Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 5 (31.7.2005)

Fernauklärungs-Gruppe 5

FAG 5

Ju 290 from FAG 5 in Mont de Marsan in France

3.6.1944: Landing strip south of Kap Sussi, Shannon Island. (Bassgeiger)
Fernaufklärings-Gruppe 5 (Hauptmann Hermann Fischer) Formed in Mont-de-Marsan, France in June 1943. Maritime reconnaissance in the Atlantic under Luftflotte 3 - later Fliegerführer Atlantik. Crew of both 1. and 2. Staffel FAG 5 in Mont-de-Marsan (1943)
Stab / 1. Staffel / 2. Staffel	Mont-de-Marsan (6.43 - 8.44)	then Mühldorf Germany.
4. Staffel	Nantes (5.44 - 7.44)	then disbanded

FAG 5 Shield

JU 290A of STAB/FAG 5

JU 290A of 1./FAG 5

Fieldpost (2.1.1944) from Walter v. S..... Feldpost nr L 55985 c Paris (II)
2 Staffel Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 5 in Mont-de-Marsan.

Feldpost Nr.
L 55985

(12.3.1943-?)
Stab Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 5

From: "Die deutsche Feldpostübersicht 1939-1945" by Norbert Kannapin.