I/LLG 1
I/LLG 1
Ordered formed 27 July 1940 at Hildesheim.
Ordered disbanded 9 September 1944.
FpNs
Stab I: L 35 065 (*8/40 from assets of 17./KGrzbV 5. +19 Oct. 1944).
Einsatzgruppe I: L 39 456 (*fall 41. +fall 42).
Stabsstaffel I: L 41 053 (*fall 41. +19 Oct. 1944).
1 Staffel/l: L 00 183 (*8/40. +19 Oct. 1944).
2 Staffel/l: L 00 985 (*8/40. 26 Jan. 1945 renamed Staffel z.b.V. Reich).
3 Staffel/l: L 01 994 (*8/40. +19 Oct. 1944).
Reorganized April 1943 as Stab, Stabsstaffel, and 1 - 4 Staffeln.
Commanding Officers
Hptm. Walter Kiess (7/40 - )
Maj.d.R. Dr. Hans Eggersh ( ? - ? ) 1940-41
Maj. Stein ( ? - ? ) 1/41, 5/41
Maj. Richard Kupschus DKG (4/41 - 8/41?)
Maj.d.R. Peter Ingenhoven (8/41 - 12/41?)
Hptm. Hans (?) Krug (6/42 - 9/44) 6/42,7/43
Stations
Hildesheim/SE Hannover (7/40 – 6/42)
Athens-Tatoi/Greece (6/42 - 9/42)
Hildesheim (9/42 – 1/43)
Kerch IV/Crimea (2/43 – 4/43)
Hildesheim (4/43 – 5/43)
Gael/NW France (5/43 – 5/43)
Lezignan/S.France (5/43 – 8/43)
Istres/S.France (8/43 – 10/43)
Strasbourg-Enzheim/E.France (10/43 – 9/44)
Giessen/Nr. Frankfurt/M. (9/44 - 9/44)
Equipment and Returns
Ju 52's and DFS 230 gliders (1940 - 10/42).
Converted to Do 17's at Hildesheim 10/42.
Reported 52 Do 17's and 136 DFS 230s on strength end of May 1943.
Reported 36 Do 17's and 195 DFS 230s on strength 10 Nov. 1943.
Reported 51 Do 17’s and 67 DFS 230s on strength 10 Jun 1944.
Representative Losses I./LLG 1
5.10.1941: Demyansk, taxied on to a mine, Ju 52 (W.Nr. 3026), 30%.[1]
11.10.1941: 1. St. landing accident at Fp. Dugino, Ju 52 (W.Nr. 7249), 50%.[2]
14.10.1941: 2. St. shot down at Staritsa, Ju 52 (DA+FF W.Nr. 4528), 100% 2 MIA & 1 KIA.[3]
16.10.1941: 2. St. Yemelyanovo, shot down, Ju 52 (W.Nr. 7178) 100%, 1 WIA.[4]
20.10.1941: 1. St. Vitebsk, bad take-off, Ju 52 (W.Nr. 7163), 75%.
31.10.1941: 1 Ju 52 (W.Nr. 7285) destroyed and another 20% damaged (W.Nr. 6579) by artillery fire near Kalinin.[5]
5.11.1941: 3. St. Ju 52 (W. Nr. 2993) forced landing at Surazh, 135 km W. of Bryansk, 70%, 2 WIA.[6]
5.11.1941: 1. St. t Ju 52 (W. Nr. 5481) taxiing accident at Staritsa, 20%.
6.11.1941: 1. St, damaged (no details), Ju 52, 30%.
12.11.1941: 1. St. Ju 52 (W.Nr. 1322) forced landing due to engine failure at Reseki, 50%.[7]
2.1.1942: Ju 52 forced landing due to engine failure near Pskov, 90%, 2 injured.
1.3.1942: Ju 52 (W.Nr. 5507) struck the ground near Rabestani , 80%, 1 killed & 3 injured.[8]
20 – 24.4.1942: Letov S 328 and DFS 230 crashes and accidents at Fp. Hildesheim.
19.6.1942: a consolidated loss report of this date for I./LLG 1 gives 25 Ju 52 and glider losses covering Dec 1940 to Oct 1941. These were all in Germany except for the Balkan Campaign, Apr to May 1941.
5.8.1942: Ju 52 forced landing at sea off Crete, 100%, crew rescued.
26.8.1942: Ju 52 crashed into the sea between Tobruk and Crete, 100%, 4 killed.
10.12.1942: Hs 126 suffered engine failure at Fp. Goslar, 70 %, pilot injured.
10.1.1943: minor Do 17 accidents at Fp. Döberitz and Fp. Hildesheim.
12.1.1943: Avia B 534 forced landing near Deblin (Poland), 50%.
12.1.1943: Do 17crashed near Finow, 100%, 2 killed and 1 injured.
20-22.1.1943: Avia B 534 landing accidents at Fp. Proskurov/W Ukraine.
