Fieseler Fi 156 Storch LF4 Stkz KHYM WNr 5153 Jasionka Poland 1941 01
Photo 01: During the initial phase of the Russian campaign Generaloberst Löhr, commander of Air Fleet 4, made use of a Stork bearing the title ‘Flotten-Chef’ (Fleet Chief). The aircraft was a Fieseler Fi-156C-3 Störch (Stork) liaison plane and coded with manufacturers code Stammkennzeichen code KH+YM werk nr. 5153. The photo is believed to have been taken in July 1941 in Jasionka, Poland, where the Headquarters of Air Fleet 4 was based just prior to the attack on Russia. This would mean that the utility squadrons second emblem was introduced before ‘Operation Barbarossa’.
Profile 00: This il2 skin profile is of a Luftwaffe Aufklarer German Reconnaissance Fieseler Fi-156C-3 Störch (Stork) operated by Stab Luftflotte.4 KH+YM, WNr: 5153 personal plane of the commander of Luftflotte 4 Gen.Obst Löhr and based at Luftflotte 4 HQ Jasoinka, Poland July 1941 just prior to Operation Barbarossa attack on the Soviet union.
Lieutenant General Generalleutnant Alexander Lohr Luftflotte 4 01
Lieutenant General Generalleutnant Alexander Lohr Luftflotte 4 02
Luftflotte 4 GenOb Alexander Lohr Rseta emblem L08623 flugboroitfchaft
Jasionka, Poland Map
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