LuftwaffeData Wiki

[Andy Mitchell]

Good Evening,

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

1. 3.(F)/33

New page created for some photos of Kaspar Kähn’s Ju 188F-1 8H+EL of 3.(F)/33 - 3.(F)/33 Pictures - Page 1.

In addition there is a further set of photos from Dave Wadman's 3.(F)/33 Archive that have been loaded in the 3.(F)/33 Pictures - Page 2, changes have been made to the 3.(F)/33 page to link to these new pages.

Many thanks to Dave Wadman for sharing these images - there are more to come.

2. Aufkl. Gr. 122

Aufkl. Gr. 122 Sep 1939 - Update to this page for operations by 3.(F)/122 on 1 Sep 1939.

Aufkl. Gr. 122 May 1940 - A minor update for 5 May 1940.

Aufkl. Gr. 122 Sep 1943 - Changes made to this diary page for 12, 14, 19 and 20 Sep 1943 information via Remi Traconelli.

3. N.J.Kdo. Bretagne - additional information found for early Oct 1941.

Many thanks for reading.

[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.

[gogh]

post 87 KGr.z.b.V.S.7 regards WK+PY its written as suchs in the lost list on date 1942-12-18 the WNr. is 7405 but the stkz is wrong noted it it should be VK+PY.

Regards
Peter van Gogh

[Andy Mitchell]

Originally Posted by gogh

post 87 KGr.z.b.V.S.7 regards WK+PY its written as suchs in the lost list on date 1942-12-18 the WNr. is 7405 but the stkz is wrong noted it it should be VK+PY.

Regards
Peter van Gogh

Peter,

Thank you for the update I will pass it on.

[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.

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