2. letka (armádní) Průzkumné skupiny 10 [1938-1943]

2.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 10 "Tannenberg"

(Unit Code: T1+)

the Formation of the squadron
(November 1938 - August 1939)
The squadron was formed 01.11.1938 in the Neuhausenu of 2.(H)/11) and was armed with aircraft Heinkel He 46. During the spring and summer of 1939 it was re-equipped with the aircraft the Henschel Hs 126.

Invasion of Poland and north Germany
(September 1939 - march 1940)
Before the invasion of Poland from the Neuhausenu moved to Ganshorn in East Prussia with 12 aircraft, Hs 126, to support operations 3. Armee from the area of Graudenz-Mlawa east and south towards the area Bialystok - Brest-Litovsk. Then probably back to Neuhausenu to the conclusion of the campaign at the end of September 1939. The evidence suggests that it was subordinate to the Luftflotte 2 in northwest Germany at the end of 1939 or beginning of 1940. Crash Hs 126 recorded for Fassbergu on 10.01.1940 and in Travemunde on 22.03.1940.

Occupation of Denmark and Norway
(April 1940 - January 1941)
In April 1940 she was assigned to X. Fliegerkorps in support of ground operations XXI. Armeekorps in Norway. When moving to the north across the Aalborg there was 20.04.1940 during the flight to the collision of two Hs 126 and subsequent plane crash that claimed the lives of both crews. Upon arrival to the Oslo-Fornebu 21.04.1940 were 4 aircrafts Hs 126 damaged on the ground during a night raid of the RAF from 22.04.1940 on 23.04.1940. During the next night an air raid from 01.05.1940 on 02.05.1940 was on the ground destroyed by one of the Hs 126. The next Hs 126 B-1 was lost due to anti-aircraft fire of the british units in Mo in middle Norway, the pilot and observer were captured. Squadron 28.05.1940 left Trondheim-Vaernes and moved to Germany, movements after this date, however, are not known.
One of the sources states that the squadron moved to Belgium, probably at the end of may in support of 18. Armee and then continued in the north of France. This information, however, cannot be confirmed and appears doubtful. On 30.08.1940 bázovala squadron on the coast of the English channel in the subordination of Koluft 9 in support of VIII. Armeekorps for the planned invasion of England. In November 1940 she was back in Germany. On 17.12.1940 the fatal accident of the airplane in Eschweiler in north-west Germany, which suggests the presence of the squadron on any one of the airports in this area.

Balkan campaign
(February 1941 - may 1941)
In mid-February, 1941, a squadron transferred to Craiova in Romania to the subordination of the VIII. Fliegerkorps, 05.04.1941 moved to Bulgaria, to from 06.04.1941 support of a ground operation 12. Armee in Yugoslavia and in Greece. The first loss occurred on 14.04.1941 in Katerine southeast of the Thessaloniki, when a Hs 126 was shot down by aircraft, Hawker Hurricane from the RAF and was injured observer Oblt. Hans Wiedemann. Was followed on 21.04.1945 the loss of the Hs 126 (T1+KK), which was shot down by anti-aircraft fire in the area of Thermopylae. On 11.05.1941 was a squadron stationed in the Larissa in the middle of Greece.

South Russia
(June 1941 - June 1942)
In June, 1941, a squadron transferred from Greece into the area of Zamosc in southeastern Poland and subordinate to Koluft 6 for the attack on the Soviet union, which was started on 22.06.1941. On 19.06.1941 there was a strange event, when the 3 aircraft Fi 156 (T1+NS, T1+OK, T1+PK) belonging to the state of the squadron were reported as lost during transport flights to the east from the Gleiwitz in Silesia. In mid-September after the procedure via Zhytomyr to support operations 6. Armee in the area Boryspil and then in Belgorod from December 1941 to march 1942. At that time she was stationed in the Charkow I still in subordination to Koluft 6. To date 01.03.1942 been reported in the state of the squadron of 6 aircraft Hs 126 B-1. On 10.04.1942 the squadron moved to Charkow-Woitschenko for conversion to aircraft Focke-Wulf Fw 189. During the first year of operations in Russia there were no reported losses, but it is very hard to believe that occurred.

North Caucasus
(July 1942 - December 1942)
After the completion of the conversion training on the 8 Fw 189A at the end of June 1942, was a squadron subordinate to the NAGr. 9 to support 17. Armee during the offensive on the north Caucasus. The first recorded loss of the squadron in Russia has become a day of 18.07.1942 u Artemowsk as a result of the crash of the Fw 189, a three-member crew died. The first loss in the battle was the 05.09.1942, when Fw 189 was shot down by ground fire near Borisovky, Hptm. Rolf Kober and his crew were wounded. The squadron was stationed in the Krasnodarin November 1942, in December 1942 was ordered to přesunala north to the Miller in support of the fighting west of Stalingrad. Subsequently, she was transferred to the subordination of the NAGr. 12.

South Russia
(December 1942 - April 1943)
In the face of strong soviet forces advancing west from Stalingrad, the squadron was forced to evacuate the airport in Rovenki to 31.12.1942 and then the airport in the area Gorlovka-Stalino in January and February 1943. On 13.02.1943 Fw 189 (VX+NB) with Oblt. Hans Kraft and crew returned from a mission in Voroschilovgrad. When there was a line in the Donetsk pan more or less stabilized, was the squadron reassigned to the Jesau in výchdoním Prussia, where on 22.02.1943 started the conversion on Messerschmitt Bf 109G, but nevertheless several Fw 189 with the crews remained in southern Russia. There was one Fw 189 anti-aircraft fire shot down at the Voroschilovgrad. To date 01.03.1943 had a squadron of 8 aircraft Fw 189A. In 01.04.1943 was squadron renamed 2./NAGr. 12.

The number of field mail (FpN): L 06067

[b:him]the Commanders of the squadron:
Obstlt. Albert Thiet (to the DD.09.1939)
Hptm. Hans-Joachim Jäger (to DD.05.1940)

Source:
Tessa, G.: Verbände und Truppen der Deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS 1939-1945. Teil 14: Die Luftstreitkräfte
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