Sonderstaffel 172

[Larry deZeng]

Hi Remi,

Here is a list of the sources I used for I./KG z.b.V. 172 and for KGr. z.b.V. 172. Do you have some I missed?

For I./KG z.b.V. 172
General sources for both: K.Kössler/G.Ott-Die großen Dessauer: Junkers Ju 89, Ju 90, Ju 290, Ju 390 – Die Geschichte einer Flugzeugfamilie:15, 125; E.R.Hooton-Phoenix Triumphant: The Rise and Rise of the Luftwaffe:101; K.Ries-Luftwaffen Story 1935-1939; G.Tessin-Tes; W.Green-Warplanes of the Third Reich:408; Aviatik magazine, Heft (issue) No. 1 (pp. 21-22).
K.Ries-Luftwaffen Story 1935-1939; G.Tessin-Tes.
J-P.Pallud-Blitzkrieg in the West Then and Now:112-19; BA-MA Freiburg: RL 2 III Meldungen über Flugzeugunfälle…..(Loss Reports – LRs).
BNA HW 5/2.
F.Morzik-German Air Force Airlift Operations:401.
F.Morzik-op cit:116.
BNA HW 5/14.
C.Shores et al-Air War For Yugoslavia, Greece, and Crete 1940-41:337.
C.Shores-op cit:329.
LRs; C.Shores-op cit:350, 360, 385, 389, 400.
F.Morzik-op cit:143; AFHRA Maxwell: decimal K113.309-3/v.4 Karlsruhe Collection.
N.Kannapin-Feldpostübersicht.


For KGr. z.b.V. 172
N.Kannapin-Feldpostübersicht.
BA-MA Freiburg: RL 2 III Meldungen über Flugzeugunfälle…..(Loss Reports – LRs).
PRO London: DEFE 3 ULTRA signal (number not recorded).
ULTRA signal CX/MSS/942/T16 and CX/MSS/897/T18; PRO London: AIR 40/1981; NARA WashDC: RG 242/T-311 (Heeresgruppe Nord) microfilms; F.Morzik-German Air Force Airlift Operations.
F.Morzik-op cit.
RG 242/T-311 (Heeresgruppe Nord) microfilms.
AFHRA Maxwell: decimal 512.619 British AirMin CSDIC P/W Interrogation Reports in microfilm rolls A5415-18, interrogation CSDIC AFHQ A.32.
AIR 40/1982.
AIR 40/1970.
AIR 40/1982.
CSDIC AFHQ A.18; F.Morzik-op cit:183.
CSDIC AFHQ A.32; AIR 40/1996.
AIR 40/1982; PRO London: AIR 40 Air Ministry intelligence documents.
AIR 40/1982; CSDIC AFHQ A.18.
CSDIC AFHQ A.32; G.Tessin-op cit.
ULTRA signal ML616; CSDIC AFHQ A.18; CSDIC AFHQ A.32; AIR 40 Air Ministry intelligence documents.
CSDIC AFHQ A.18.
ULTRA signal ML616; CSDIC AFHQ A.18; AIR 40 Air Ministry intelligence documents.
N.Kannapin-op cit.

L.