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here part of an image series covering the training period a
Schlacht pilot with the
Erg.Zerstörergruppe at Deblin (code 4M+), which became
Erg.Schlachtgruppe at Deblin on 31.03.43 (letter with triangle). The aircraft above appears to be an old A-3 model..
More from the same unit
Erg.Zerstörergruppe at Deblin (code 4M+), some of which were previously posted here in 2013. These fledgling
Schlact pilots subsequently served with 3./SchG 1 (large letters in rear of the
Balkenkreuze usually with a yellow theatre band). There are also some shots of planes from the Stab I./SchG 1.
Oblt. Helmut Schwantje (above) was a Staffelkapitaen in I. Gruppe ofSchlachtflieger-Geschwader 102 from August 1944 to February 1945. SG 102 (originally Stuka-Geschwader 102) was a training, not a fighting unit. It was formed in October 1943 with two groups (6 wings of 12 FW-190 each) to train Jabo (Jagdbomber = fighter-bomber) pilots at the Schlachtflieger-Schule 2 at Memmingen in Bavaria.
Below; pilots of 6./SG 77 somewhere on the
Oderfront towards the end of the war.
