St Kap 1(F)/120

[Rune Rautio]

Regarding the date of mission No 1000, I am really confused. I have a series of PK-photos showing the crew after arrival to Sola, showing the sign "1000 . Englandflug" and Oblt. Siegfried Fidorra as one of the gathering officers. Fidorra was killed in an accident 03.04.42....

Also, I have a xerox copy from of a German wartime magazine (I think it is "Luftflotte Nord") showing a series of photos from the celebration of the 2000th sortie with 1.(F)/120. During correspondance with late Hugo Löhr many years ago, he wrote on that page: "5./7. Mai 1943".

The same correspondance also give som more informatioon about the Stakas of the unit. According to Löhr, there were total 7 Staffelkapitäne.

Hptm Heinz Orlowski commanded the unit 7 months, but he spent 4 of these months being retrained for Ju 88 in Germany, and in December 1942 he went to the Mediterainian. Löhr was his z.b.V. more than 14 months until he took over the command in December 1942.

Rune