Wettererkundungsstaffeln (also known as Wekusta or Westa) were flying units of the Luftwaffe of squadron strength used for weather reconnaissance. Their...
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diverted to investigate and reached Isfjorden on 19 October. A Wettererkundungsstaffel Wekusta 5 aircraft crew spotted the ships and the thirty men at...
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of the Reserves. According to Scherzer as Staffelkapitän of the Wettererkundungsstaffel 26. According to Scherzer as pilot in the I./Sturzkampfgeschwader...
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April 1944 — — Rudolf Schütze Luftwaffe 12-LLeutnant Pilot in the Wettererkundungsstaffel 5 14 March 1943 — — Viktor Schütze+ Kriegsmarine 15-MKorvettenkapitän...
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] Hans Bonath Luftwaffe 13-LOberleutnant Staffelkapitän of the Wettererkundungsstaffel 27 26 March 1944 — — Hans Bonertz Heer 14-HHauptmann Leader of...
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was assigned as a weather observer and meteorological advisor to Wettererkundungsstaffel 5 based at Trondheim-Værnes. His doctoral supervisor Weickmann...
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air-to-air bombing of Allied bombers. Luftbeobachtungstaffel, later Wettererkundungsstaffel (Weku or Wekusta) – a Staffel meant for meteorological findings...
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cancellation of Luftwaffe weather reconnaissance flights by the Wettererkundungsstaffel (Wekusta 5). On 5 September a Luftwaffe sortie was flown over Svalbard...
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of sea and air supply, some to be manned and others automatic. Wettererkundungsstaffel 5 (Wekusta 5) part of Luftflotte 5, was based at Banak in northern...
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of sea and air supply, some to be manned and others automatic. Wettererkundungsstaffel 5 (Wekusta 5) part of Luftflotte 5, was based at Banak in northern...
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of sea and air supply, some to be manned and others automatic.Wettererkundungsstaffel 5 (Wekusta 5) part of Luftflotte 5, was based at Banak in northern...
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of sea and air supply, some to be manned and others automatic. Wettererkundungsstaffel 5 (Wekusta 5) part of Luftflotte 5, was based at Banak in northern...
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