Aufklärungsgruppe 22

Gruppenkommandeure:

  • Obstlt Eberhard Fischer, 1 Nov 1938 - 1 Jan 1939
  • Maj Hans Pampe, 1 Jan 1939 - 26 Aug 1939
  • Obstlt Dipl.Ing. Erik Thomas, 15 Jul 1940 - ?

Stab:

Formed 1 Nov 1938 in Kassel-Rothwesten from Disbanded 26 Aug 1939.

Reformed Jul 1940 from Aufklärungsgruppe Thomas, and was disbanded Jan 1942.

Airfields and Air Base Locations
Date Location Gruppe Aircraft Used
1 Nov 1938 - 26 Aug 1939 Kassel-Rothwesten   Do 17

  

1 Staffel I Gruppe Aufklärungsgruppe 22 - 1./(F)AG22

Formed 1 Oct 1937 in Prenzlau from On 1 Nov 1938 became

Reformed 1 Nov 1938 in Kassel-Rothwesten from

Known bases:

Airfields and Air Base Locations
Date Location Gruppe Aircraft Used
1 Oct 1937 - 1 Nov 1938 Prenzlau    
1 Nov 1938 - Aug 1939 Kassel-Rothwesten   Do 17
Aug 1939 - May 1940 Frankfurt-Rebstock    
Jul 1940 - Mar 1941 St. Omer   Do 17/Bf 110
Mar 1941 - Apr 1941 Wien   Ju 88
Apr 1941 - May 1941 Saloniki(?)   Ju 88
Jun 1941 - Jul 1941 SInsterburg   Ju 88
Jul 1941 - Jul 1941 Kowno-Süd   Ju 88
Jul 1941 - 2 Oct 1941 Pleskau   Ju 88
2 Oct 1941 - 8 Nov 1941 Smolensk   Ju 88
Nov 1941 - Dec 1941 Insterburg   Ju 88
Dec 1941 - Apr 1942 Le Culot   Ju 88
Apr 1942 - Jun 1942 Kemi   Ju 88
Jun 1942 - Sep 1943 Banak*   Ju 88
Oct 1943 - Jul 1944 Trondheim-Vaernes   Ju 88
Jul 1944 - Dec 1944 Kristiansand   Ju 88
Dec 1944 - Mar 1945 Reinsdorf   Ju 88

* detachments operated from Bardufoss during 1942-1943.

2.(F)/22:

Formed 1 Oct 1937 in Prenzlau from On 1 Nov 1938 became

Reformed 1 Nov 1938 in Kassel-Rothwesten from

Disbanded 1 Aug 1944.

Known bases:

Airfields and Air Base Locations
Date Location Gruppe Aircraft Used
1 Oct 1937 - 1 Nov 1938 Prenzlau    
1 Nov 1938 - Aug 1939 Kassel-Rothwesten   Do 17
Aug 1939 - May 1940 Bonn-Hangelar    
Aug 1940 - Apr 1941 Stavanger-Sola   Ju 88
Jun 1941 Pufesti   Ju 88
Jul 1941 Bacau   Ju 88
Aug 1941 Balti(?)   Ju 88
Nov 1941 - Jul 1942 Poltawa   Ju 88
Nov 1942 - Mar 1943 Charkow   Ju 88
Apr 1943 - Aug 1943 Stalino   Ju 88
Oct 1943 Nikolayev(?)   Ju 88
Dec 1943 - Feb 1944 Golta   Ju 88
Feb 1944 - 14 Mar 1944 Rauchowka   Ju 88
14 Mar 1944 - 18 Mar 1944 Odessa   Ju 88
18 Mar 1944 - 1 Apr 1944 Tirasspol   Ju 88
Apr 1944 - 27 Jul 1944 Focsani   Ju 88
27 Jul 1944 - 1 Aug 1944 Jüterbog   Ju 88

Formed 1 Oct 1937 in Prenzlau from On 1 Nov 1938 became

Reformed 1 Nov 1938 in Kassel-Rothwesten from

Known bases:

Airfields and Air Base Locations
Date Location Gruppe Aircraft Used
1 Oct 1937 - 1 Nov 1938 Prenzlau   Do 17
1 Nov 1938 - Aug 1939 Kassel-Rothwesten   Do 17
Aug 1939 - May 1940 Koblenz-Karthausen   Do 17/Bf 110
Dec 1940 - Mar 1941 Stavanger-Sola   Do 17/Bf 110
Jun 1941 Schippenbeil   Ju 88/Bf 110
Jul 1941 Welonen(?)   Ju 88/Bf 110
Aug 1941 - Aug 1943 Dno   Ju 88
Sep 1943 - Dec 1943 Jurgenfelde(?)   Ju 188
Dec 1943 - Oct 1944 Riga-Spilve   Ju 188
Oct 1944 - Dec 1944 Powunden   Ju 188
Dec 1944 - Mar 1945 Zabeln   Ju 188

Formed 1 Nov 1938 in Kassel-Rothwesten.


