Luftzeuggruppen records

[Hans Mcilveen]

Thank you all for your input, it certainly gave me an understanding of its contents. The volume of these records is described as 204 AE (Akteneinheiten in German archive jargon) and elsewhere - one level up on the BAMA site - as 5 lfm (running metre). I guess this translates to several tens of thousands of pages at least. Indeed large enough to expect individual aircraft data. My particular interest is in the records of Luftzeuggruppe See Kiel which - remarkably - run from August to November 1939 and June 1940 to April 1945. The BAMA description further states that the records were among those that were returned from the US and UK to Germany. Perhaps microfilmed copies still exist in the NARA as well.

[Larry deZeng]

Hans -

There are no documents or microfilmed documents of the Luftzeuggruppen in NARA WashDC. These fell into the category of "administrative and logistical records" that were retained by the British once they got to the Captured Documents Library on Monck Street in London during 1945-46. They were turned over the Air Ministry's Air Historical Branch in 1948 where they were retained until they were returned to Germany during the 1960's and 1970's. None of them is known to have been microfilmed by AHB before they were return.

Larry