned in the RL 25/80 files but I will check that again before making unjust statements.

Again thanks, I would appreciate if someone could send me a scan of the Luftwaffe Verband edition with this picture in a PM.

Best wishes, Marcel
www.fliegerhorst-venlo.net

[ChristianK]

Hi Roland; yes, this is the aircraft I was talking about No connection to Brunnthal, tough..

Marcel, you got a PM!

[Marcel Hogenhuis]

Dear friends,

Thank you for all the input. The reference to the 3. Jagddivision did ring a bell and therefore I looked into the 'Belegungsübersicht der Flugplätze im Luftgau-Bereich Holland' (RL 25/80 and further) and there it was: there is a Siebel Fh 104 with the Flugbereitschaft der 1. Jagddivision in Deelen and the other aircraft mentioned do fit to
9N+BA (Bf110)
9N+BX (Bf110)
9N+GA (Fi156)
9N+XA (Me210A-1)

Therefore it is safe to assume that 9N belongs to the Flugbereitschaft 1. Jagddivision in Deelen, please update your lists of unit codes!

All the best, Marcel

[Marcel Hogenhuis]

Hello,

Another confirmation that 9N belongs to the Flugbereitschaft of the 1.Jagddivision is, that its commander in chief at the time of the photo taken in Venlo was Gen.Lt. Kurt-Betram von Döring.

At a closer examination of the dignitaries near the fresh Ritterkreuzträger H.D. Frank and W.Herget, it is clear that von Döring was among them.

Therefore, this Siebel Fh104 was the personal aircraft of von Döring, as other Fh104 were used by Adolf Galland and Albert Kesselring.

All the best, Marcel
www.fliegerhorst-venlo.net

[Jaap Woortman]

Originally Posted by Marcel Hogenhuis

...the Flugbereitschaft der 1. Jagddivision in Deelen ....
9N+BA (Bf110)
9N+BX (Bf110)
9N+GA (Fi156)
9N+XA (Me210A-1)

Marcel,

What is strange to me is the last digit in the code, the Staffel digit. The A and the X.
Does this mean that the Flugbereitschaft has had two Staffeln?
Or has someone somewhere in the past made a typo?

Jaap