Transport squadron 24
Transport Fliegerstaffel 24 |
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active | October 1971 to November 1992 |
Country | GDR |
Armed forces | NVA |
Armed forces | NVA Air Force |
Branch of service | Aviation forces |
Type | Transport aviators |
Insinuation | FO FMTFK , LTG 65 |
Relay location | Dresden-Klotzsche airfield |
Last commander | |
Squadron commander | Lieutenant Colonel Wolf |
insignia | |
Homepage | TS-24 |
Aircraft | |
Transport aircraft / helicopter |
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The Transportfliegerstaffel 24 (TS-24) was a flying unit in battalion strength of the NVA air forces in direct subordinate to the command organ front u. Military transport air forces .
history
Lineup
The squadron was set up in accordance with Order 14/63 of the Minister for National Defense on May 2, 1963 at Dessau airfield as Transportfliegerstaffel 27 (TFS-27), with parts of Transportfliegergeschwader 17 (TG-17) being taken over. At the same time, the Aviation Technical Battalion 27 (FTB-27), which was directly subordinate to the squadron, was set up for supply and support.
Relocation and name change
In October 1963 both formations were relocated to the Dresden-Klotzsche airfield . With the restructuring on December 1, 1971, the name was changed to TFS-24 and FTB-24. The final designation TS-24 was used from 1975.
structure
The TS-24 consisted of up to four transport flight chains and two aerial photo chains.
Specialty
The training to become a helmsman / navigation officer of the officers' college for military pilots in the fourth and final year of study took place in the TS-24 using an An-26 transport aircraft.
Takeover in the Bundeswehr and dissolution
On 3 October 1990, the TS-24 was in the air transport squadron 65 of the Air Transport Command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces adopted. In November 1992 the TS-24 was finally disbanded as the Dresden-Klotzsche air transport group of the air transport squadron 65 formed in 1991 .
Commanders
Rank, name | period of service | comment |
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Major Ross | 1963-1965 | |
Major room | 1965-1970 | |
Lieutenant Colonel Tetzel, Joachim | 1970-1973 | 1981 Honored military pilot of the GDR |
Lieutenant Colonel Kolditz | 1973-1974 | |
Lieutenant Colonel Tetzel, Joachim | 1974-1976 | |
Lieutenant Colonel Berthold, Roland | 1976-1981 | 1980 Honored military pilot of the GDR |
Lieutenant Colonel Schikor | 1982-1983 | |
Lieutenant Colonel Schammer | 1983-1986 | |
Major Groeschel | 1986-1990 | 1990–1991 provisional Kdr./ Consultant Maj. Trapp LTG 63 |
Lieutenant Colonel Wolf | 1991-1992 |
Note:
The position of the squadron commander was comparable to that of battalion commander in the army .
Aircraft types
- 2 × Mi-2F
- 4 × An-2
- 16 × Il-14 P End of use 1976–1982
- 12 × An-26 from 1980, when taken over by the Bundeswehr (1990) new license plates 52 + 01 to 52 + 12 (transfer of license plates from the Noratlas, which was retired in 1980 )
See also
literature
- Franz Spur: Military transport aircraft Dessau – Dresden. A contribution to the 35-year history of the GDR transport aviation . AeroLit, Diepholz 2002, ISBN 3-935525-08-7 .
- Lutz Kobert, Ulrich Jeschke: NVA transport air forces . Special and foreign missions of the TS-24 . In: Fliegerrevue extra . No. 2 . Möller, Berlin 2003.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Noratlas on the Air Force website , cf. luroko.de luroko.de , accessed on January 5, 2014