LuftwaffeData Wiki

[Andy Mitchell]

Good Morning,

Since the last update the following changes have been made to the Luftwaffedata Wiki:-

1. New pages have been created and updates applied to the following Transportverbände units: KGr.z.b.V. 11; KGr.z.b.V. 12; KGr.z.b.V. 13; KGr.z.b.V. 20; KGr.z.b.V. 21; KGr.z.b.V. 22; KGr.z.b.V. 23; KGr.z.b.V. 24; KGr.z.b.V. 25 (1st Formation); KGr.z.b.V. 25 (2nd Formation); KGr.z.b.V. S-11; KGr.z.b.V. 40; KGr.z.b.V. 50; KGr.z.b.V. 60; KGr.z.b.V. 101; KGr.z.b.V. 102; KGr.z.b.V. 103; KGr.z.b.V. 104; KGr.z.b.V. 105; KGr.z.b.V. 106; KGr.z.b.V. 107; KGr.z.b.V. 108; KGr.z.b.V. 111; KGr.z.b.V. 172; KGr.z.b.V. 200; KGr.z.b.V. 211; KGr.z.b.V. 300; KGr.z.b.V. 323 and KGr.z.b.V. 400. All text kindly supplied by Larry de Zeng IV.

2. Updates to the following Aufkl. Gr. 122 Diary pages: Aufkl. Gr. 122 Apr 1940 - additional items for 1.(F)/122 on 19 and 21 Apr; Aufkl. Gr. 122 Aug 1940 - new entry for 31 Aug; Aufkl. Gr. 122 May 1941 - additional entry for 2 May 1941; Aufkl. Gr. 122 Jun 1941 - additional information for loss on 30 June; Aufkl. Gr. 122 Jul 1941 - new entries for 2, 5 & 28 Jul, correction for 13 Jul; Aufkl. Gr. 122 Aug 1941 - new entry for 2/3 Aug; Aufkl. Gr. 122 Oct 1941 - addition to the entry for 2 Oct, new entry for 15-16 Oct; Aufkl. Gr. 122 Jan 1942 - new loss entry for 14 Jan, additional entry for 22 Jan, update to losses for 22 & 27 Jan.

3. Update to the Aufkl. Gr. 122 Mar 1942 diary page to include a photo of the 3.(F)/122 1000th sortie celebrations. Photo kindly supplied by Neil Page.

4. Updates to the Aufkl. Gr. 123 1943 page - mainly new entries for 14 Feb; 19 Apr; 7 May; 4, 8, 12 & 29 June.

5. Updates in the [https://www.luftwaffedata.co.uk/index.php/Category:Bau Lw.-Bau-Btl.] category.

6. Update to the KGr.z.b.V. S-7‎ page following a post by Peter van Gogh on [http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=60800 TOCH], many thanks Peter.

Thank you for reading

[Andy Mitchell]

Good Afternoon,

Since the last update the following changes have been made to the Luftwaffedata Wiki:-

1. New pages have been created and updates applied to the following Transportverbände units: KGr.z.b.V. 500; KGr.z.b.V. 600; KGr.z.b.V. 700; KGr.z.b.V. 800; KGr.z.b.V. 900; KGr.z.b.V. 999; KGr.z.b.V. 4/I; KGr.z.b.V. Frankfurt; KGr.z.b.V. O.B.S.; KGr.z.b.V. Oels; KGr.z.b.V. Posen and KGr.z.b.V. Wittstock. All text kindly supplied by Larry de Zeng IV.

2. New spreadsheet added to the Target Codes page for GB Ziel Nrs. This covers Ziel Nr 10, 45, 73 and 74. It is based on the postings made by Chris Going on this forum and are used with his permission, many thanks Chris.

3. New page added to the Research section - HW13, this will be loaded with documents assisting with the interpretation of the HW13 Intelligence Summaries Based on Sigint. Daily reports on Luftwaffe bomber and reconnaissance activity. The first file is SALU Daily Reports, this describes the codes used to identify types of Luftwaffe operations in the reports.

