LuftwaffeData Wiki

[Andy Mitchell]

Hello,

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

1. 3.(F)/33

Several sets of photos from Dave Wadman's 3.(F)/33 Archive have been loaded in the 3.(F)/33 Pictures - Page 3 and 3.(F)/33 Pictures - Page 4, changes have also been made to the 3.(F)/33 page to link to these new pages. Many thanks to Dave Wadman for sharing these pictures and captions.

2. Wekusta Units

New pages have been created for the following: Wekusta 1 Ob.d.L.‎‎; Wekusta 2 Ob.d.L.‎‎; Wettererkundungsstaffel beim Ob.d.L.; Wekusta 1 and Wekusta 3. Text for all of these kindly supplied by Larry de Zeng IV.

3. DEFE3

New page added for DEFE 3/12 containing the Luftwaffe entries transcribed from that National Archives DEFE3 file. This covers the decryption period between 13th December 1943 and 16th December 1943.

4. Kdo. Junck

Update to the Kdo. Junck‎ page with details of the initial stages of the creation of Kdo. Junck - dates covered 6 -10 May 1941.

Many thanks for reading

[Andy Mitchell]

Good evening,

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

1. The following Wekusta units have been added :-

(a) Wekusta 5
(b) Wekusta 6
(c) Wekusta 7

Text for all of the above kindly provided by Larry de Zeng IV.

2. A new addition to the Downloads page in the form of some Fw 190A profiles from the April 1982 edition of Air International. They can be downloaded from here

3. Some new pages and updates on the Lw.-Bau-Btl. page - see the Updates page for details.

Thank you for reading.

[Andy Mitchell]

Good evening,

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

1. Some new pages and updates on the Lw.-Bau-Btl. page - see the Updates page for details.

2. New page created for Wekusta 26 (1st Formation). All text kindly provided by Larry de Zeng IV.

3. Update to 2.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 14 (2d Formation) - notes added to the "Additional Notes and Losses" section regarding operations in Tunisia in Dec 1942. Derived from RL7-2/116 – Tagesabschlussmeldung des F.d.L. Tunis.

4. New detail added to the following Aufkl.Gr. 123 pages:

a) Aufkl. Gr. 123 1939 changes for Sep - Nov;
b)Aufkl. Gr. 123 1940 changes for Feb - May and July; and
c)Aufkl. Gr. 123 1941 change for Oct.

5. Update to the following Aufkl. Gr. 122 pages:-

a) Aufkl. Gr. 122 May 1940 page for 3, 6,10 and 11 May.
b) Aufkl. Gr. 122 Jun 1940 page - new entry for 1 June.
c) Aufkl. Gr. 122 Nov 1942 page for 28-30 Nov 1942 relating to 4.(F)/122 operations under Luftwaffengruppe Kaukasus.
d) Aufkl. Gr. 122 Dec 1942 page for 1-5 Dec 1942 also relating to 4.(F)/122 and Luftwaffengruppe Kaukasus.
e) Aufkl. Gr. 122 Feb 1945 page for 6, 9 and 18 Feb.
f) Aufkl. Gr. 122 Mar 1945 page for 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9 Mar.

6. Update to the KG 54 page with corrections and additions for 11, 13, 16 and 21 August 1940.

7. Finally included a link, on the sidebar, to the Air War Publications Blog - this site is run by Morten Jessen; Andrew Arthy and Adam Thompson and is well worth a visit.

Thank you for reading.

[Andy Mitchell]

Good Morning,

Since 24th July the following updates have been applied to the LuftwaffeData Wiki:-

1. New pages created for Wetterflugstellen and Wetterbezirkszentrale. All text kindly provided by Larry de Zeng IV.

2. New pages created for the following Wekusta units: - Wekusta 76; Wekusta 76/1; Wekusta 76/2; Wetterkette Nord; Westa 261; Wekusta 26 ‎(Ost-Staffel); Wekusta 27 and Wekusta 51. All text kindly provided by Larry de Zeng IV.

3. Update to the 3.(F)/22 (2nd Formation) page - a new entry under "Additional Notes and Losses" covering a loss on 8.3.45.

4. Further entries added to the "Additional Notes and Losses" section of the 2.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 22 (2nd Formation) page - derived from the BA/MA file RL 10/375.

5. Additional notes added to the Luftbildstaffel 1 page - referring to BA/MA RL 10/392 KTB Luftbildstaffel 1.

6. Update to the Aufkl. Gr. 123 1943 page for 27 & 28 Feb 1943 and 1 to 11 Mar 1943. Source HW13/110.

7. KG 54 page updated with entries for 6 - 12 Mar 1943. Source HW13/110.

8. Updates to the following Aufkl. Gr. 122 Diary pages: Aufkl. Gr. 122 Feb 1943 and Aufkl. Gr. 122 Mar 1943. Dates updated include 27 and 28 Feb; 1 - 8 Mar, 12 and 28 Mar 1943.

