Flugzeugführerschule A/B 9

Kommandeure:

Oberst Ferdinand Muggenthaler, 22.7.40 - 14.1.41

Oberst Friedrich Ziegler, 15.1.41 - 1.12.43

Obstlt Josef Schleicher, 2.12.43 - 17.1.44

Maj Arnulf Blasig, 26.1.44 - 31.8.44

Oberst Otto Weisshaar, 24.7.44 - 9.1.45

Oberst Josef Schleicher, 10.1.45 - 4.2.45

Formed 7.39 in Grottkau as FFS A/B Grottkau.

On 16.1.40 redesignated Flugzeugführerschule A/B 9 (FFS A/B 9), under Höh.Fl.Ausb.Kdo. 10.

On 15.10.43 redesignated Flugzeugführerschule A 9 (FFS A 9). On 25.1.44 absorbed FFS A 32, and became a Doppelschule, now as FFDS A 9.

Training ended 1.45. Disbanded 4.2.45.

Used the following aircraft: Ar 66, Ar 96, Bü 131, Bü 133, Bü 181, Fw 44, Fw 56, Fw 58, FN 305, Go 145, Grunau Baby, He 45, He 51, Kl 35, NA-64, Praga E.39, SG 38, W.33 and W.34

Bases:

7.39 - 22.1.45 Grottkau*

22.1.45 - 4.2.45 Weimar-Nohra

* satellite airfields: Rossweide, Neisse-Stephansdorf, Gross-Stein, Nieder-Ellguth and Woisselsdorf (glider)