Seenotstaffel 2
Formed 26 Aug 1939 in Pillau.
Disbanded Jun 1940.
Reformed Jun 1940 in Cherbourg (Jun 1940 - Nov 1940 as Seenotflug-Kommando 2).
19 Aug 1944 redesignated Seenotstaffel 81.
Subordinated to Seenotzentrale (L) Ost (Aug 1939 - Jun 1940), Seenotzentrale (L) Cherbourg (Jun 1940 - Jun 1941), Seenotzentrale (L) Normandie (Jun 1941 - Jun 1942), Seenotbereichskommando II (Jun 1942 - Dec 1942) and Seenotbereichskommando IV (Dec 1942 - Jul 1944).
Nov 1940 - Apr 1942 part of I. Seenotgruppe.
Used the following aircraft: Breguet 521, Do 18, Do 24, He 59 and He 60
Pillau, 26 Aug 1939 - Jun 1940
Cherbourg, Jun 1940 - Dec 1942
Schellingwoude*, Dec 1942 - Jul 1944
Grossenbrode, Jul 1944 - Oct 1944
* detachment at Cherbourg
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