Me 210A of III./ZG1 in early 1943 Geschwaderkommodore:
Maj Ulrich Diesing, 1.1.42 – 21.9.42 ObLt Paul-Friedrich Darjes, 10.42 – 1.3.43 ObLt Joachim Blechschmidt, 12.4.43 – 13.7.43 ObLt Lothar von Janson, 1943 – 10.3.44 ObLt Erich von Selle, 3.44 – 7.44 Stab:
Formed 4.1.42 at Lechfeld from Stab/SKG210. Disbanded 7.44. Bases 1.42 – 5.42 Lechfeld VIII. Fliegerkorps Bf 110 5.42 – 7.42 Belgorod VIII. Fliegerkorps Bf 110 7.42 – 8.42 Armavir VIII. Fliegerkorps Bf 110 8.42 – 10.42 Krasnodar VIII. Fliegerkorps Bf 110 10.42 – 12.42 Proloff, Tazinskaja VIII. Fliegerkorps Bf 110 12.42 – 3.43 Dnjepropetrowsk, and others VIII. Fliegerkorps Bf 110 3.43 – 5.43 Neubiberg Luftflotte 2 Bf 110 5.43 – 8.43 Montecourvino II. Fliegerkorps Bf 110 8.43 – 12.6.44 Lorient Fl. Fü. Atlantik Fl. Fü. West (from 4.44) Bf 110, Ju 88C 12.6.44 – 15.6.44 Nantes Ju 88C 14.6.44 – 18.6.44 Boulogne Ju 88C 19.6.44 – 16.7.44 Bordeaux-Merignac 5. JD Ju 88C 16.7.44 – 20.7.44 Salzwedel Ju 88C
I. Gruppe: Gruppenkommandeure:
Maj Joachim-Friederich Huth, 1.5.39 – 13.12.39 Hptm Wolfgang Falck, 14.12.39 – 22.6.40 ? Hptm Wilfried Hermann, ? – 14.7.43 History:
Formed 1.5.39 from I./ZG141 at Jüterbog-Damm. On 22.6.40 ordered to Düsseldorf and disbanded:Stab I/ZG1 became Stab I./NJG1 1./ZG1 became 1./Erpr.Gr. 210 (at Köln-Ostheim) 2./ZG1 became 2./NJG1 3./ZG1 became 3./NJG1 Reformed 4.1.42 at Lechfeld from I./SKG210. On 7.43 renamed I./ZG26. Reformed 10.43 at Brest from V./KG40 . In 8.44 moved to Welzow and was renamed II./JG4 . Bases 1.5.39 – 8.39 Jüterbog-Damm 1. Flieger-Division Bf 110C 8.39 – 15.10.39 Mühlen 1. Flieger-Division Bf 110C 15.10.39 – 11.3.40 Neuhausen ob Eck Luftflotte 3 Bf 110C 11.3.40 – 8.4.40 Marx Stab/JG1 Bf 110C 8.4.40 – 9.4.40 Barth* X. Fliegerkorps Bf 110C 9.4.40 – 1.5.40 Aalborg-West X. Fliegerkorps Bf 110C 1.5.40 – 5.40 Kirchhellen Jafü 2 Bf 110C 5.40 – 6.40 Norrent-Fontes Jafü 2 Bf 110C 6.40 – mid.6.40 Boos-Rouen Jafü 2 Bf 110C 6.40 – 22.6.40 Mönchen-Gladbach Bf 110C 1.42 – 5.42 Lechfeld** VIII. Fliegerkorps Me 210, Bf 110 5.42 – 7.42 Belgorod VIII. Fliegerkorps Bf 110 7.42 – 8.42 Bagerovo VIII. Fliegerkorps Bf 110 8.42 – 9.42 Armavir VIII. Fliegerkorps Bf 110 9.42 – 10.42 Proloff VIII. Fliegerkorps Bf 110 10.42 – 11.42 Krasnodar VIII. Fliegerkorps Bf 110 11.42 – 12.42 Tazinskaja VIII. Fliegerkorps Bf 110 12.42 – 5.43 Taganrog, Nikolayev, Poltava, Orel VIII. Fliegerkorps Bf 110 5.43 – end.7.43 Bryansk 1. Flieger-Division Bf 110 10.43 – 12.6.44 Lorient*** Fl. Fü. Atlantik Fl. Fü. West (from 4.44) Ju 88C 12.6.44 – 15.6.44 Nantes Ju 88C 15.6.44 – 18.6.44 Boulogne Ju 88C 18.6.44 – 16.7.44 Corme-Ecluse**** 5. JD Ju 88C 16.7.44 – 20.7.44 Salzwedel Ju 88C * 3./ZG1 at Westerland** 3.42 at Tours
*** 3./ZG1 at Bordeaux-Merignac, 11.43; 1./ZG1 at Salon-de-Provence, 5.5.44 – 21.5.44; 2./ZG1 at Vannes, 1.44 – 14.6.44 and at Chateauroux, 15.6.44 – 16.7.44.