4. Update to the Aufkl. Gr. 122 Feb 1941 diary page - changes for the following dates: 15, 15-16, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23, 24 and 28 Feb 1941.

5. Two new additions to the Downloads page - Ju 88 profiles from the November 1965 edition of Flying Review International, they can be downloaded from here. In addition from the same Flying Review an article on Skoda-Kauba Flugzeugbau, the article can be downloaded from here.

Many thanks for reading.

[Siko54]

Thanks for the update Andy - what a brilliant website and a great resource too. Had a look for anything relating to the Flugbuch of Luftwaffe Flieger Gunther Kauschke that I sent you a while back and couldn't find any mention unless I missed it...WiP as part of a huge pile of work I assume?!

https://www.luftwaffedata.co.uk/inde...rungsstaffel_2

Anyway all the best for now and keep up the good work

[Andy Mitchell]

Simon,

Apologies, still in the "to do" pile for some unknown reason. You also passed me copies of pages from his Leistungsbuch. I will attempt to rectify that in the near future with some entries in the "Additional Notes and Losses" section on Nachtaufklärungsstaffel 2.

Incidentally, Gunther Kauschke's entry in the Luftwaffe Career Summaries is a little sparse - you may wish to flag this with Doug Stankey.

Thanks for the kind comments regarding the site.

[Siko54]

Thanks Andy will do ref the career summary - I have promised to send an update to Doug over a few other pilots in my collection and have no excuse other than tardiness! Keep up the great work

[Andy Mitchell]

Good Morning,

Since the last update the following changes have been made to the Luftwaffedata Wiki:-

1. New pages for the following Transport Units: Luftlandgeschwader 1, Stab./LLG 1, I./LLG 1, II./LLG 1, III./LLG 1, IV./LLG 1, 17./LLG 1 and Sondergruppe LLG 1. Text generously provided by Larry de Zeng.

2. Update to the GB Target Codes Spreadsheet. Additions sourced from NARA RG 242 files.

3. New pages created for the following Aufklärungs units: Aufklärungsstaffel Kaatsch; Aufklärungsstaffel Oberost‎‎; Aufklärungsstaffel (F) Ostsee; Aufklärungsstaffel Schröder; Aufklärungskette (F) Lappland‎‎ and Aufklärungskette Skagerak. Text generously provided by Larry de Zeng.

4. Update to the Nachtaufklärungsstaffel 2 page - new section added, "Additional Notes and Losses" with some details from the Flugbuch and Leistungsbuch of Günther Kauschte. Thanks to Simon Kovach and Dirk L.

5. Update to the KGr.z.b.V. O.B.S. page with information derived from BA/MA RL30/3. Information regarding this found by Matthias Hoffmann in Robert Forsyth's "Too Save an Army“ (Osprey Publishing, 2022). Thank you Matthias for drawing our attention to this.

Thank you for reading

[Nick Beale]

Andy,

Re Aufklärungsstaffel Kaatsch, I have about 10,000 words here: http://www.ghostbombers.com/recon/Kaatsch/kaatsch1.html

Feel free to link to those pages and do get in touch if you want sources and references.

[Andy Mitchell]

Nick,

Many thanks for the pointer.

Will include a link to your pages when I next update the Wiki.

[Andy Mitchell]

Good Morning,

Since the last update the following changes have been made to the Luftwaffedata Wiki:-

1. Update to Aufklärungsstaffel Kaatsch to include a link to Nick Beale's Sonderstaffel Kaatsch pages.

2. New pages for the following Transport Units: Luftlandgeschwader 2; Stab./LLG 2; I./LLG 2; II./LLG 2; Verb.Kdo. (S) 4; Verb.Kdo. (S) V; Grossraumlastenseglergruppe Me 321; Sonderstaffel (G.S.) 1; Sonderstaffel (G.S.) 2; Sonderstaffel (G.S.) 4 and Sonderstaffel (G.S.) 22. All text generously provided by Larry de Zeng IV.