26.1.1943: Me 321 collision at Makeyevka near Stalino, 80%.
30.1 – 9.2.43: 1 Avia B 534 and 2 Go 242 losses at Timoshenskaya/N.Caucasia and Slavyanskaya/N.Caucasia.
4.-8.1943: occasional losses and accidents in South France.
17.8.1943: lost in Allied bombing at Istres airfield – 2 Do 17Es damaged (80%), 9 Do 17Es (20-40%), 8 DFS 230s (100%) and 45 heavily damaged (most 60-90%).
Also see:
I./LLG 1
ABELS, Hans-Joachim, Lt. Techn.Offz.
BAUSE, Ferdinand, Hptm. Staka 4./LLG 1.
BECHER, Heinz, Lt.? Pilot?
BUCHAL, Georg, Lt.
BUSSE, Hans-Joachim, Oblt.
DITTMAR, Walter, Oblt. Acting Adjutant.
FULDA, Wilhelm, Lt. Pilot.Staka 4./LLG 1.
GERES, Ernst, Oblt./Hptm. Staka 2./LLG 1.
GROTHE, Joachim, Lt.d.R. Pilot. WIA.
HEINTZ, ? , Hptm. WIA in DFS 230 crash landing.
HENKE, Hellmuth, Lt. POW.
HIRNSCHRODT, ? , Lt. WIA in DFS 230 crash landing.
ICKENROTH, ? , Oblt. Pilot.
KAISER, Herbert Arthur August, Oblt. Pilot? KIA.
KARL, Josef, Oblt. WIA.
KELLNER, Werner, Oblt. KIA.
KEMPEN, Ernst, Oblt.
KONERMANN, Karl-Heinz, Oblt./Hptm. Staka 3./LLG 1.
KÖNITZ, Egbert, Freiherr von, Lt.
KRUPPE, Willy, Oblt. Staka 1./LLG 1. KIA.
LADES, Leonhard, Lt. KIA.
LANGE, Karl-Heinz, Lt. Pilot. WIA.
PHENN, Franz, Lt. KIA.
PONGRATZ, Rupprecht, Lt. WIA.
REICH, Klaus-Dieter, Hptm. Staka 2./LLG 1.
RIES, Reiner, Oblt. WIA.
ROGALL, Herbert, Lt. KIA.
SCHWEITZER, Hans, Oblt. Staka 2./LLG 1 then Staka 1./LLG 1.
SEDLATZEK, Hans, Oblt. Pilot.
SEIDE, Kurt, Oblt. killed in Ju 52 crash.
WERNER, ? , Oblt. Pilot.
© by Henry L. deZeng IV (Work in Progress, 2023).
(1st Draft 2023)
Additional Notes and Losses
Personnel
Fw. Freidrich Fuchs (Bm) – WIA 5.11.41[9]
Fw Groth (F) – Killed 1.3.1942[10]
Gefr. Göckemann – Injured 1.3.1942[11]
Fw. Klien (F) – Injured 1.3.1942[12]
Uffz. Herbert Lorenz (Bm) – WIA 16.10.41[13]
Uffz. Wolfgang Marx (Bf) – KIA 14.10.41[14]
Uffz. Rabe (Bf) - Injured 1.3.1942[15]
Fw. Kurt Schubert (F) – MIA 14.10.41[16]
Uffz. Gerhard Schlunk (Bm) – MIA 14.10.41[17]
Ofw. Alfred Schneebauer (F) – WIA 5.11.41[18]
See Also
References
- ↑ RL2-III/1178 9.10.41 Pg 3 Entry 45
- ↑ RL2-III/1178 14.10.41 Pg 5 Entry 61
- ↑ RL2-III/1178 17.10.41 Pg 4 Entry 52
- ↑ RL2-III/1178 18.10.41 Pg 3 Entry 41
- ↑ RL2-III/1179 7.11.41 Pg 3 Entries 23 & 24
- ↑ RL2-III/1179 7.11.41 Pg 3 Entry 25
- ↑ RL2-III/1179 15.11.41 Pg 4 Entry 76
- ↑ RL2-III/1180 20.3.42 Pg 5 Entry 85
- ↑ RL2-III/1179 7.11.41 Pg 3 Entry 25
- ↑ RL2-III/1180 20.3.42 Pg 5 Entry 85
- ↑ RL2-III/1180 20.3.42 Pg 5 Entry 85
- ↑ RL2-III/1180 20.3.42 Pg 5 Entry 85
- ↑ RL2-III/1178 18.10.41 Pg 3 Entry 41
- ↑ RL2-III/1178 17.10.41 Pg 4 Entry 52
- ↑ RL2-III/1180 20.3.42 Pg 5 Entry 85
- ↑ RL2-III/1178 17.10.41 Pg 4 Entry 52
- ↑ RL2-III/1178 17.10.41 Pg 4 Entry 52
- ↑ RL2-III/1179 7.11.41 Pg 3 Entry 25
Return to Transportverbände