Liaison Squadron 14

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Liaison Squadron 14

Airfield Srausberg.JPG

Tower building at Strausberg Airfield
active April 26, 1965 to October 2, 1990
Country Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR German Democratic Republic
Armed forces National Peoples Army
Armed forces GDR Air Force plane marking NVA Air Force
Branch of service Aviation forces
Type Liaison aviators
Strength approx. 180 soldiers and 40 civilian employees
Insinuation FO FMTFK , LTG 65
Relay location Strausberg , Struzberg barracks airfield
guide
Last squadron commander OTL Michael Sobtzick
Aircraft
Transport aircraft /
helicopter 		An-2 , Jak-18 , Jak-11 , Aero-45 , L-60 , Antonow An-14 , Zlín Z-43 , Let L-410
Z-43 of the VS-14, Preschen 1990
L-410 of the VS-14 already bearing the German national emblem in September 1990

The liaison flier squadron 14 ( VS-14 ) was a flying unit in battalion strength of the NVA air forces in direct subordinate to the leadership organ front u. Military transport air forces .

history

The beginnings of the liaison forces of the later NVA air forces go back to the An-2 aircraft stationed at the aerodromes of the People's Police Aviation and Aeroclubs in Strausberg, Brandenburg and Cottbus at the beginning of the 1950s . This flying association was founded on April 26, 1956, initially under the names of Transport and Liaison Aircraft (TVFS) or towing squadron . With the An-2 aircraft, connecting flights and support flights for parachute training were carried out from the start.

The TVFS was renamed on December 1, 1961, in the flight liaison squadron 25 (VS-25 or VFS-25). The final designation, connecting flier squadron 14 (VS-14), was introduced on February 1, 1971 as part of a structural reform. The Aviation Technical Battalion 14 (FTB-14), which was directly subordinate to the squadron , was set up at the same time for supply and support . The squadron consisted of up to four liaison chains and courier chains.

On October 3, 1990, the VS-14 was transferred to Lufttransportgeschwader 65 of the Air Transport Command of the Air Force of the German Armed Forces , wound up and largely disbanded by the end of the year. In 1992, the military use of Strausberg airfield by the Air Force ended. The aircraft were given to museums, sold or decommissioned.

Commanders

Rank, name period of service
Major Willi Röhr 1956-1957
Lieutenant Colonel Günter Keck 1957-1958
Lieutenant Colonel Hans Nippert 1958-1959
Captain Fritz Kühne 1959-1962
Lieutenant Colonel Johannes Schmidt 1963-1969
Captain Hans-Dieter Baron 1970-1973
Lieutenant Colonel Johannes Schmidt 1974-1976
Lieutenant Colonel Klaus Horn 1977-1987
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Sobtzick 1987-1990

Aircraft types

  • 1957 two An-2 , Jak-18 and Jak-11 each
  • 1957 An-2, Jak-18
  • 1958 An-2, Aero-45 , Jak-18
  • 1959 L-60 , Aero-45, Jak-18
  • 1962 An-2, Aero-45, Jak-18
  • 1963 An-2, Jak-18A
  • 1966 An-2, An-14
  • 1974 An-2, An-14, Z-43
  • 1980 eleven An-2s, four each L-410UVP and Z-43
  • 1988 six An-2, four each L-410UVP (S) and Z-43
  • 1990 eight An-2, four each L-410UVP (S) and Z-43

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