Naval Aviation Flotilla
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Naval Aviation Flotilla |
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 Internal association badge (coat of arms) |
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| active | July 15, 1956 to July 30, 2006 |
| Country |
 Germany
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| Armed forces |
 armed forces
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| Armed forces |
German Navy
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| Type | Command authority |
| Insinuation |
 Fleet command
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| Seat of the staff |
 Kiel - Holtenau , Schleswig-Holstein
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| guide | |
| last commander | Klaus Mathew ( sea captain ) |
| Important commanders |
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| Flag of a flotilla admiral commander of the flotilla of naval aviation |
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The Flotilla of the Naval Aviation (MFlgFltl) was a large unit at brigade level of the German Navy , in which the naval aviation forces were combined.
history
The later flotilla of naval aviation was set up on July 16, 1956 as a command of naval aviation in the Kiel district of Holtenau . The command authority, equipped with the command responsibilities of a brigade staff , was subordinate to the command of the naval forces (the later fleet command ). Due to the growth of the naval aviation forces in the following years, the command was given the responsibilities of a divisional staff on February 7, 1964 . On January 1, 1967, it was renamed Naval Aviation Command and on July 11, 1969, Naval Aviation Division . This designation remained until the last change of name to Flotilla of Naval Aviation on April 1, 1994, with which the flotilla was again upgraded to the brigade level. This was done because the German reunification meant that naval aviation forces were no longer required in the previous extent. As a result of the transformation of the Bundeswehr , the remaining fighter-bombers were handed over to the Air Force in 2005 and the flotilla was dissolved on June 30, 2006. The two remaining squadrons were placed directly under the fleet command.
As part of the realignment of the Bundeswehr , a naval aviation command was set up on October 8, 2012 in Nordholz (since January 1, 2015: Wurster North Sea Coast ) near Cuxhaven . It took over the duties of the defunct Fleet Command settled sector M Air (naval aviation), whose last head of department was also the first commander of the Naval Air Command.
organization
The flotilla of naval aviation was led by a flotilla admiral . You were subordinate to several naval aviation associations.
Naval Aviation Squadron 1 with fighter bombers in Schleswig / Jagel (1957–1993)
Naval Aviation Squadron 2 with fighter-bombers and reconnaissance aircraft in Tarp / Eggebek (1958-2005)
Naval Aviation Squadron 3 "Graf Zeppelin" with maritime patrols and helicopters at Nordholz Air Base (1964–2006)
Marinefliegergeschwader 4 with a squadron of submarine hunting and minesweeping and clearance helicopters in Kiel-Holtenau (1963–1968)
Naval Aviation Squadron 5 with helicopters and liaison aircraft in Kiel-Holtenau (1958–2006)
Naval Aviation Training Group in Westerland (1968–1997)
List of commanders
| No. | Surname | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires |
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| 1. | Frigate Captain Richard Linke (1) | July 1956 | January 1957 |
| 2. | Frigate Captain Otto Friedrich Werner (1) | January 1957 | June 1957 |
| 3. | Sea captain Walter Gaul | June 1957 | July 1960 |
| 4th | Sea captain Hans Hefele | July 1960 | January 1963 |
| 5. | Flotilla Admiral Herbert Mahlke | January 1963 | February 1966 |
| 6th | Flotilla Admiral Berthold Jung | March 1966 | September 1970 |
| 7th | Flotilla Admiral Günter Luther (2) | 1st October 1970 | March 1972 |
| 8th. | Flotilla Admiral Paul Kriebel | April 1972 | March 1977 |
| 9. | Flotilla Admiral Rudolf Deckert | April 1977 | March 1982 |
| 10. | Flotilla Admiral Jürgen Dubois | April 1982 | September 1987 |
| 11. | Flotilla Admiral Kurt Ziebis | October 1987 | March 1992 |
| 12. | Flotilla Admiral Wolfgang Engelmann | March 1992 | (1996) |
| 13. | Flotilla Admiral Ulrich Otto | (1998) | (1999) |
| 14th | Flotilla Admiral Wolfgang Kalähne | (2000) | March 2005 |
| 15th | Sea Captain Klaus Mathew (3) | (2005) | (2006) |
literature
- Jörg Duppler, German Maritime Institute (Hrsg.): Naval Aviation - From the Naval Airship Department to the Naval Aviation Division . Mittler, Herford, Bonn 1988, ISBN 3-8132-0295-X .
- Heinrich Walle, German Maritime Institute (ed.): 100 years of naval aviation . Mittler, Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn 2013, ISBN 978-3-8132-0947-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Press and Information Center Marine: Starting signal for the Naval Aviation Command in Nordholz. Bundeswehr, October 8, 2012, accessed on January 27, 2015 .