Gen.Kdo. Fliegerkorps II

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Gen.Kdo. Fliegerkorps II

(FpN: L 04932)


Kommandierender General:

Gen.d.Flieger Bruno Loerzer (11 Oct 39 - 23 Feb 43)

Gen.Maj. Martin Harlinghausen (23 Feb 43 - 12 Jun 43)

Gen.Lt. Alfred Bülowius (26 Jun 43 - 30 Jun 44)

Gen.Lt. Kurt Kleinrath (1 Jul 44 - 29 Aug 44)

[see under Kommandierender Gen.d.deutschen Luftwaffe Nordbalkan for period 9/44 - 11/44]

Gen.d.Flieger Johannes Fink (1 Dec 44 - 1 Jan 45)

Gen.d.Flieger Stefan Fröhlich (1 Jan 45 - 30 Jan 45)

Gen.d.Flieger Martin Fiebig (30 Jan 45 - 2 Apr 45)



Probable Subordination:

Luftflotte 3(4 Oct 39 - Jul 40)

Luftflotte 2(Jul 40 - Dec 43)

Luftflotte 3(Dec 43 - Aug 44)

Lw.-Kdo. Südost(Aug 44 - Nov 44)

Luftflotte 4(Nov 44 - 3 Feb 45)

Luftflotte 6(3 Feb 45 - 2 Apr 45)


Subordinate Units:

Ln.-Rgt. 32 (1940 - Jul 44)


Formation. (Oct 39)

Formed 4 October 1939 in the West, probably at Frankfurt/M., by renaming and expanding Stab/2. Fliegerdivision. Some published sources give 11 October as the date of formation.[1]


Phony War in West and Attack on France, Belgium and Holland. (May 40 - Jun 40)

10 May 40: Stab at Frankfurt/M. under Luftflotte 3 - campaign in the West in support of 12. Armee.[2]

24 May 40: Stab now at Amervis/20 km WNW of Bastogne in Belgium.

Jun 40: Stab moved forward as the campaign drew to a close and eventually set up at Gent (Ghent)/Belgium.


Air Offensive Against England (Battle of Britain). (Jul 40 - May 41)

13 Aug 40: Stab at Gent (Ghent)/Belgium under Luftflotte 2.[3]

May 41: Stab departed Gent for Poland in late May or early June.


Central Russia. (Jun 41 - Nov 41)

22 Jun 41: Stab at Otwock/27 km SE of Warsaw under Luftflotte 2 for the attack on the Soviet Union.[4]

Aug 41: Stab at Kopys/20 km SSW of Orsha.[5]

28 Sep 41: Stab at Fp. Shatalovka-East for the opening of the drive toward Moscow.[6]

6 Oct 41: Stab moved forward and now at Yukhnov/SSE of Vyazma.[7]

Oct 41: Stab returned to Shatalovka in late October and then may have moved its command post to Kaluga along the approaches to Moscow.[8]

Nov 41: Stab began transferring to Sicily in mid-November with Luftflottenkdo. 2 as the winter weather conditions in the East made air operations nearly impossible.[9]


Western and Central Mediterranean. (Dec 42 - Dec 43)

Jan 42: Stab now at Messina/Sicily under Luftflotte 2 - operations in western and Central Mediterranean, North Africa and against Malta. Stab divided between Messina and Taormina/c. 40 km S of Messina until Jul 43.[10]

9 Nov 42: advance headquarters ordered transferred from Elmas/Sardinia to Tunis-El Aouina in Tunisia to prepare for countermeasures against Allied landings in Morocco and Algeria and the eventual struggle in Tunisia.[11]

Jul 43: defense of Sicily - the Allied invasion of the island began on 10 July.[12]

Aug 43: Stab evacuated Sicily and now at Sala Consilina between Reggio and Naples in South Italy.[13]

Sep 43: Stab transferred to the Rome area, and then o/a 20 September moved north to Verona and then to Merate/N of Milano (Milan).[14]

9 Sep 43: at Frosinone.[15]

Dec 43: without a mission and idle for the past several months, Stab ordered to begin transferring to France for assignment to Luftflotte 3.[16]


France. (Jan 44 - Aug 44)

Jan 44: Stab at Compiègne.[17]

Apr 44: Stab reportedly ordered to move to Beauvais, but some postwar sources maintain that it remained at Compiègne until around 12 June.[18]

26 Jun 44: Stab at Chartres under Luftflotte 3 with only a reconnaissance group (NAGr. 13) and a single ground-attack group (III./SG 4) assigned.[19]

