Flugzeugführerschule A/B 9

Kommandeure:

• Oberst Ferdinand Muggenthaler, 22 Jul 1940 - 14 Jan 1941
• Oberst Friedrich Ziegler, 15 Jan 1941 - 1 Dec 1943
• Obstlt Josef Schleicher, 2 Dec 1943 - 17 Jan 1944
• Maj Arnulf Blasig, 26 Jan 1944 - 31 Aug 1944
• Oberst Otto Weisshaar, 24 Jul 1944 - 9 Jan 1945
• Oberst Josef Schleicher, 10 Jan 1945 - 4 Feb 1945

Formed Jul 1939 in Grottkau as FFS A/B Grottkau.

On 16 Jan 1940 redesignated Flugzeugführerschule A/B 9 (FFS A/B 9), under Höh.Fl.Ausb.Kdo. 10.

On 15 Oct 1943 redesignated Flugzeugführerschule A 9 (FFS A 9). On 25 Jan 1944 absorbed FFS A 32, and became a Doppelschule, now as FFDS A 9.

Training ended Jan 1945. Disbanded 4 Feb 1945.

Used the following aircraft: Ar 66, Ar 96, Bu 131, Bu 133, Bu 181, Fw 44, Fw 56, Fw 58, FN 305, Go 145, Grunau Baby, He 45, He 51, Kl 35, NA-64, Praga E.39, SG 38, W.33 and W.34

Airfields and Air Base Locations

Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
Jul 1939 - 22 Jan 1945	Grottkau*
22 Jan 1945 - 4 Feb 1945	Weimar-Nohra

* satellite airfields: Rossweide, Neisse-Stephansdorf, Gross-Stein, Nieder-Ellguth and Woisselsdorf (glider)