Formed 6.40 in List (6.40 - 11.40 as Seenotflug-Kommando 5).

19.8.44 redesignated Seenotstaffel 51.

Subordinated to Seenotzentrale (L) Nord (6.40 - 8.41), Seenotzentrale (L) Norwegen (8.41 - 6.42) and Seenotbereichskommando VIII (6.42 - 8.44).

11.40 - 4.42 part of II. Seenotgruppe.

Used the following aircraft: Ar 196, Ar 199, Do 18, Do 24, Fw 58, He 59, He 60 and He 115

Bases:

List, 6.40 - 1.8.41
Stavanger, 1.8.41 - 10.44

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