Flugzeugführerschule A/B 71

Kommandeure:

• Obstlt Kohnert, ? - ?
• Obstlt Dr. Max Grossner, 1938 - 23 Nov 1939

• Obstlt Walter Buhnke, 24 Nov 1939 - 21 Dec 1943

Formed 1 Apr 1938 in Breslau-Gandau as FFS E (A/B) Breslau-Gandau (from Fliegerübungsstelle Breslau-Gandau, formed Jan 1934). On 1 Apr 1939 became Schule/FAR.71, attached to Flieger Ausbildungs Regiment 71.

On 24 Nov 1939 absorbed FFS E (A/B) Finsterwalde.

On 1 Oct 1941 redesignated Flugzeugführerschule A/B 71 (FFS A/B 71), and on 15 Oct 1943 redesignated Flugzeugführerschule A 71.

On 22 Dec 1943 absorbed by Flugzeugführerschule A 12 (FFS A 12).

Used the following aircraft: Aero 304, Ar 66, Ar 96, Benes B.51, Bu 131, Bu 181, Fw 44, Fw 58, He 51, Kl 35 and SG 38

Airfields and Air Base Locations

Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
Date	Location
Jan 1934 - Jan 1939	Breslau-Gandau
Jan 1939 - Apr 1939	Konigsberg-Neuhausen
Apr 1939 - Aug 1939	Guben
Aug 1939 - Jun 1940	Merseburg
Jun 1940 - Oct 1940	Breslau-Gandau*
Oct 1940 - Dec 1943	Prossnitz**

* satellite airfields: Neisse-Stephansdorf

** satellite airfields: Wischau, Beneschau, Kostelec