Flugzeugführerschule A/B 3

Kommandeure:

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Maj Walter Fruhner, 1.4.38 - 30.4.38

Obstlt Dr. Max Grossner, 1938 - 30.9.41

Obstlt Gerhard Vollschwitz, 1.10.41 - 11.11.43

Oberst Ludwig Beckmann, 12.11.43 - 31.3.44

Oberst Georg Vrbancic, 1.4.44 - 11.2.45

Obstlt Scheibner, 12.2.45 - 23.2.45

Formed 1935 in Guben as Fliegerübungsstelle Guben, from 1.4.38 FFS E (A/B) Guben, and from 1.4.39 FFS A/B Guben.

On 16.1.40 redesignated Flugzeugführerschule A/B 3 (FFS A/B 3), under Höh.Fl.Ausb.Kdo 4.

On 27.9.43 absorbed FFS A/B 113, and was now known as a Doppelschule (FFDS A/B 3).

On 15.10.43 redesignated Flugzeugführerschule A3. Disbanded 23.2.45 (under 2. Fliegerschul-Division).

Used the following aircraft: Ar 66, Ar 96, Bf 108, Bf 109, Bü 131, Bü 181, C.445, Fw 44, Fw 58, Go 145, Grunau Baby, He 45, Ju 86, Kl 35, Kranich, NA-57, Rhönsperber, Ro 41, SG 38, Si 204 and W.34

Bases:

1935 - 1.4.39	Guben
1.4.39 - 8.39	Finsterwalde
8.39 - 12.39	Breslau-Gandau
12.39 - 12.1.45	Guben*
12.1.45 - 23.2.45	Plauen

* satellite airfields: Brand, Drewitz, Neuhausen, Cottbus, Plauen and Briesen (glider)