Thank you for reading

[Andy Mitchell]

Good Evening,

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

1. A significant number of changes on the Lw.-Bau-Btl. page - see the Updates page for details.

2. Update to the Transportverbände Unit Histories page - new sections for General Background, Tables of Organization and Representative Strengths, Wartime Organizational Changes and Bibliography (Published). Text kindly provided by Larry de Zeng IV.

3. The following Transportverbände unit histories have been added:
KG.z.b.V 2; Stab./KG.z.b.V 2; I./KG.z.b.V 2; II./KG.z.b.V 2; III./KG.z.b.V 2; IV./KG.z.b.V 2; KG z.b.V. 3; Stab/KG z.b.V. 3; KG z.b.V. 172; Stab./KG z.b.V. 172; I./KG z.b.V. 172; II./KG z.b.V. 172; III./KG z.b.V. 172; KG z.b.V. 323; Stab/KG z.b.V. 323; I./KG z.b.V. 323; II./KG z.b.V. 323; III./KG z.b.V. 323; KG z.b.V. N (Naples) and KG z.b.V. S (Sizilien). All text kindly provided by Larry de Zeng IV.

4. Correcting a formatting issue with the Aufklärungsverbände Unit Histories page - Wekusta and Ergänzungs units located in the wrong column on the page have now been moved.

New pages created for Ergänzungs-Fernaufklärungsgruppe; Ergänzungs-Aufklärungsgeschwader 1; Ergänzungs-Aufklärungsgruppe Ob.d.H.; Ergänzungs-Aufklärungsgruppe (F) Ob.d.L.; I.(Nah-)/Erg.Aufklärungsgeschwader 1; Ergänzungs-Nahaufklärungsgruppe; Kommodore der Ergänzungs-Aufklärungsgruppen and II.(F)/Erg.Aufklärungsgeschwader 1.

Update to the Erg.Nachtaufklärungsstaffel page. All of the text kindly provided by Larry de Zeng IV. These represent the final units of the Aufklärungsverbande to be recorded on the Wiki.

Thank you for reading.

[Andy Mitchell]

Good Morning,

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

1. Further additions have been made to the Transportverbände pages as follows:-
KGr.z.b.V. 1; KGr.z.b.V. 2; KGr.z.b.V. 4/I; KGr.z.b.V. 4; KGr.z.b.V. 5; KGr.z.b.V. 6; KGr.z.b.V. 7; KGr.z.b.V. 8; KGr.z.b.V. 9; KGr.z.b.V. 10 and KGr.z.b.V. S-7. All text kindly supplied by Larry de Zeng IV.

2. Additional Notes and Losses added to KGr.z.b.V. 9. New page created for KGr.z.b.V. 9 Emblems.

3. Please note that a number of old pages have been removed to be replaced by the above new Transportverbände pages.

4. Further updates have been made to the following Aufkl. Gr. 122 Diary pages: Aufkl. Gr. 122 Feb 1943 and Aufkl. Gr. 122 Mar 1943. Dates updated include 27 and 28 Feb; 1 - 5 Mar, 9 and 10 Mar 1943. Information sourced from HW13/110.

Thank you for reading this.

[Andy Mitchell]

Good Morning,

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

1. New addition to the Target Codes page in the form of a link to the IWM site - Collections Search, in amongst the general photos you will find a large quantity of Luftwaffe Target Dossiers.

3. New addition to the Downloads page - Ju 88 profiles from the October 1982 edition of Air International, they can be downloaded from here.

4. New pages for the following Transport Units:-

(a) TG 1;Stab./TG 1; I./TG 1; II./TG 1; III./TG 1 and IV./TG 1.

(b) TG 2; Stab./TG 2; I./TG 2; II./TG 2 and III./TG 2.

(c) TG 3; Stab./TG 3; I./TG 3; II./TG 3; III./TG 3 and IV./TG 3.

(d) TG 4; Stab./TG 4; I./TG 4; II./TG 4; III./TG 4 and IV./TG 4.

All text kindly supplied by Larry de Zeng IV.


5. Update to the Aufkl. Gr. 122 May 1941 diary page - changes for the following dates: 18-19, 21-26 May.

6. Updates in the Lw.-Bau-Btl. category see the Updates listing for detail.

Thank you for reading

[Marcel Hogenhuis]

Incredible job Andy, thank you very much !
Though I can hardly find spare time to explore this wealth of information, it is very much appreciated what you do for us all !

Best regards, warm greetings, Marcel