I read long ago about a luftwaffe unit compsed of volunteers from the U.S.S.R The unit was compsed of obsolete planes Does anyone have any info on yjis unit of any kind? Thanks everybody!
I have to say that I am a little sceptical-I can't imagine the Regime condoning the use of Russian (or more likely Ukrainian pilots), but I am open to correction if someone knows better. Having said this there were a few foreign manned units in the Luftwaffe. The most notable being the Estonian manned Nachtschachtgruppe 11 which operated obsolete Heinkel He.50s in night intruder missions over the Eastern Front between December 1943 and September 1944. I am left wondering if the unit you are referring to is 1./Luftlandegeschwader 1 which is known to have operated (at least one and perhaps more) Russian built Polikarpov I-153 until 1942 when the captured Polikarpov fighters were handed over to the Finnish Force.
This alleged unit flew the PO2 Biplane and an assortment of Bi planes & Obsolete German A/C They allegedly flew Recon missions over the Northern Sector of the East Front That's about all I had found
Hi Glenn, Are you familiar with this website; http://gyges.dk/index.htm ? Cannot immidiately find anything that relates to your specific question, but you can try email Col. Svejgaard, who is an extremely knowledgeable man within Luftwaffe affairs. Br Dan
