Luftwaffe - Recco Units over France during the Sitzkrieg & Westfeldzug

[George Hopp]

When 1.(F) 124 was setup for a 2nd time on 7 July 1939, its initial equipment was 12 Do 17F-1s and a Ju 52. [In an appendix at the back of the book it notes that the a/c was supposed to be 12 Do 17Ps, but ended up being 11 Do 17E/Fs and one W34.] It had the coding G2+*H (* from A to Z). On the morning of 17 Aug 1939, the unit received its orders directly from Luftflotte 4.

Re-equipment began on 14.2.40, converting from the Do 17 to the Do 215B4. At this time it remained under Luftflotte 4.

Starting the French campaign, the unit had 9 Do 215 and 2 He 111. On 8.6.40 it received 3 more 215s.