German Weather Forces
Training in Germany
Ausbildungsstation
"Goldhöhe" + others
German Weatherships
WBS - Wetterbeobachtungs-Schiffe
Passage of
Denmark Strait
Commerce War - Hilfskreuzer etc.
Luftwaffe Weather Reconnaissance Detachments
Wekusta - Wettererkundungsstaffel
Luftwaffe Reconnaissance & Supply Flights
Greenland flights
+
Luftwaffe Mail Drops
Spitzbergen
German activities
WBS# |
Name |
Service |
1 |
1940-43 |
|
1 |
1943-45 |
|
2 |
1940-44 |
|
3 |
1940-41 |
|
3 |
1941 |
|
3 |
1941-45 |
|
4 |
1940 |
|
4 |
1941 ? |
|
5 |
1940 |
|
5 |
1940-41 |
|
5 |
(1944) |
|
6 |
1941 |
|
6 |
1942-44 |
|
7 |
Sachsenwald |
1941 |
7 |
1944 |
|
8 |
August Wreidt |
1940-41 |
8 |
19(43)-45 |
|
9 |
Merceditta |
1943-44 |
10 |
Mob. FD 34 |
1942? |
10 |
Star XV |
1942? |
10 |
Skudd 1 |
1944-45 |
11 |
1940-(43) |
|
11 |
1944 |
|
12 |
Teutoburger Wald |
1944 |
14 |
1945 |
|
- |
Leipzig | 1940 |
# |
Name |
Service |
M-20-VD |
1940 |
|
M-8-VD |
1940 |
|
- |
1940 |
|
M-17-VD |
1941 |
Denmark Strait |
Name |
Type |
?.3. 1940 | Auxiliary Cruiser | |
?.4. 1940 | Auxiliary Cruiser | |
15-21.5. 1940 | Auxiliary Cruiser | |
?.6. 1940 | Auxiliary Cruiser | |
30.6. 1940 | Auxiliary Cruiser | |
13.12. 1940 | Auxiliary Cruiser | |
31.10. - 1.11. 1940 27.3. 1941 |
Heavy Cruiser | |
3-5.2. 1941 | Battleship | |
3-5.2. 1941 |
Gniesenau * |
Battleship |
23-25.5. 1941 | Battleship | |
23-25.5. 1941 | Heavy Cruiser | |
1939-1945 | Merchant vessels | |
*) Pages under construction |
Wekusta |
Location |
Service |
1 / Ob.d.L |
Arctic |
|
3 |
Arctic |
|
5 |
Arctic |
|
6 |
Arctic |
Activity |
Date |
Note |
Operation Zitronella | Sept. 1943 | German naval attack |
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