2./NAGr. 8
2./NAGr. 8
(Unit Code E3+)
Formation. (March 1944))
Ordered formed approximately March 1944 (1 February 1944 according to other sources) at Herzogenaurach/Bavaria (ex-5.(H)/Aufkl.St. 11) and equipped with Messerschmitt Bf 109G single-seat fighters outfitted for reconnaissance missions. The Staffel’s Feldpost number was assigned on 30 March 1944.[1]
Germany and Poland. (March 1944 - May 1945)
March – July 1944: Herzogenaurach - formation, training and work-up under Stab/NAGr. 8. The Staffel received its first aircraft in July, 21 Bf 109 G-8s, and then deployed to eastern Poland in August to join Stab/NAGr. 8, then at Warsaw- Bielany.
September 1944 – January 1945: Bielce/50 km west of Warsaw under NAGr. 8/1. Fliegerdivision in support of AOK 2 and AOK 9 (2d and 9th Armies).
29 November: the Staffel reported having 13(9) Bf 109Gs on strength.
31 December 1944: from August to the end of 1944, 2./NAGr. 8 lost 12 Bf 109 G-8s to enemy action and a further 17 to non-combat causes such as crashes and accidents not the result of enemy fire.
24 January 1945: 2.NAGr. 8 transferred to Sagan in Silesia.
2 February 1945: withdrew with NAGr. 8 to Fürstenwalde airfield/30 km west of Frankfurt/O. and remained there until the final Soviet offensive of the war began in mid-April against Berlin.
7 February 1945: Bf 109 G-6 shot down by AA fire north of Reitwein, 70%, pilot WIA.
10 February 1945: Bf 109 G-14 damaged at Fürstenwalde due to technical problems, 10%.
11 February 1945: Bf 109 G-6 shot down by AA fire north of Linderode, 100%, pilot MIA.
11 February 1945: Bf 109 G-6 damaged landing at Fürstenwalde, 30%.
18 February 1945: Bf 109 G-8 shot down by AA fire - location not reported, 100%,
pilot MIA.
18 March 1945: Bf 109 G-14 shot down by a fighter south of Eggersdorf, 100%, pilot safe.
23 March 1945: Bf 109 G-14 damaged taking off from Fürstenwalde, 50%.
29 March 1945: still at Fürstenwalde under NAGr. 8.
April 1945: withdrew through Brandenburg and Macklenburg during the second half of April.
28 April 1945: Staffel still listed as operational under Stab/NAGr. 8 and now probably at Hohn/Schleswig-Holstein with Stab/NAGr. 8, with the remnants surrendering there on 8 May.
FpN:2./NAGr. 8 (L 41118).
Staffelkapitän:
Hptm. Wolfram Heinemann (c.4 March 1945 - c.8 May 1945)
Hptm. Siegfried Heymann (6 Mar 1945 - ?)[2]
© by Henry L. deZeng IV (Work in Progress).
(1st Draft 2022)
References
- ↑ W.Dierich - Die Verbände der Luftwaffe 1935-1945: Gliederungen und Kurzchroniken – Eine Dokumentation; G.Tessin - Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945, Teil 14: Die Luftstreitkräfte (Osnabrück, 1980); N.Kannapin - Die deutsche Feldpostübersicht 1939-1945, 3 Bde (I – III) (Osnabrück, 1980-82); AFHRA Maxwell: decimal 512.625S (British Air Ministry) OKL document; BA-MA Freiburg: RL 2 III Meldungen über Flugzeugunfälle…..(Loss Reports – LRs); BA-MA Freiburg: Signatur RL 40/Kart; BA-MA Freiburg: OKL order Ia Nr. 280/45; M.Holm-website ww2.dk.
- ↑ BA, via Junker posting on TOCH