Showing posts with label Hrvatska zrakoplovna legija - Croatian Airforce legion. Show all posts
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Friday, 8 January 2021

Croatian Airforce Legion letter - 21.11.1944



 

 21.11.1944 Feldpost letter sent from Croatian Airforce Legion stationed in Posen Großdeutsches Reich( today Poznan in Poland) to Zagreb Croatia. Letter was mailed via Fp.54972 - 'Stab kroatische Luftwaffen Legion' , cancel is on the front of the cover. Sender notes his Fp.number on the backside as Fp.55893 - '1.Staffel Kroatische Kampfgruppe 1'.

From 01.11.1944 Croatian Airforce legion ceased its flights due to defection of two pilots to the Soviets from their base in Labiau, East Prussia. One of the defectors was Mato Dukovac, legions leader and top scoring Croatian Ace with 44 kills. The Legion was transfered deeper  into East Prussia then to Poznan, Poland. The Unit was stationed first in Poznan city then near it in Środa and lastly it moved to Miloslaw where it was stationed during Christmas time. Air force legion was transformed into infantry and men were used as replacements for German troops. They were reatreating with Germans and lastly some of them saw fighting in Frankfurt on Oder. Groups of men made it seperately back to Croatia in the spring of 1945.

Sunday, 15 November 2020

Croatian Air Force Legion Fp.36384 (15. Staffel Jagdgeschwader 52.)


 


05.07.1942 letter to Zagreb NDH from Fp.L36348 which is 15. Staffel Jagdgeschwader 52. or more commonly known as Croatian Air Force Legion,  fighter wing. Feldpost cancel on the front is unclear, but text says "greetings from the most beautiful city in Russia from Kiev". Sender is Stjepan Puzar, war reporter(kriegsberichter) with the unit. OKW censorship marks, german folding feldpost letter was used. 

Mail from Croatian legion, especially Air force legion(Hrvatska zrakoplovna legija) is very very scarce.