3. Correction to W.Nr. for Ju 88 lost on 25 Jul 1942 - see Aufkl. Gr. 122 Jul 1942 diary page. Thanks to Stig Jarlevik for highlighting this.

4. Updates in the Lw.-Bau-Btl. category as follows:- Lw.-Bau-Btl. 4/VII; Lw.-Bau-Btl. 8/VII; Lw.-Bau-Btl. 9/VII; Lw.-Bau-Btl. 2/VIII; Lw.-Bau-Btl. 5/XVII‎; Lw.-Bau-Btl. 2/XI; Lw.-Bau-Btl. 12/XIII‎; Lw.-Bau-Btl. 3/XIII‎; Lw.-Bau-Btl. 24/XI and Lw.-Bau-Btl. 109/XI‎.

5. Update to the Aufkl. Gr. 122 Mar 1943 diary page to include more information relating to the loss of a Ju 88 on 04.03.1943. Also included is a link to a separate page containing details of the combat as recorded in Soviet Archives. The original attribution of this loss was made by Andrey Kuznetsov. All research relating to this separate page was performed by Evgeniy Puryushin who then transcribed the documents for me.

In addition, an update to the Aufkl. Gr. 122 Feb 1942 diary page for 7 Feb 1942 describing the loss of a 5 Staffel Ju 88D-1. Also the creation of an associated page relating to Alexey Godovikov the Soviet pilot who is believed to have brought down the Ju 88. Many thanks Evgeniy for both of these.

6. Update to the Aufkl. Gr. 122 Aug 1940 diary page for 31 Aug 1940 and updates to the Aufkl. Gr. 122 Sep 1940 diary page for the following dates: 3, 7 and 14 Sep 1940. These were extracted from the Flugbuch of Hermann Uhl, received via Peter Taghon - many thanks Peter.

7. Updates to the following Aufkl. Gr. 122 Diary pages: Aufkl. Gr. 122 Jul 1941 for 26 and 29 July 1941; Aufkl. Gr. 122 Oct 1941 for 16 October 1941; Aufkl. Gr. 122 Mar 1942 for 23 March 1942; Aufkl. Gr. 122 Apr 1942 for 1, 10-12, 21-22 and 27 April 1942; Aufkl. Gr. 122 Jun 1942 for 2, 3, 24, 25, 27-29 June 1942. and to Aufkl. Gr. 122 Jul 1942 for 25 July 1942.

Thank you for reading

[Russell]

Andy

RL 5 1456 0131.jpg is the Ubersicht page in the claim films for 3.(F)/122. There are seven claims listed as follows
14/05/1941 Besatzung 3.(F) 122 ?? 18.15 yes RL-5-1456 Anerk: Nr. 1 Lfl 3 Iia 7267/44 v. 2828.02.44

24/05/1941 Besatzung 3.(F) 122 ?? 16.15 yes RL-5-1456 Anerk: Nr. 2 Lfl 3 Iia 7267/44 v. 2828.02.44
08/08/1941 Besatzung 3.(F) 122 ?? 15.15 yes RL-5-1456 Anerk: Nr. 3 Lfl 3 Iia 7267/44 v. 2828.02.44
22/08/1941 Besatzung 3.(F) 122 ?? 9.25 yes RL-5-1456 Anerk: Nr. 4 Lfl 3 Iia 7267/44 v. 2828.02.44
08/08/1941 Besatzung 3.(F) 122 ?? 18.00 yes RL-5-1456 Anerk: Nr. 5 Lfl 3 Iia 7267/44 v. 2828.02.44
27/12/1941 Besatzung 3.(F) 122 ?? 11.42 yes RL-5-1456 Anerk: Nr. 6 Lfl 3 Iia 7267/44 v. 2828.02.44
25/03/1942 Besatzung 3.(F) 122 ?? 12.35 yes RL-5-1456 Anerk: Nr. 7 Lfl 3 Iia 7267/44 v. 2828.02.44

The ubersicht lists do not give crew names, type of aircraft claimed nor a location, just whether the claim was confirmed, by whom and on what date.

Hope this is useful.

Regards

Russell