Flying Training School "S"
FFS FFS FFS
FFS "S" alt FFS "S" FFS "S" neu

FFS FFS FFS
FFS "S" Gruppe A FFS "S" Gruppe B FFS "S" Gruppe C

History :
On 10.06.1956 the FFS "S" was activated as an Pilotschool for Transportaircrafts and Helicopters. The second task of this unit should be to work as an normal Transport Wing in case of Emergency.

The frist aircrafts used by this school were Noratlas, Pembroke, L-18 und Do 27, for Helicopter-Training the Bell 47 and the Vertol H-21 were used.
Because of the busy work on this small airbase, the primary flying instruction with the Do 27 (to Friedrichshafen) and the L-18 (to Mengen) was dislocated.

With this Disloaction the Wing was splitted in three Groups :
Group A for single motor aircrafts
Group B or multi motor aircrafts
Group C for helicopter-training

As the plans for building up the FBW 34 at Memmingen grow up in 1957, the Group B was moved temporarely to Neubiberg and in 1958 to Wunstorf . This splitting of the unit lasted not very long, because in 1959 he Group A moved to Diepholz and the Group C to Fassberg.

In 1963 the primary flying instruction was combined with the Lufthansa, so the Group A was disbanded. In 1967 the Group C changed his name to HFSLw and in 1975 it was integrated in the HTG 64.

1978 the FFS "S" was officially disbanded, but the aircrafts were parked at Wunstorf until on end of 1979 the new LTG 62 was activated.



Statistics :

Activation 10.06.1956
Deactivation 01.10.1978
Homebase Gruppe A
Memmingen
Mengen (L-18 C)
Friedrichshafen (Do-27)
Diepolz

Gruppe B
Memmingen
Neubiberg
Wunstorf

Gruppe C
Memmingen
Fassberg
-
1956 - 1958
1957 - 1958
1957 - 1958
1958 - 1963

-
1956 - 1957
1957 - 1958
1958 - 1975

-
1956 - 1958
1958 - 1967
tact. code before 1968 AS-xxx
Wing Commander 1956 - 01.1959
01.1959 - 01.1961
01.1961 - 09.1961
10.1961 - 01.1963
01.1963 - 08.1964
08.1964 - 04.1970
04.1970 - 10.1972
10.1972 - 03.1973
04.1973 - 04.1975
04.1975 - 1975
1975 - 11.1975
11.1975 - 10.1978
Oberst Heise, Hanns
Oberst Poetter, Joachim
Obstlt. Batz, Wilhelm
Oberst Merkwitz, Horst
Oberst Treppe, Herbert
Obstlt. Meyer z.Felde, Karl-Horst
Oberst Gottschalt, Siegfried
Oberst Drechsel, Werner
Oberst Naumann, Horst
Oberst Mayerhofer, Heinrich
Obstlt. Kemme, Claus
Oberst Zillober, Theodor



used Aircrafts :

Bell 47 G

Bell 47 G

Bristol Sycamore Mk. 52

Bristol Sycamore Mk. 52

C.160 D Transall

C.160 D Transall

Dornier Do-27

Dornier Do-27

Dornier Do-28 D-2

Dornier Do-28 D-2

Douglas C-47 D

Douglas C-47 D

Nord N.2501 Noratlas

Hunting Percival Pembroke Mk.54

Nord N.2501 Noratlas

Nord N.2501 Noratlas

Piaggio P.149 D

Piaggio P.149 D

Piper L.18 C

Piper L.18 C

Sikorsky H-34 G

Sikorsky H-34 G

Sud-Aviation SE.3130 Alouette II

Sud-Aviation SE.3130 Alouette II

Vertol Piasecki H-21 C Shawnee

Vertol Piasecki H-21 C Shawnee




Copyright by Robert Freygang - www.FlyJets.de