28 Jun 44: Stab ordered disbanded, but order cancelled on 16 July.[20]

31 Jul 44: Stab ordered to begin transferring from France to Malo Konare/24 km W of Plovdiv in C Bulgaria for reassignment to Luftwaffenkdo. Südost and its Transportstaffel to Fliegerhorst Krumovo. [21]


Balkans. (Aug 44 - Jan 45)

24 Aug 44: Stab arriving at Niš/Serbia.[22]

29 Aug 44: temporarily renamed Kommandierender General der deutschen Luftwaffe Nordbalkan without change of Feldpostnummer. The location of the Stab during September and October has not been determined but it eventually set up in Zagreb.[23]

10 Nov 44: reestablished on or about this date by renaming Komm.Gen.d.dt.Lw.Nordbalkan with Stab at Zagreb/Croatia.[24]

11 Nov 44: Stab ordered to Pécs (Fünfkirchen)/S Hungary to assume responsibility for close recce

and ground-attack operations in that area under Luftflotte 4.[25]

28 Nov 44: Stab now at Kaposvar/SW Hungary.[26]

3 Feb 45: Stab transferred to Biesenthal near Berlin and reassigned to Luftflotte 6.[27]


Northeast Germany. (Feb 45 - Apr 45)

Feb – Mar 45: Stab at Biesenthal under Lfl.6 in support of Heeresgruppe Weichsel (Army Group Vistula). Subordinated 1. and 4. Fliegerdivisions.[28]

2 Apr 45: renamed Luftwaffenkommando Nordost following the Russian breakthrough along the Oder River to the east of Berlin.[29]


Nahkampfführer II. Fliegerkorps (1st Formation)

(FpN: L21881)


also as:Nahkampfführer II d.Lw.
Nahkampfführer 2
Nakafü 2


Führer


Formation and History. (Feb 40 - Jun 40)

Formed February 1940 as a component of Gen.Kdo. II. Fliegerkorps in preparation for the forthcoming attack on France and the Low Countries that began on 10 May 1940. Responsible for tactical air close combat support of designated ground forces. Disbanded late June or early July 1940 on conclusion of the campaign.[30]


Nahkampfführer II. Fliegerkorps (2d Formation)

(FpN: L 40584)


also as:Nahkampfführer II d.Lw.
Nahkampfführer 2
Nakafü 2


Führer

Gen.Lt. Wilibald Spang (5 Apr 41 - 31 May 41)

Gen.Maj. Martin Fiebig (14 Jun 41 - 14 Nov 41)



Formation. (Apr 41)

Formed o/a 5 April 1941 as a component of Gen.Kdo. II. Fliegerkorps in preparation for the forthcoming attack on the Soviet Union that began on 22 June 1941. Responsible for tactical air support of designated ground forces advancing along the axis from northeast Poland, through Belorussia, toward Moscow.[31] (Kannapin; Mehner/ Teuber; PRO AIR 40; micros).


Central Russia. (Jun 41 - Nov 41)

27 Jun 41: the Stab Nakafü 2 had its own Luftnachrichten-Kp., which reported losses this date at Pruzana near Minsk.[32]

21 Jul 41: Stab transferred to Shatalovka airfield/55 km SE of Smolensk, which had only just been taken by advancing German forces.[33]

21 Aug 41: a Bf 110 E-3 assigned to Nakafü 2 was shot up and made a forced landing near Smolensk, 40% damage. How many aircraft were assigned to Nakafü 2 is not known, but it certainly was not more than 1, 2 or 3, and these were used for liaison purposes.

22 Sep 41: Stab transferred to Seshchinskaya airfield/40 km SE of Roslavl.[34]

Oct 41: Stab now at Orel - directing close air support for the advance toward Tula.[35]

15 Nov 41: renamed Nahkampfführer VIII. Fliegerkorps on or about this date due to the ordering of II. Fliegerkorps to the Mediterranean theatre.[36]



Flugbereitschaft Gen.Kdo. Fliegerkorps II


Formation, History and Losses. (Nov 39? - Apr 45?)

Date of formation and disbandment unknown.


