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Old 6th April 2015, 17:39
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Re: Fuhrer Kurier Staffel

Here is the origin of the Kurierstaffel des Führers > Verbindungsstaffel 7 confusion and mix up. Günther Ott is such a distinguished and respected expert and author on the Luftwaffe that I never thought to double-check his statement.

OTT, Günther. “ ‘Unternehmen Reichskanzlei’ - 2. Teil des Reports über die Transportflüge von und nach Berlin im April 1945.” In: Jet & Prop Heft 4/1995, pages 43.50.

On page 44 the author states:

F.d.F. = Fliegerstaffel des Führers

“Am nächsten Tage began es auch in Gatow brenzlig zu werden, als sich von Norden her sowjetische Truppen dem Flugplatzgelände zu nähern begannen. Am späten Abend des 24. April flogen die ersten Maschinen der F.d.F. von dort ab. Offensichtlich war man in Gatow jedoch knapp an Flugzeugführern, den um 20:00 Uhr war Major Lissau von Rechlin nach Gatow gestartet, wo er um 21:00 Uhr eintraf; neben einem Oberfeldwebel hatte er auch Hptm. Paul Talk an Bord. Dieser war Chef der Verbindungsstaffel 7,der zur F.d.F. gehörigen ehemaligen Führerkurierstaffel, die im März 1944 umbenannt worden war.”

[Translation so our moderators don’t throw a fit and have to be taken to the hospital : “The next day it began to get dicey in Gatow when Soviet troops began to approach the airfield from the north. In the late evening of April 24, the first machines of FdF flew from there (Gatow). Obviously, however, there was a shortage of pilots in Gatow, so at 20:00 Major Lissau took off from Rechlin to Gatow, where he arrived at 21:00; besides an Oberfeldwebel, he had Capt. Paul Talk on board. This was the head of Verbindungsstaffel 7 of the FdF, that was the former Führerkurierstaffel, which had been renamed in March 1944.”]

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