I./TG 2

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I./TG 2

Formation. (May 43)

Formed 1 May 1943 at Palermo/Sicily with a Gruppenstab and 1. – 4. Staffel by renaming KGr.z.b.V. 600. Equipped with Ju 52 transports.[1]


Italy. (May 43 - Oct 43)

May – Jul 43: no information - probably resting, refitting and re-equipping but location not known. Entirely likely that this took place at an airfield in Italy after the Gruppe’s personnel had been sent home to Germany on leave. As KGr.z.b.V. 600, it had lost 31 Ju 52s destroyed and severely damaged during April, so it is logical that a period of large-scale replenishment would follow.

15 Jul 43: 5 Ju 52s bombed on the ground at Fp. Pomigliano/13 km NE of Naples, all 100%, 1 WIA.[2]

17 Jul 43: Ju 52 bombed on the ground at Fp. Pomigliano, 40%.

9 Sep 43: Ju 52 force landed near Scampitella/47 km SSW of Foggia due to engine failure, 100%, 1 crew and 2 passengers injured.

9 Sep 43: Ju 52 shot down by AA fire at Monterotondo/47 km NNW of Grosseto, 100%, 2 WIA.

13 Sep 43: Ju 52 damaged and then destroyed to prevent capture at Fp. Montevidero (not located - possible corruption of Fp. Montecorvino/60 km ESE of Naples), 100%.

16 Sep 43: Ju 52 struck an obstacle and crashed while landing at Fp. Foggia, 60%.

18 Sep 43: Ju 52 bombed on the ground at Fp. Pratica di Mare/28 km SSW of Rome, 100%.

20 Sep 43: Ju 52 struck the ground and damaged at Fp. St-Raphael/S France, 20%.

2 Oct 43: Ju 52 (1Z+BK) believed shot down by a night fighter over Corsica, 100%, 1 KIA, 2 MIA and 1 WIA.


South Russia, Crimea and Romania. (Oct 43 - May 44)

9 Oct 43: Ju 52 ran out of fuel and force landed at Offersheim,100%, 1 killed.

21 Oct 43: in transfer from Italy via Germany to Kalinovka/23 km N of Vinnitsa in western Ukraine, and then from there on to Odessa III on 23 October.[3]

1 Nov 43: Ju 52 shot up, set on fire and forced down in Pl.Qu. 4839 (C Ukraine area), 100%, crew safe.

5 Nov 43: Ju 52 shot up during low-level attack on Fp. Metz, 10%.

11 Nov 43: Ju 52 damaged undercarriage landing at Fp. Bagerovo/E Crimea, 40%.

23 Nov 43: at Odessa III.[4]

28 Nov 43: Ju 52 crashed and burned at Fp. Karankut/E Crimea, 100%, crew of 5 plus 12 wounded German and Romanian soldiers all killed.

12 Dec 43: Ju 52 shot down by a Russian fighter over Alexandrovka/E Ukraine, 100%, 2 KIA and 2 WIA.

12 Dec 43: ordered to transfer temporarily from Odessa III to Zhitomir-South with 25 Ju 52s.[5]

14 Dec 43: Ju 52 shot down by a Russian fighter NE of Odessa, 100%, 1 crew WIA plus 3 passengers KIA and 13 passengers WIA.

Jan 44: 3. Staffel may have been disbanded in January and its remaining assets incorporated into the Gruppe’s other Staffeln.[6]

7 Jan 44: now back at Odessa.[7]

5 Apr 44: transferred to Buzău/94 km NE of Bucharest.[8]

20 Apr 44: elements at or operating through Constanţa-Mamaia during airlift missions back and forth between Crimea and Romania.[9]

25 May 44: still addressed at Constanţa-Mamaia.[10]

1-2 Jun 44: transferred from Romania to Celle.N Germany.[11]

Jun – Aug 44: no information found for the Gruppe, but it is believed to have been inactive at Celle during the June-July period.

19 Aug 44: at Mainz-Finthen.[12]

4 Sep 44: ordered disbanded this date by OKL.[13]


FpN:Gruppenstab with 1. - 4. Staffel (L 42922)

3. Staffel (also L 23579)


Kommandeur:

Maj. Josef Grons (R, DKG) (1 May 43 - 4 Sep 44)


Also see:

DITTRICH (DIETRICHT?), Karl, Oblt. KIA.

DÖRRENHAUS, Kurt, Hptm.d.R.

DUNST, Gerhard, Lt.

EBEL, Ferdinand, Maj.

HENSEL, Ernst, Lt.(Kr.O.). WIA.

HÖRSKEN, Paul, Oblt. KIA.

KOHLPOTH, Hermann, Maj. Staka 1./TG 2.

PAULUS, Wilhelm, Lt.

PETERSEN, Peter, Lt.

WAPPLER, Fritz, Lt. Pilot. KIA.





© by Henry L. deZeng IV (Work in Progress, 2022).

(1st Draft 2022)

References

  1. ↑ W.Dierich-Verbände der Luftwaffe; G.Tessin-Verbände und Truppen der Deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS 1939-1945 - Teil 14: Die Luftstreitkräfte.
  2. ↑ BA-MA Freiburg: RL 2 III Meldungen über Flugzeugunfälle…..(Loss Reports – LRs).
  3. ↑ PRO London: AIR 40/1975 and 1979; F.Morzik-German Air Force Airlift Operations:229.
  4. ↑ AIR 40/1979.
  5. ↑ AIR 40/1974.
  6. ↑ N.Kannapin-Feldpostübersicht. (The Staffel’s FpN was deleted on 10.2.44).
  7. ↑ AIR 40/1979.
  8. ↑ PRO London: DEFE 3 ULTRA signal (number not recorded).
  9. ↑ ULTRA signal (number not recorded).
  10. ↑ BNA HW 4/497.
  11. ↑ ULTRA signal (number not recorded).
  12. ↑ BNA HW 5 ULTRA intercept.
  13. ↑ G.Tessin-op cit.


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