Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Units

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Laurent Rizzotti

Recon AC flew usually alone,

At least early in the war some Ku.Fl.Gr armed recon operations were flown in staffel strength, but not in what could be described as formations. Instead aircraft would follow a similar track through various way points/general areas but would fly in a much extended lateral formation with each aircraft usually within 10 - 20 minutes flight of each other: otherwise known as a "fan search." (Imagine the fins of a hand-waved fan) Although the same general area was covered by aircraft, whether this could be considered formation or staffel-strength reconnaissance is open to interpretation.