The 3.(F) 123

[Gudbrandur]

Halló

I wonder if any one of you could help me out with information on this Staffel when serving for Fliegerfuhrer Atlantik, the kommandur, staffelcapitan etc. from 1941 to 1944. Is there a book, biograpi, stories,? for this staffell from both Norway and France. This staffel operated 4U+ aircraft, some Do but mostly Ju88, A to H models. Thank you beforhand.

Gudbrandur.

[Andy Fletcher]

Check out the following link for a list of Gruppenkommandeure.

http://www.ww2.dk/air/recon/aufkl123.htm

Regards

Andy Fletcher

[Andy Fletcher]

Double post - deleted

[Andy Mitchell]

Gudbrandur,

There are two books relating to 3./123, they are:-

The Easter Bunnies: Long-distance Reconaissance by the German Luftwaffe Over Poland, France, England and the Atlantic 1938-1945" by Wendy Von Well and Roman Gastager Price £17.05. on Amazon

Paperback: 230 pages
Publisher: Trafford Publishing (29 Aug 2006)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1412095247
ISBN-13: 978-1412095242

And another

"Roman Gastager und die Eiserne Dritte" by Ingo Mobius

Both recount the story of Roman Gastager who, as Andy Fletcher pointed out on the Luftwaffedata forum, was a Bs with 3.(F)/123.

Hope that this is of help.

[edwest]

Bunnies? No wonder I can't find information about certain things on the internet. What with Bunnies as part of the title



Ed

[brewerjerry]

Originally Posted by Gudbrandur

Halló

I wonder if any one of you could help me out with information on this Staffel when serving for Fliegerfuhrer Atlantik, the kommandur, staffelcapitan etc. from 1941 to 1944. Is there a book, biograpi, stories,? for this staffell from both Norway and France. This staffel operated 4U+ aircraft, some Do but mostly Ju88, A to H models. Thank you beforhand.

Gudbrandur.

hi
I think they also operated Bf-109's from about 41.
I also seem to remember some POW reports in the JU-88 file at NA,
( something about 'robot' cameras in the JU-88's ? )
cheers
Jerry

[Del Davis]

I don't have the book with me but I believe the name " Eatser Bunnies " was given to the author's green crew when they joined the unit

[Brian Bines]

As Del says the ''Easter Bunnies'' was the name given to five new crewmen reporting to 3(F)/123 by the St.Kap in March 1940, only Roman Gastager survived from the five,

Brian Bines

[Gudbrandur]

Thanky you all,
if Roman Gastager survived the five, do you mean the war to the end.? Is there a list of old hand surrvivers that served the staffel from the start to the end.? I am looking for the names of the lucky ones a live from start to finish. 1940 to 1945. I just boght the Easter Bunnies book but have to wait for 10 days for the thing. That is a long time.

My best regards to you all for the info.

Gudbrandur.