Jump to content
News Ticker
  • I am now accepting the following payment methods: Card Payments, Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal
  • Latest News

    A few questions on Imperial Navy Pilots


    Recommended Posts

    I have become interested in German WWI Naval avaitors and have a few questions.

    1. How were they organized and what was the unit organization during the war?

    2. Does Neil O'Connor cover navy pilots in his books.

    3. What were to Navy units?

    Thanks for any help.

    Link to comment
    Share on other sites

    Guest Rick Research

    They were aasigned sea or land responsibilities, from the Isle and of helgoland to the Black Sea.

    Neal had a ery few examples scattered among his volumes-- his intention being to have come out with a never-realized volume specifically on the navy.

    One oddity of organization was that any rank could be a naval aviation observer, while in army units only officers were "observers." Enlisted observers were designated "aerial gunners."

    Link to comment
    Share on other sites

    The main organisation was the three units:

    I. Seeflieger-Abteilung (Kiel)

    Seeflugstation (SFS):

    Apenrade

    Flensburg

    Kiel

    Nest

    Putzig

    Warnem?nde

    Wiek

    Kurl?ndische SFS:

    Angersee

    Libau

    Papensholm

    Windau

    east front:

    Chanak (Turkey)

    Constanza (Romania)

    Kawak (Bulgaria)

    St. Stefano (Turkey)

    Varna (Bulgaria)

    Xanthi (Bulgaria)

    II. Seeflieger-Abteilung (Wilhelmshaven)

    Seeflugstation (SFS):

    Borkum

    Helgoland

    List

    Norderney

    Wilhelmshaven

    SFS Flandern I/ Zeebr?gge

    SFS Flandern II/ Oostende

    SFS Flandern III/ Zeebr?gge

    Marine-Landflieger-Abteilung (Johannisthal)

    Landflugstationen (LFS) / Hallenschutzstationen (HSS)

    LFS Barge

    LFS Hage

    LFS Johannisthal

    LFS Kiel

    LFS Langfuhr

    HSS Nordholz

    LFS Scheuen

    LFS Seddin

    HSS Tondern

    Marine-Feld-Jagdstaffel I

    Marine-Feld-Jagdstaffel II

    Marine-Feld-Jagdstaffel III

    Marine-Feld-Jagdstaffel IV

    Marine-Feld-Jagdstaffel V

    Kommandeur der Marine-K?stenflieger-Abteilung (K. d. K?st.)

    I. Marine-K?stenflieger-Staffel (Marine-K?sta I)

    II. Marine-K?stenflieger-Staffel (Marine-K?sta II)

    III. Marine-K?stenflieger-Staffel (Marine-K?sta III)

    I. Marine-K?stenschutz-Staffel (I. Marine-Schusta)

    II. Marine-K?stenschutz-Staffel (II. Marine-Schusta)

    Regards Alex

    Link to comment
    Share on other sites

    Per Franks, Baily & Duivan ("The Jasta Pilots"), there were 4 Marine Jasta bases: Aertrycke (SW), Coolkerke (N), Jabbeke (SW) and Neumeunster (NW) all clustered around Brugge and they housed the 4 Jagdstaffeln. Other sources indicate a 5th Jasta. All were ultimately subordinated to the MJG. Do not have ready access to non-fighter unit information.

    Link to comment
    Share on other sites

    Create an account or sign in to comment

    You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

    Create an account

    Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

    Register a new account

    Sign in

    Already have an account? Sign in here.

    Sign In Now
    ×
    ×
    • Create New...

    Important Information

    We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.