He.115 at Orbetello seaplane base (Italy)

[Larry deZeng]

Originally Posted by Gianandrea Bussi

Do you know when that unit was disbanded? It's not included in the german document listing the Luftwaffe ground units in Italy compiled around jan. 1944 held by the IWM.
Thanks
Gianandrea

I sure don't. It was an Aussenstelle of the Torpedowaffenplatz at Gotenhafen so it is nearly impossible to find any information about it. I ran across its Mob. Nr. purely by chance while looking through the microfilmed Luftgaukdo. VII records. This means the original paper records would be at BA-MA Freiburg. If I had to guess when it was disbanded, I would say it withdrew from Italy during Oct-Dec 1943 and was officially disbanded at Gotenhafen in Jan-Feb 44.

L.

[Seaplanes]

He 115C W.Nr. 2760 DC+GK was probably the last He 115 to be used for testing of the italian-built Whitehead torpedo (German designation F.5W) in the Grosseto area. The plane left Grosseto on 17.06.1943 and returned to Germany where it joined the Fl.Erg. (See) Kamp as 6H+VH. The unit in Grosseto was refered to as E-Stelle UW Grosseto.

[Gianandrea Bussi]

Thank you both for the informations.

Gianandrea