West. (Sep 39 - Apr 40)

1.9.39: deployed from Kassel-Rothwesten to Hopstädten near Birkenfeld/Rheinpfalz in accordance with general mobilization orders issued 26 August, and assigned to support XII Corps/lst Army with 12 Hs 126s. Flew reconnaissance patrols over the Saar area between Germany and France.

4.10.39: (Ob.d.H.) - Hs 126 shot up by a French Curtiss Hawk 75A fighter near Pirmasens/Rheinpfalz, Oblt. Heinz Pape + 1 WIA.

24.10.39: (Ob.d.H.) - Hs 126B shot up by French AA-fire and crashed at Hopstädten, 100%, 1 KIA.

31.10.39: (Ob.d.H.) - Hs 126B shot down by French AA-fire along the Saar border, 100%, 1 KIA.

11/39 - 4/40: no information, but the Staffel is thought to have remained at Hopstädten training and .flying a few operational sorties as the weather allowed.


Attack on France and the Low Countries. (May 40 - Jun 40)

10.5.40: remained assigned to support XII Corps/lst Army for the campaign in the West this date, initially in the Saarland area and then moving forward into Lorraine.

24.5.40: (Ob.d.H.) - Hs 126 shot up by AA-fire over Urrall (not located), 100%.

25.5.40: (Ob.d.H.) - Hs 126 shot up and damaged by AA-fire - no details.

6.6.40: (Ob.d.H.) - Hs 126 shot down -no details, 100%.

20.6.40: (Ob.d.H.) - Hs 126 failed to return from a recce mission to the Bourges area, 100%.


France - Standby for the Planned Invasion of England and Training. (Jul 40 - Jan 41)

7/40: remained in France following the armistice on 22 June.

13.8.40: West France under Stab/Aufkl.Gr.31 with 9 Hs 126s and probably assigned to lay smoke screens under IV.Fliegerkorps in support of the planned invasion of England.

11.10.40: (Ob.d.H.) - Hs 126 (CH+AM) damaged landing at St-Martin airfield in Normandy (either at Bernay or at Évreux), 10%.

4.1.41: Staffel departed France for Germany for an extended rest and refit, and then moved on to the Balkans.


Balkan Campaign. (Jan 41 - May 41)

19.3.41: (Ob.d.H.) - Hs 126 damaged taxiing at Stara Zagora/Bulgaria, 50%.

6.4.41: under Koluft AOK 12 and assigned to support XXXX Motorized Corps this date for the invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece.

8.4.41: flew reconnaissance sorties in the Štip-Negotin area of Macedonia.

20.4.41: at Servia/NE Greece.

11.5.41: at Servia/NE Greece.

14.5.41: possibly moved forward to Athens around this date.


South Russia and Disbandment. (Jun 41 - Jan 42)

22.6.41: Galicia district of SE Poland under Koluft Panzergruppe I/Army Group South for the attack on the Soviet Union commencing this date, and assigned to support III Motorized Corps along a line of advance Galicia-Rovno-Zhitomir-Kiev.

1.7.41: Staffel cited in dispatches for shooting down 4 Soviet planes that attacked Rovno airfield, these being claimed by the Staffel's antiaircraft platoon (Flakzug).

3.7.41: (Ob.d.H.) - Hs 126 (4N+EM) operating from Rovno failed to return from a recce mission, 100%, 2 KIA.

15.7.41: (Ob.d.H.) - Hs 126B-l shot down by a Russian fighter over Zhitomir, 100%. Possibly based at Brusilov just before or just after this date.

8/41 - 1/42: no trace of the Staffel has come to light after the 15 July entry. Presumably it was disbanded toward the end of September 1941 on conclusion of operations around Kiev, and then officially disbanded in January 1942.


FpN: (L 04091)


Staffelkapitän:

Hptm. Hans Asmus ( - Jul 40) 1938, 9/39

Disbanded Jan 1942.

Web Reference: https://www.luftwaffedata.co.uk/index.php/4.(H)/22

Known bases:

Airfields and Air Base Locations
Date Location Gruppe Aircraft Used
Nov 1938 - Aug 1939 Kassel-Rothwesten   Hs 126
Aug 1939 - Sep 1939 Hoppstädten   Hs 126
Mar 1940 - May 1940 Holzweiler-Bettgenhausen   Hs 126
May 1940 Rothem   Hs 126
Oct 1940 St. Martin(?)   Hs 126
Mar 1941 Stara Zagora   Hs 126
Apr 1941 Kyustendil   Hs 126
Apr 1941 Kozani   Hs 126
27 Apr 1941 - 10 May 1941 Athens-Tatoi   Hs 126
Jun 1941 Rowno   Hs 126
Jul 1941 Brusilow   Hs 126
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