In my research I have recently come across this reference to a teletype message transferred to all relevant units on Luftflotte level etc on May 15th 1940:
Ob.d.L. Gen.Qu. Genst. 6.Abt. drahtet:
In short for those not fluent in German:
For the aircraft of frontline units transferred to a new unit or sent for overhaul or repairs, the Lebenslaufakte is to be sent in a closed envelope with the aircraft. The pilot of the crew transferring the aircraft is responsible for the correct delivery of the Lebenslaufakte to the receiving unit.
I just thought I should share this with you all - it would be quite interesting to see if any of these will turn up in a wreck of a transferred aircraft in the future - and I would also deem it probable that Soviet forces must have come across some of these when they investigated aircraft found on airfields and other locations in the east.
Ob.d.L. Gen.Qu. Genst. 6.Abt. drahtet:
Betr. Mitnahme der Lebenslaufakte im Flugzeug.Bezug: LV-Blatt 38 Teil B. Nr.26 Ziffer 182 vom 4.VII.38.
In Abänderung der Bezugsverfügung wird für Flugzeuge der Frontverbände folgende Regelung getroffen:Bei Abgabe an andere Dienststellen, Überführung zur Teilüberholung oder Instandsetzung ist die Lebenslaufakte in verschlossenem Umschlag im Flugzeug mitzugeben. Der Flugzeugführer der überführenden Besatzung ist für ordnungsgemässe Ablieferung der Akte verantwortlich zu machen.
In short for those not fluent in German:
For the aircraft of frontline units transferred to a new unit or sent for overhaul or repairs, the Lebenslaufakte is to be sent in a closed envelope with the aircraft. The pilot of the crew transferring the aircraft is responsible for the correct delivery of the Lebenslaufakte to the receiving unit.
I just thought I should share this with you all - it would be quite interesting to see if any of these will turn up in a wreck of a transferred aircraft in the future - and I would also deem it probable that Soviet forces must have come across some of these when they investigated aircraft found on airfields and other locations in the east.
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