Freikorps Insignia

[bolewts58]

very nice piece.

[bolewts58]

Freikorps Air Forces

I have been assembling images of known Freikorps Volunteer Fighter Squadron insignia. FFA418 was commanded by Oberleutnant Oskar von Boenigk and was part of Grenzschutz Ost serving in upper Silesia until October 1919.
FFA424, FFA426, Eiserne FA427 and Art.-Flieger-Staffel 101 were part of Kampfgeschwader Sachsenberg and fought until December 1919 in the Baltic campaign, first with the Iron Division and Deutsche Legion and finally with Bermondt-Avalov's Russian West Army.

 

Here is the insignia I have identified so far. With the exception of FFA418, all of these were sleeve badges worn on the upper left sleeve. Eiserne-Flieger-Abteilung 427 and Artillerie-Flieger-Staffel 101 (from my collection) were co-designations of the same unit in the Iron Division. It was the main flying unit used in the attack on Riga in May 1919.

 

 

The photo shows a member of Kampfgeschwader Sachsenberg wearing the unit badge above the MGSS badge.

 

 

 

Edited August 25, 2022 by bolewts58

[bolewts58]

These are some pages from a forthcoming book on Freikorps aviation to which I have made some contributions and which should come out sometime next year.

[jaba1914]

Hi bolewts58,

 

the book sounds very interesting.

Can you give some details. Who is the author?

 

KR
Alex

[Sachsflieger]

The book is titled "Last Gathering of Eagles" by Richard Bennett. published by Aeronaut Books and available from Amazon.  It dropped November 2023 after nearly 40 years of research.  My thanks to bolewts58 for his generous loan of insignia and aircraft photos -- they were indispensable additions to the book.

[bolewts58]

On 04/06/2024 at 12:56, Sachsflieger said:

My thanks to bolewts58 for his generous loan of insignia and aircraft photos -- they were indispensable additions to the book.

I was kind of hoping for a comp copy...LOL? 😁

 

I bought one from Amazon and it should be here tomorrow. I'm looking forward to reading it.