23 Feb 41: Fi 156 C1 crash landed at Amiens, 80%.[37]

5 Sep 41: Do 17P returned to Fp. Shatalovka-East after being shot up, 30%.

6 Sep 41: Kl 35 returned to Fp. Shatalovka-East shot up, 25%.

16 Sep 41: still at Shatalovka-East.

6 Feb 42: Fw 58 damaged landing at Fp. Munich-Riem, 10%.

11 Feb 42: Bf 108 B-1 force landed near Foggia, 50%.

2 Sep 42: He 111 P-2 crashed at Fp. Reggio due to technical problems; 25%.

16 Jan 43: Fi 156 damaged in a storm at Taormina (Sicily), 50%.

22 Jan 43: Do 17Z shot down at Tunis, 100%, crew safe.

1 Feb 43: Fw 58 shot down at Elmas (Sardinia), 100% / crew safe.

27 Apr 43: Fi 156 bombed on ground at Fp. Bari, 100%.

14 May 43: Do 17Z shot down at Alghero (Sardinia), 100%, crew safe.

6 Jun 43: Fi 156 bombed on ground at Fp. Catania, 80%.

19 Jun 43: Fw 58 accident at Fp. Catania.

21 Jun 43: Fi 156 accident at Fp. Catania.

28 Jun 43: Flugbereitschaft II. Fliegerkorps reported 1 He 111 and 3 Fi 156s on strength at Fp. Catania/E Sicily.[38]

18 Jul 43: Bf 108 crash landed at Coccano, 80%.

18 Jul 43: Fi 156 shot down at Sciacca (Sicily), 100%.

22 Jul 43: 2 Fi 156s shot up in the Asemini-Sanluri area, both 80%.

30 Jul 43: Fi 156 “Trop” crash landed NW of Foggia, 25%.

10 Sep 43: Fw 58 blown up by crew after making a forced landing at Cassano, 100%.


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References

  1. ↑ G.Tessin- Verbände und Truppen der Deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS 1939-1945. Teil 14: Die Luftstreitkräfte.
  2. ↑ Tessin-op cit.; Balke-KG 2/Teil 1:404.
  3. ↑ Balke-1:409; F.Mason- Battle Over Britain.
  4. ↑ Balke-1:417; Tessin.
  5. ↑ K-O.Hoffmann-Ln.-:128.
  6. ↑ NARA WashDC: RG 242 (T-313:232/960).
  7. ↑ Hoffmann:129.
  8. ↑ Hoffmann:131.
  9. ↑ K.Gundelach-Med:351.
  10. ↑ Hoffmann:198; Tessin.
  11. ↑ PRO London: DEFE 3 ULTRA signal QT5779.
  12. ↑ Tessin.
  13. ↑ Hoffmann-II/1.
  14. ↑ Gundelach-Med:684.
  15. ↑ BNA HW 5/341.
  16. ↑ Gundelach-Med.
  17. ↑ Tessin; PRO London: AIR 40 British Air Ministry intelligence documents.
  18. ↑ AIR 40.
  19. ↑ Luftwaffen-Revue magazine, Heft (issue) 1/1985.
  20. ↑ T-971:18; Prien-JG 1/11:1029.
  21. ↑ ULTRA signal XL4261; BNA HW 5/547.
  22. ↑ ULTRA signal.
  23. ↑ Tessin.
  24. ↑ Tessin.
  25. ↑ Tessin; ULTRA signal.
  26. ↑ ULTRA HP8226.
  27. ↑ Tessin.
  28. ↑ T-321:17/503; T-321:50/876.
  29. ↑ Tessin.
  30. ↑ N.Kannapin- Die deutsche Feldpostübersicht 1939-1945. 3 Bde (I – III) (Osnabrück, 1980-82); NARA WashDC: RG 242 (T971 microfilms).
  31. ↑ N.Kannapin- Die deutsche Feldpostübersicht 1939-1945. 3 Bde (I – III) (Osnabrück, 1980-82); K.Mehner/R.Teuber- Die deutsche Luftwaffe 1939-1945: Führung und Truppe (Norderstedt: 1993); PRO London: AIR 40 AirMin records; NARA WashDC: RG 242 microfilms.
  32. ↑ BA-MA Freiburg: RL 2 III Meldungen über Flugzeugunfälle…..(Loss Reports – LRs).
  33. ↑ PRO AIR 40/1982.
  34. ↑ PRO AIR 40/1982.
  35. ↑ K-O.Hoffmann- Ln: Die Geschichte der Luftnachrichtentruppe, 3 Bde (Neckargemünd, 1965-73), p.130.
  36. ↑ PRO AIR 40; Mehner/Teuber.
  37. ↑ BA-MA Freiburg: RL 2 III Meldungen über Flugzeugunfälle…..(Loss Reports – LRs).
  38. ↑ PRO AIR 40/1996.
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