Wettererkundungsstaffel

Wekusta
Luftwaffe Weather Reconnaissance Detachments

 

Wettererkundungsstaffel 5

Wekusta 5 & 6 crew members

Wettererkundungsstaffel 5

5.1940

Disbanded

11.1944

Formed from Wetterkette "Nord".

Ju 88 from Wekusta 5 at Banak


Unit badge on Ju 88

Luftwaffe - code

1B + .H
D7 + .N

D7+.N from apr 1943

Bases

Trondheim-Værnes (A 205/III)

5.1940 -

He 111, Ju 88,
Do 17, He 60,
Ju 52, Ar 232.

Detachment at Banak "Wetterkette Banak"

7-11 1941
3-11 1942
4-11 1943

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Trondheim-Lade (E 22/XI)

11.1944

Ju 88

Feldpost

Feldpost No:
L 13 189

(15.9.1940)
Wettererkundungsstaffel 5
23.11.1944
Closed

Losses

26.9.1940

He 111 H-5: Code 1B+CH: Landing accident Værnes

20.1.1941

He 111 H-5: Code 1B+CH: Emergency landing at mountain Storskarvan near Værnes.
Crew returned to base.
Wounded: Hptm. Wolfgang Zechill, Reg. Rat. Dr. Paul Kothe (Meteorolog).
Unhurt: Ofw. Gabriel Hummel, Uffz. Richard Gerber, Fw. Karl Schaum


(Photo 1988)

16.8.1941

Ju 88 D-1: Code ?: Landing accident Bardufoss (A 206/III)
Wounded: Lt. Georg Obermeier, Wd Oinsp. Karl Trappe, Ofw. Horst Wachsmuth
Unhurt: Uffz. Horst Ruhsbild

2.11.1941

Ju 88 D-1: Code ?: Crashed at Banak.
Killed: Lt. Friedrich Meinecke, Reg. Rat. Helmuth Rau, Uffz. Gräbner, Uffz. Kasimir.

3.12.1941

Ju 52: Code ?: Landing accident Værnes due to engine fire. None personal injury.

22.12.1941

Ju 88 D-1: Code 1B+NH: Emergency landing at sea south of Hitra due to engine problems and icing.
Killed: Ofw Gabriel Hummel, Reg. Rat. Ernst Westermann, Ofw. Paul Keller.

4.1.1942

Ju 52: Code ?: Crash - location ?

13.1.1942

He 111 H-2: Code 1B+EH: Emergency landing at sea due to engine failure.
Killed: Reg. Rat. Frank Weiland, Ofw. Walter Zink, Ofw. Alfons Müller, Oblt. Johann Marthe

9.2.1942

He 111 H-3: Code ?: Landing accident Herdla (E 15/III) due to enemy fire. None personal injury.

28.4.1942

He 111 H-3: Code 1B+AH: Under carriage damage at Kirkenes. None personal injury.

13.5.1942

Ju 88 A-5: Code ?: Under carriage damage at Kautokeino. None personal injury.

18.5.1942

He 111 H-6: Code 1B+OH: Went trough the ice on Adventfjord, Spitzbergen. None personal injury.


27.6.1942

Ju 88 D-5: Code 1B-GH: Damaged by enemy fire (Catalina P/210) when on ground at Bansö Spitzbergen. Lt. Wagner and Dr. Pabst. None personal injury.


15.7.1942

Ju 88 D-1: Code 1B+BH: Crashed on Jan Mayen.
Killed: Oblt. Werner Kühler, Wd. Insp. Heinrich Beuck, Ofw. Herbert Bunge, Fw. Günther Geerhan.


21.7.1942

Ju 88 D-5: Code ?: Damaged by enemy fire (flak) Barentsburg Spitzbergen. None personal injury.

23.7.1942

Ju 88 D-1: Code 1B+CH: Shot down by enemy fire (flak) Moskushamn Spitzbergen.
Killed: Lt. Heinz Wagner, Reg. Rat. Erich W. Ettienne, Uffz. Heinrich Voss, Major I. Genst. Vollrath Weibel (Luftflotte 5)


17.8.1942

Ju 88 A-4: Code ?: Landing accident at Værnes.
None personal injury.

26.8.1943

Ar 232A-08: Code TC+EG: Crashed shortly after takeoff Drageidet.
Killed: Oblt. Rudolf Schültze, Ofw Josef Ullitzka, Ofw. Roman Symma, Fw. Voigt.

13.10.1943

He 111 H-6: Code D7+RN: Crash in Balsfjord, Svartnes.
Killed: Ofw. Jörg Zehetmayr, Fw. Alois Waindl.
Wounded: Uffz. Werner Frevert.

13.11.1943

Ju 88 D-1: Code D7+HN: Pl.Qu.06 Ost/083 - Missing.
Killed: Ofw. Wolfgang Voigt, Wd. Insp. Erhard Hänsel, Ofw. Hermann Schultz, Uffz. Arthur Löw.

22.4.1944

Ju 88 D-1: Code D7+MN: Near Horsvær on the Helgeland coast  - Crashed into the sea.
Killed: Hptm. Reinhard Hoesse, Helmut Prang, Gefr. Arthur Beyermann, Sig. Stefan Maier.

11.6.1944

Ju 88 D-1: Code D7+FN: Pl. Qu. 06 Ost/8633 - Missing.
Killed: Ofw. Erich Kubin, Wd. Insp. Werner Platz, Gefr. Hans Wallenfang, Gefr. Werner Schnattler.

27.8.1944

Ju 88 D-1: Code D7+BN: Missing at sea.
Killed: Wd. Insp. Webermaier.

 

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