Aufklärungsgruppe 31

Gruppenkommandeure:

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Stab:

Formed 1 Nov 1938 in Brieg from Stab/Aufkl.Gruppe 13. On 26 Aug 1939 redesignated Koluft 10.

Airfields and Air Base Locations

Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
1 Nov 1938 - 26 Aug 1939	Brieg		Hs 126

1.(H)/31:

Formed 1 Nov 1938 in Brieg from 1./Aufkl.Gruppe 13. Used for night-recon. duties from late 1944.

Served under Stab/NAGr.11 (May 1942 - Aug 1943), Stab/NAGr.10 (Sep 1943 - Oct 1943), Stab/NAGr.8 (Nov 1943 - Jan 1944) and Stab/NAGr.5 (Jul 1944 - Aug 1944).

Airfields and Air Base Locations

Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
1 Nov 1938 - 26 Aug 1939	Brieg		(Hs 126)
1 Nov 1938 - Aug 1939	Brieg (Hs 126)		(Hs 126)
Aug 1939 - Sep 1939	Preussisch-Krawarn		(Hs 126)
Mar 1940 - May 1940	Euskirchen area		(Hs 126)
Nov 1940	Antwerpen
Feb 1941	Nellingen		(Fw 189A)
Jun 1941	Karolin		(Fw 189A)
Aug 1941	Smolensk		(Fw 189A)
Apr 1942 - Sep 1942	Demjansk		(Fw 189A)
Sep 1942 - Feb 1943	Szoltzy		(Fw 189A)
Feb 1943 - Jun 1943	Dno		(Fw 189A)
22 Feb 1944 - 12 Mar 1944	Idriza		(Fw 189A)
12 Mar 1944 - Sep 1944	Wesenberg
Sep 1944 - Nov 1944	Bromberg		(Fw 189A)
Nov 1944 - Dec 1944	Balice		(Fw 189A)
Dec 1944 - 10 Feb 1945	Möckendorf		(Fw 189A)
10 Feb 1945 - Mar 1945	Neisse		(Fw 189A)

2.(H)/31:

Formed 1 Nov 1938 in Brieg from 2./Aufkl.Gruppe 13.

On 1 Feb 1944 redesignated 3./NAGr.4.

Served under Stab/NAGr.10 (May 1942 - Oct 1942, Dec 1942 - Jul 1943), Stab/NAGr.1 (Nov 1942, Aug 1943) and Stab/NAGr.6 (Sep 1943 - Jan 1944).

Airfields and Air Base Locations

Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
1 Nov 1938 - Aug 1939	Brieg		(Hs 126)
Aug 1939 - Sep 1939	Preussisch-Krawarn		(Hs 126)
Mar 1940 - May 1940	Bonn area(?)		(Hs 126)
Dec 1940	Beaumont(?)		(Hs 126)
Apr 1941	Trikkala		(Hs 126)
Nov 1941	Brieg		(Fw 189A)
May 1942 - Jun 1942	Kursk		(Fw 189A)
Aug 1942 - Sep 1942	Barkowo		(Fw 189A)
Oct 1942	Kschen		(Fw 189A)
Nov 1942 - Feb 1943	Kursk		(Fw 189A)
Apr 1943	Konotop		(Fw 189A)
May 1943 - Jun 1943	Stepanowka(?)		(Fw 189A)
Dec 1943 - Jan 1944	Straubing		(Fw 189A)

3.(F)/31:

Formed 1 Nov 1938 in Brieg from 2./Aufkl.Gruppe 13.

In Jan 1942 redesignated 3.(H)/31.

Was part of Aufklärungsgruppe Fleischmann, Nov 1942 - Dec 1942.

On 1 Mar 1943 redesignated 3./NAGr.2.

Served under Stab/NAGr.1 (May 1942 - Aug 1942), Stab/NAGr.16 (Sep 1942 - Dec 1942) and Stab/NAGr.2 (Jan 1943 - Feb 1943).

