1./SAGr 126

Seeaufklärungsgruppe 126

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Obstlt Hermann Busch, Jul 1943 - Jun 1944
• Maj Hans Nebelin, Jun 1944 - Sep 1944

Stab:

Formed 13 Jul 1943 in Skaramanga from Stab/Aufkl.Gr.126 (See).

Airfields and Air Base Locations

Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
13 Jul 1943 - 15 Oct 1944	Skaramanga		Ar 196
16 Oct 1944 - Dec 1944	Lochstädt		Ar 196
Dec 1944 - Mar 1945	Bug/Rügen		Ar 196
Mar 1945 - May 1945	Parow		Ar 196

1./SAGr 126

1./126:

Formed 13 Jul 1943 in Skaramanga from 1./Aufkl.Gr.126 (See).

Airfields and Air Base Locations

Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
Jul 1943 - 15 Oct 1944	Skaramanga*		Ar 196
16 Oct 1944 - Dec 1944	Lochstädt		Ar 196
Dec 1944 - Mar 1945	Bug/Rügen		Ar 196
Mar 1945 - May 1945	Parow		Ar 196

* a detachment was stationed at Volos, Oct 1943 - Jun 1944

2./126:

Formed 13 Jul 1943 in Skaramanga from 2./Aufkl.Gr.126 (See).

Airfields and Air Base Locations

Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
Jul 1943 - 15 Oct 1944	Skaramanga		Ar 196
16 Oct 1944 - Dec 1944	Lochstädt		Ar 196
Dec 1944 - May 1945	Parow		Ar 196*

* planned conversion to Me 410 in Feb 1945, was cancelled.

3./126:

Formed 13 Jul 1943 in Skaramanga from 3./Aufkl.Gr.126 (See).

Airfields and Air Base Locations

Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
Jul 1943 - Oct 1943	Skaramanga		Ar 196
Oct 1943 - 15 Oct 1944	Leros*		Ar 196
16 Oct 1944 - Dec 1944	Lochstädt		Ar 196
Dec 1944 - Mar 1945	Bug/Rügen		Ar 196

* a detachment was stationed at Volos, Jun 1944 - Sep 1944

4./126:

Formed Dec 1943 in Suda Bay from 2./SAGr.125. Disbanded Sep 1944.

Airfields and Air Base Locations

Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
Dec 1943 - 11 Sep 1944	Suda Bay		Ar 196
12 Sep 1944 - Sep 1944	Travemünde		Ar 196

• Aircraft inventory and movement reports - Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, SAGr.126

SAGr. 126 'Kills'

Asisbiz database list of 13 aerial victories for SAGr. 126

Date	Pilot Name	Unit	Enemy A/C Type	Height	Time	Location
Friday, October 29, 1943	Hahlbohm	2.SAGr. 126	Beaufighter	08:34	2800m	23 Ost N/57/2/8 50m
Friday, October 29, 1943	Hahlbohm	2./SAGr.126	Beaufighter	08:34	50m	23 Ost N/57/2/8
Thursday, June 01, 1944	Rupp	4./SAGr./ 126	Beaufighter	18:11	80m	vor Heraklion 80m (Crete)
Thursday, June 01, 1944	Knorth	4./SAGr./ 126	Beaufighter	18:10	100m	vor Heraklion (Crete)
Thursday, June 01, 1944	Haessler	4./SAGr./ 126	Beaufighter	18:12	5400m	vor Heraklion (Crete)
Thursday, June 01, 1944	Chalupka	4./SAGr./ 126	Beaufighter	18:10	80m	vor Heraklion 80m (Crete)
Thursday, June 01, 1944	Haessler	4./SAGr./126	Beaufighter	18:12	100m	vor Heraklion (Kreta)
Thursday, June 01, 1944	Knorth	4./SAGr./126	Beaufighter	18:10	100m	vor Heraklion (Kreta)
Thursday, June 01, 1944	Chalupka	4./SAGr./126	Beaufighter	18:10	80m	vor Heraklion (Kreta)
Saturday, June 17, 1944	Schramm	4./SAGr./ 126	Beaufighter	10:06	20-25m	3752 (Aegean See)
Saturday, June 17, 1944	Schramm	4./SAGr./126	Beaufighter	10:06	20-25m	3752 (Aegean See)
Wednesday, September 06, 1944	Rohwerder	2./SAGr./ 126	Beaufighter	12:25	100m	48 331
Wednesday, September 06, 1944	Rohwerder	2./SAGr./126	Beaufighter	12:25	100m	48 331

Web References:

• http://www.ww2.dk/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftwaffe_units_before_the_1939_invasion_of_Poland
• http://www.feldgrau.com/luft.html
• http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/

Book References:

• Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv, Freiburg.
• Feldpostübersicht, RH 3/18 - 129. Has also been published by N. Kannapin in 3 volumes.
• Schematische Kriegsgliederung, RH 2. Has also been published in Kurt Mehner's Geheime Tagesberichte der OKW, 12 vols. Exists in full, for the period 8 Jun 1940 - 31 Dec 1943, and partly for 15 Apr 1944 - 7 May 1945
• Flugzeugunfälle und Verluste bei den fliegenden Verbänden, RL 2 III/184, 752 - 767, 1170 - 1198. The year 1944 is missing, but can be extracted from RL 2 III/852 (summarischen Verlustmeldungen).
• Flugzeugunfälle und Verluste bei Schulen und Sonstige Verbänden, RL 2 III/769 - 784
• Aircraft inventory and movement reports - Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, RL 2 III/874 - 882. Only covers the months Mar 1942 to Dec 1944. The rest is missing.
• Stärkemeldungen der fliegenden Verbände, RL 2 III/1732 - 1765
• Übersicht über Soll, Istbestand, Einsatzbereitschaft, Verluste und Reserven der fliegenden Verbände, RL 2 III/700 - 734
• Flakübersicht Nov 1943 - Dec 1944, RL 2 III/1119 - 1122
• Kriegstagebücher
• USAF Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
• K1028F - Eastern front 1942, incl. KTB Fliegerführer Süd (Feb 1942 - Aug 1942), extracts from Richthofen and Fiebig's diaries, monthly strength returns for entire eastern front, 60 page summary of 1. Luftwaffen-Flotilla (Siebel ferries) operations on Ladoga Sea
• K1028G - Eastern front 1943, mainly VIII. Fliegerkorps operations
• K1028Y & K1028X - KTB I. Jagdkorps (Sep 1943 - May 1944) and KTB 5. Jagddivision (Jun 1944).
• A1128 - German Order of Battle - Statistics as of Quarter Years, 1938-45 (parts of the USAF Strategic Bombing Survey)

Luftwaffe Emblem References:

• Junkers Ju 87: From 1936 to 1945 by Herbert Leonard Paperback
• Messerschmitt Me 110: Messerchmitt's twin-engined Bf 110, Me 210 and 410 by Dominique Breffort Perfect Paperback
• Focke-Wulf Fw 190: From 1939 to 1945 (Planes and Pilots) by Dominique Breffort Paperback
• Messerschmitt Me 109, Vol. 1: From 1936 to 1942 (Aircraft and Pilots) by Anis ElBied Paperback