Kommandeure:

• Maj Cornelius Edzard, ? - 31.1.40
• Maj Karl Schaedel, 1.2.40 - 1940
• Obstlt Mark Albrecht von Küster, 20.9.40 - 24.8.41
• Oberst Werner Wagener, 5.9.41 - 9.1.45
• Maj Rolf Siedschlag, 10.1.45 - 15.3.45

Formed 1.8.37 in Detmold as FFS A Detmold (from Fliegerübungsstelle Detmold, formed 1.1.36). On 1.11.38 became FFS A/B Detmold, and on 1.4.39 Schule/FAR.72, attached to Flieger-Ausbildungs-Regiment 72.

In 3.40 parts of Schule/FAR.72, was used to form FFS A/B 113.

On 1.10.41 redesignated Flugzeugführerschule A/B 72 (FFS A/B 72), and on 15.10.43 redesignated Flugzeugführerschule A 72.

Disbanded 15.3.45.

Used the following aircraft: Ar 66, Ar 68, Ar 96, Bü 131, Bü 181, Fiat L3, Fw 44, Fw 58, Go 145, Grunau Baby, Kl 35, Kranich, Meise, Rhönadler, SG 38 and W.34

Bases:

1.1.36 - 1.11.39	Detmold*
1.11.39 - 22.2.40	Brünn**
22.2.40 - 11.5.44	Markersdorf/St. Pölten***
11.5.44 - 15.3.45	Schwerin-Görries****

* satellite airfields: Lippspringe, Bonn-Hangelar, Paderborn, Geseke

** originally assigned the incomplete Fels am Wagram airfield

*** satellite airfields: Fels am Wagram, Bierbaum, Raffelding, Ettingshausen, Seebarn, Salzburg

*** satellite airfields: Neustadt-Glewe, Güstrow, Sülte

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