Airfields and Air Base Locations

Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
1 Nov 1938 - Aug 1939	Brieg (Do 17)
Aug 1939 - Sep 1939	Stubendorf
Jan 1940 - Jun 1940	Frankfurt/Main
Jul 1940 - Apr 1941	St. Brieux		(Bf 110)
May 1941 - Jun 1941	Hohensalza		(Bf 110)
Jul 1941	Dokudowo		(Bf 110)
Aug 1941 - Oct 1941	Schatalowka-West		(Bf 110)
Dec 1941 - May 1942	Germany		(Bf 110)
Jul 1942	Tazinskaja-Ost		(Bf 110)
Aug 1942	Bereska(?)		(Bf 110)
Sep 1942	Nikolskoje(?)		(Bf 110)

Brieg, 1 Nov 1938 - Aug 1939 (Do 17)
Stubendorf, Aug 1939 - Sep 1939
Frankfurt/Main, Jan 1940 - Jun 1940
St. Brieux, Jul 1940 - Apr 1941 (Bf 110)
Hohensalza, May 1941 - Jun 1941
Dokudowo, Jul 1941
Schatalowka-West, Aug 1941 - Oct 1941
Germany, Dec 1941 - May 1942
Tazinskaja-Ost, Jul 1942
Bereska(?), Aug 1942
Nikolskoje(?), Sep 1942

4.(H)/31:

Formed Jan 1939 in Brieg.

Disbanded Apr 1945.

Served under Stab/NAGr.8 (May 1942 - Aug 1942), Stab/NAGr.3 (Sep 1942 - Jan 1944) and Stab/NAGr.4 (Jul 1944 - Aug 1944).

Airfields and Air Base Locations

Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
Jan 1939 - Aug 1939	Brieg (Hs 126)
Aug 1939 - Sep 1939	Schwieben
Mar 1940 - May 1940	Stadtkyll(?)
Dec 1940	Woensdrecht(?)
Jun 1941	Tilsit		(Fw 189A)
Jun 1941	Erzvilkas		(Fw 189A)
Aug 1941	Janki(?)		(Fw 189A)
Sep 1941 - Dec 1941	Dugino		(Fw 189A)
Dec 1941 - Apr 1942	Rennes		(Fw 189A)
Jun 1942	Kertsch(?)		(Fw 189A)
Jan 1943	Dretun(?)		(Fw 189A)
May 1943 - Jun 1943	Welish(?)		(Fw 189A)
22 Feb 1944 - May 1944	Polozk		(Fw 189A)
May 1944 - 25 Jun 1944	Ulla		(Fw 189A)
25 Jun 1944 - 29 Jun 1944	Budsslaw		(Fw 189A)
29 Jun 1944 - 2 Jul 1944	Smorganic		(Fw 189A)
3 Jul 1944 - 10 Jul 1944	Ros		(Fw 189A)
10 Jul 1944 - 12 Jul 1944	Kowno		(Fw 189A)
12 Jul 1944 - 24 Jul 1944	Raczki		(Fw 189A)
24 Jul 1944 - 11 Sep 1944	Jurgenfelde		(Fw 189A)
11 Sep 1944 - Oct 1944	Polangen		(Fw 189A)
Oct 1944 - Dec 1944	Eichwalde		(Fw 189A)
Dec 1944 - Feb 1945	Kolberg		(Fw 189A)
Feb 1945 - Mar 1945	Mackfitz		(Fw 189A)

5.(H)/31:

Formed Feb 1941 in Brieg from parts of 1.(H)/31.

Disbanded Jan 1942.

Airfields and Air Base Locations

Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
Feb 1941 - Apr 1941	Brieg		(Hs 126)
Jun 1941	Rudnik(?)		(Hs 126)
Jul 1941	Shitomir(?)		(Hs 126)
Aug 1941	Jablonka		(Hs 126)
Oct 1941	Konotop		(Hs 126)

6.(H)/31:

Formed Feb 1941 in Brieg from parts of 4.(H)/31.

Disbanded Jan 1942.

Airfields and Air Base Locations

Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
Feb 1941 - Apr 1941	Brieg (Hs 126)
Apr 1941	Wiener-Neustadt(?)
Jul 1941	Blen
Aug 1941	Schatalowka(?)
Sep 1941	Stolpche(?)

• Aircraft inventory and movement reports - Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, 1.(H)/31


• Aircraft inventory and movement reports - Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, 2.(H)/31
• Aircraft inventory and movement reports - Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, 3.(H)/31
• Aircraft inventory and movement reports - Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, 4.(H)/31