**** 2./ZG1 at Chateaudun, 18.6.44 – 16.7.44
II. Gruppe:Gruppenkommandeure:
Maj Reichardt, 1.5.39 – 1940 Hptm Friedrich-Karl Dickoré, 1940 – 26.6.40 ? History:
Formed 1.5.39 from 1./JG333 and transferred from Herzogenaurach to Fürstenwalde. Known as Jagdgruppe 101 between 8.39 and 1.3.40. On 26.6.40 renamed III./ZG76 . Reformed 4.1.42 at Bryansk from II./SKG210. In July 1944 renamed III./JG76 . Bases 1.5.39 – 8.39 Fürstenwalde 1. Flieger-Division Bf 109 8.39 – 10.39 Lichtenau, Mühlen, Prasnize 1. Flieger-Division Bf 109 10.39 – 11.39 Uetersen Stab/JG77 Bf 109 11.39 – 4.40 Neumünster Stab/JG1 Bf 109 Bf 110 (from 18.2.40) 4.40 – 10.5.40 Gelsenkirchen-Buer Jafü 2 Bf 110 10.5.40 – 18.5.40 Gütersloh Luftflotte 2 Bf 110 18.5.40 – 26.6.40 Trier-Euren Luftflotte 2 Bf 110 1.42 – 3.42 Bryansk VIII. Fliegerkorps Bf 110, Me 210 3.42 – 5.42 Lechfeld VIII. Fliegerkorps Bf 110 5.42 – 7.42 Belgorod VIII. Fliegerkorps Bf 110 7.42 – 8.42 Armavir VIII. Fliegerkorps Bf 110 8.42 – 10.42 Krasnodar VIII. Fliegerkorps Bf 110 10.42 – 12.42 Proloff, Tazinskaja VIII. Fliegerkorps Bf 110 12.42 – 3.43 Dnjepropetrovsk, and others VIII. Fliegerkorps Bf 110 3.43 – 5.43 Neubiberg Luftflotte 2 Bf 110 5.43 – 8.43 Montecourvino II. Fliegerkorps Bf 110 8.43 – 11.43 Lanveoc-Poulmic Fl. Fü. Atlantik Bf 110 11.43 – 7.44 Wels* 7. JD Bf 110 * detachment at Mamaia (Romania), 13.4.44 – 15.5.44
III. Gruppe: Gruppenkommandeure:
Maj Roland Bohrt, 1.42 – 9.9.42 Hptm Fritz Hobein, 9.42 – Hptm Roeber Hptm Drescher Maj Wilhelm Berlin, ? – 10.10.43 History:
Formed 1.42 at Lechfeld from four short-range reconnaissance staffeln. In 10.43 renamed II./ZG26. Reformed 2.2.44 at Bordeaux-Merignac from 7./ZG1 and 1./SAGr.128 . In 8.44 moved to Alteno and was renamed III./JG4 . Bases 1.42 – 5.42 Lechfeld VIII. Fliegerkorps Bf 109 5.42 – 7.42 Belgorod VIII. Fliegerkorps Bf 109 7.42 – 8.42 Armavir VIII. Fliegerkorps Bf 109 8.42 – 10.42 Bir el Abd Fl. Fü. Afrika Bf 109 10.42 – 5.43 Trapani II. Fliegerkorps Me 210, Bf 109 5.43 – 7.43 Neapel II. Fliegerkorps Me 410 7.43 – 10.43 Hildesheim Me 410 1.2.44 – 1.3.44 Bordeaux-Merignac* Jafü Bordeaux Ju 88C 1.3.44 – 6.44 Cazaux** Fl. Fü. West Ju 88C 12.6.44 – 15.6.44 Nantes Ju 88C 15.6.44 – 18.6.44 Boulogne Ju 88C 19.6.44 – 16.7.44 Varades*** Ju 88C 16.7.44 – 20.7.44 Salzwedel Ju 88C * 7./ZG1 at Lorient, 11.43; 8./ZG1 at Brest-Hourtin, 2.44** 8./ZG1 at Salon-de-Provence, 23.5.44 – 10.6.44. (possibly the entire Gruppe)
*** Only 9./ZG1 is known to have been there. The restof the Gruppe also?
Ergänzungsgruppe:
Gruppenkommandeure:
History:
Formed 4.1.42 in Deblin-Irena from Erg.Gruppe/SKG210. Disbanded in Autumn 1942. Ergänzungsstaffel:
Formed 11.5.44 from 3./Ergänzungszerstörergruppe. Possibly based at Lechfeld. On 19.8.44 redesignated 9./JG4 .