Blind flight school
Blind flight schools were special flight schools of the air force of the German Wehrmacht , the completion of which enabled the use of the pilot in a combat , long-range reconnaissance, night hunt or sea pilot association. In the German Empire there were twelve flying blind schools.
history
The training guidelines for blind flying or instrument flying were drawn up in the German Aviation School founded in 1925 in Berlin-Staaken . The DVS was a camouflage organization founded during the Weimar Republic , which was initially supposed to provide pilots trained in the event of a defense and, from 1933 onwards, served the secret establishment of the German Air Force .
The guidelines included cross-country flights, push-through procedures , ZZ approaches , external and internal bearings, base line navigation. The aircraft at the blind flight schools were identical to those of the pilot C schools, but they were equipped with additional navigation devices . At the end of 1941, a specialization in certain types of aircraft and types of association began from the patterns returned from the front lines. From this point on, the blind flight schools were given a new number.
Later, aircraft for special blind flight training such as the Siebel Si 204 , originally a passenger aircraft , were put into service.
Blind flight schools
The locations of the blind flight schools were:
| Surname | place | Lineup | commander | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blind flight school 1 | Brandis | October 1, 1935 | Colonel Aue | Renamed to FFS (B) 31 (also for short: B 31) in October 1943. |
| Blind flight school 2 | Neuburg on the Danube | November 1, 1938 | ? | Renamed to FFS (B) 32 (also: B 32) in October 1943. |
| Blind flight school 3 | Koenigsberg-Devau | December 1939 | Colonel Babekuhl | Renamed to FFS (B) 33 (also: B 33) in October 1943. |
| Blind flight school 4 | Vienna-Aspern | December 1940 | Colonel Hermann Ritter v. Lechner | The BFS 4 was renamed FFS (B) 34 on October 15, 1943 and was stationed in Copenhagen / Kastrup, with the satellite airports Schwerin-Görries, Neumünster, Kolberg, Pütnitz, Værløse. Disbanded on February 4, 1945. |
| Blind flight school 5 | Marienburg | December 1939 | Major Seidler | Renamed to FFS (B) 35 (also: B 35) in October 1943. |
| Blind flight school 6 | Celle / Radom / Wesendorf | April 1934 | Lieutenant Colonel Stollbrock | Set up in April 1934 as BFS Celle , moved to Radom in June 1940 , in June 1941 to BFS 6 in Wesendorf, from October 1943 FFS 36 (also: B 36), closed in October 1944 |
| Blind flight school 7 | Insterburg | December 1939 | Major Babekuhl | In October 1943 it was renamed FFS (B) 37 (also: B 37). |
| Blind flight school 8 | Belgrade Semlin | March 1943 | Major Kuhn | Renamed in October 1943 to FFS (B) 38 (also: B 38). |
| Blind flight school 9 | Kaunas | June 1943 | ? | |
| Blind flight school 10 | Altenburg | May 1943 | Lieutenant Colonel Gerstenberg | Set up in May 1943 from FFS (A / B) 33. In October 1943, the BFS 10 became the 110 School Hunting Squadron . |
| Blind flight school 11 | Stubendorf | July 1943 | Major Kraus | Set up in July 1943 from FFS (A / B) 110. In October 1943, the BFS 11 became the 111 School Battle Squadron . |
| Blind flight school Schleswig | Schleswig | Mid-1938 | Captain von Glasow |
Other schools for pilots
- Air Force flight instructor school in Briest : From 1936, the Air Force's only flight instructor school existed at Brandenburg-Briest airfield .
There were also other schools that completed the training of pilots:
- Air war schools
- Aviation pilot schools A / B
- Aviation School (See)
- Aviation Schools C
Training equipment for blind flight schools
| Land / sea | Training equipment |
|---|---|
| C2 / country | Do 11 , Do 23 , Do 17 , He 111 , Ju 52 , Ju 86 , Ju 88 |
| C2 / lake | Do Wal , Do 18 , He 59 , He 115 |
literature
- Karl Ries: German aviation schools and their machines 1919–1945 , Stuttgart, Motorbuchverlag 1988
- Barry C. Rosch: Luftwaffe Codes, Markings & Units , Schiffer Military / Aviation History, 1995, p. 385 f.
- Barry Ketley, Mark Rolfe: Luftwaffe Fledglings 1935-1945. Luftwaffe Training Units and their Aircraft. Hikoki Publications, Aldershot 1996, ISBN 0-9519899-2-8 , p. 39 f.
Web links
- The Air Force 1939–1945 , on the website of the German Historical Museum (as of October 1, 2008)
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Ries: German Aviation Schools and their Machines 1919–1945 , Stuttgart, Motorbuchverlag 1988, p. 209
- ↑ Rosch (1995), p. 386
- ↑ Ketley, Rolfe (1996), p. 39
- ↑ Side profile of a Ju 88 of the FFS (B) 34 (accessed on August 30, 2020)