Close Reconnaissance Squadron 102

Close Reconnaissance Squadron 102
active	February 15, 1943 to December 5, 1944
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Wehrmacht
Armed forces	air force
Branch of service	Air force
Type	Reconnaissance Squadron
structure	Squadron staff and 2 groups
Location	Staff Jüterbog-Damm I. Group Brieg II. Group Jüterbog-Damm
equipment	Arado Ar 96, Bücker Bü 131, Bücker Bü 181, Dornier Do 217, Focke-Wulf Fw 58, Messerschmitt Bf 109, Messerschmitt Bf 110
Squadron commodors
First commodore	Lieutenant Colonel Günther Börner

The Nahaufklärungsgeschwader 102 was an association of the German Air Force during World War II .

Lineup

The staff and the second group were formed on February 15, 1943 at the Jüterbog-Damm air base ( Lage ) from the local reconnaissance school 2 (H), which in turn was founded in October 1942 at the Brieg air base. The second group consisted of the staff and the 3rd and 4th seasons.

The first group formed on the same day in Brieg ( Lage ) and had its origins in the local education school 2 (H). The I. Group had the staff and the 1st and 2nd squadron.

history

The two groups of the squadron remained stationed on their home bases throughout their existence and were used to train long-range reconnaissance crews. To do this, they used Arado Ar 96 , Bücker Bü 131 , Bücker Bü 181 , Dornier Do 217 , Focke-Wulf Fw 58 , Messerschmitt Bf 109 , Messerschmitt Bf 110 training aircraft . There were no front missions.

Commanders

Squadron commodors

Rank	Surname	time
Lieutenant colonel	Günther Börner	February 15, 1943 to June 15, 1943
major	Erwin Fischer	June 16, 1943 to February 4, 1945

Group commanders

I. group

• Major Johannes Sieckenius, February 15, 1943 to April 29, 1943
• Major Erwin Fischer, April 30, 1943 to June 15, 1943
• Major Kuno Ebeling, January 20, 1944 to August 21, 1944

II group

• Captain Kuno Ebeling, February 15, 1943 to April 29, 1943
• Captain Wiese, August 5, 1943 to May 26, 1944
• Captain Berndt, May 27, 1944 to December 1944

literature

• Wolfgang Dierich: The air force associations 1935-1945 . Outlines and short chronicles one document. Ed .: Wolfgang Dierich. Verlag Heinz Nickel , Zweibrücken 1993, ISBN 3-925480-15-3 (703 pages).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Air Force Airfields 1935-45, Germany (1937 Borders) , pp 314-315, accessed on August 6, 2020th
2. ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Air Force Airfields 1935-45, Germany (1937 Borders) , pp 92-94, accessed on August 6, 2020th

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