4.(Jagd)/186 (T) Query

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Dear All,

This is just a brief query on the above Staffel, hope that here I can receive some clarity on its formation.

Taken over from WW2.dk - on 10.9.39 4.(Stuka)/186 became 3./186 and left for I./186. 4.(Jagd)/186 was formed 11 October 1939, but was (apparently) disbanded in December 1939. A new 4.(J)/186 was (apparently) formed from 2./JGr.101 on 29 February 1940 (although I think that just elements of the two respective Staffeln exchanged place).

There is no mention of the aforementioned disbandment in Prien's JFV Teil 2, but the list of Staffelkapitane does name a Staffelkapitan for period 11.10 to 12.1939, no reference for the period 12.1939 to 29.02.1940, and a new Staffelkapitan from 29.02.1940 onwards.

Could someone clarify whether the Staffel was really disbanded in December 1939, and what kind of personnel transfer happened between December 1939 and the end of February 1940?

Regards,
Sinisa