St Kap KuFlGr/KGr 606

[Chris Goss]

Can anyone confirm/deny or add to the following:

1 Staffel:

Hptm Wolfgang Lenschow
Hptm Harry Clausen-+ 3 Aug 41
Hptm Aloys Hessling-+ 22 Aug 41
Oblt Paul Heiling

2 Staffel:

Hptm Werner Lassmann
Hptm Wolf Beitzke-+ 19 May 41
Oblt Herwig Ritter Von Heider-POW 15 Sep 41
Oblt Rolf Krieg-to 21 Mar 42?
Oblt Walter Prüger-+ 6 Jul 42
Oblt Walter Kipfmüller

3 Staffel:

Hptm Heinrich Golscher
Oblt Rudolf Diehl-+ 28 Jul 41
Oblt Peter Schnoor

[Adam]

Hi Chris,

I can confirm for 1./606:

Lenschow (no dates unfortunately), while I have Heßling in charge from 4.8 - 22.8.41

2./606:

Lassman from as early as Sept 1938

3./606

All three, with Golcher as early as 1.11.1939

Hope this helps.

[Chris Goss]

Thanks Adam

[Seaplanes]

I assume that your interest concerns the "new" Gruppe 606 that was ordered formed on 25.10.39 with Stab, 1., 2. and 3. Staffel.
Gruppenkdr. was Oberstleutnant Edert.
Sta.Ka. for 1./606 was Hptm. Lenschow
Sta.Ka. for 2./606 was Hptm. Lassmann
Sta.Ka. for 3./606 was Hptm. Golcher (in all reports his name is written as shown and not Golscher)
The same guys were still in charge 20.05.40.

[Seaplanes]

Some further investigations show that Gr.kdr. Edert was replaced by Major Hahn from about July 1940. The Staffelkapitäne continued as mentioned in my first posting. The last report I have is for 15.09.40 and show that Hahn, Lenschow, Lassmann and Golcher were still in charge.

[Doug Stankey]

Chris: searching our database we get an incomplete picture of the comanders. Here is what we have:

Stab/606 – Kommandeur:
Obstlt. Hermann Edert (01.11.39 – 27.07.40)
Obstlt. Joachim Hahn (29.07.40 – c. 07.41?).
Hptm. R. Beitzke (?- 18.05.41) KIA
Major Wolfgang Bühring (19.09.41 – 09.41) –acting
Hptm. Rolf Siedschlag (08.41 – 10.09.42)

1./606 – Staka:
Hptm. Wolfgang Lenschow (? – 02.40 - ?)

2./606 – Staka:
Hptm. Rudolf Wodarg (18.08.38 - ?)
Obstlt. Hans Metzner (18.08.38 – 10.38) - possibly Staka in 1937
Hptm. Hans-Bruno von Laue (01.09.38? – 25.10.39)
Hptm. Werner Lassmann (? – 02.40 – 13.08.40 - ?)
Oblt. Herwig Ritter von Heider (? – 15.09.41) POW
Oblt. Walter Prüger (RK) (? – 06.07.42) KIA

3./606 – Staka:
Oblt. Rudolf Diehl (? – 07.41) KIA – or 2. Staffel?
Hptm. Heinrich Golscher (? – 19.02.40 – 12.03.41)


As for those other fellows that you mentioned:

Hptm Harry Clausen-+ 3 Aug 41
All we have on this guy is:
CLAUSEN, Harry.
01.10.39 Oblt., trf from Kriegsmarine to Luftwaffe.
01.04.41 promo to Hptm.

Hptm Aloys Hessling-+ 22 Aug 41
We have nothing on this guy!

Oblt Paul Heiling
All we have on this guy is:
HEILING, Paul.
14.01.43 Oblt., appt Staka 12./KG 77 (to 02.08.44).
01.07.43 in III./KG 77, promo to Hptm.
03.08.44 Hptm., appt Staka 11./KG 26 (to 06.09.44).
07.09.44 Hptm., appt Staka 2./Erg.KGr. LT (to 31.01.45).
01.02.45 Hptm., appt Staka 6./Erg.KG 1 (to 05.05.45).

Hptm Wolf Beitzke-+ 19 May 41
All we have on this guy is:
BEITZKE, Wolfgang.
16.10.39 Oblt., trf from RLM pool to Stab/Führer der Luft West.
c.01.40 Oblt., Staka 1./Kü.Fl.Gr. 706 (to 01.41).
01.04.40 promo to Hptm.


Oblt Rolf Krieg-to 21 Mar 42?
What we have on this chap is:
KRIEG, Rudolf.
01.11.39 Oblt., trf from 3./Kü.Fl.Gr. 506 to FFS (See) Pütnitz.

Oblt Walter Kipfmüller
We have quite a bit on this guy:
KIPFMÜLLER, Walter.
(DOB: 03.03.20 in München).
1941 trf to 1./Kü.Fl.Gr. 606.
09/10.08.41 severely WIA during an anti-shipping mission over the Channel.
c.12.41 rejoined 1./KGr. 606 following hospitalization and convalesance.
23.03.42 shot down over Malta and rescued.
23.03.42 Lt., awarded the Ehrenpokal.
15.10.42 Oblt., awarded DKG, 2./Kü.Fl.Gr. 606.
01.03.43 in I./KG 77, promo to Hptm.
29.10.43 Hptm. and Staka 2./KG 77, awarded the Ritterkreuz for sinking 30,000 BRT of shipping and damaging an aircraft carrier.
20.04.44 Hptm. and Staka 2./KG 77.
31.03.76 retired from the Bundeswehr as an Obstlt.
†13.01.91 in München.

Oblt Peter Schnoor
What we have on him is:
SCHNOOR, Peter.
01.11.39 Oblt., trf from Fl.Ausb.Btl. 16 to 3./Kü.Fl.Gr. 606.
30.12.41 Oblt., awarded DKG, 3./Kü.Fl.Gr. 606.
01.04.42 promo to Hptm.
29.06.42 Hptm., awarded Ehrenpokal.
12.06.43 Hptm., appt Kdr. IV./KG 77 (to 06.09.44).
01.09.44 promo to Maj.
07.09.44 appt Kdr. Erg.KGr. LT (to 31.01.45).
01.02.45 Maj., appt Kdr. II./Erg.KG 1 (to 05.05.45).

We hope that this clarifies a few things although clearly we are missing quite a bit.

LdZ
DGS