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II./TG 2



Formation. (May 43)

Formed 1 May 1943 at Naples-Capodichino with a Gruppenstab and 5. – 8. Staffel by renaming KGr.z.b.V. 800. Equipped with Ju 52 transports.[1]


Germany and Italy. (May 43 - Sep 43)

7 May 43: Ju 52 (8T+AL) reported missing on flight from Tunis to Naples-Capodichino, 100%, 4 MIA.[2]

May – Jul 43: Gruppe withdrawn from operations and the personnel sent to Celle/N Germany for a 3-month rest, refit and re-equipping.[3]

26 Jul 43: refit completed, began transferring from Celle via Fp. Pistoia/32 km NW of Florence to Naples-Capodichino.[4]

1 Aug 43: 10 Ju 52s destroyed or damaged on the ground during an attack on Fp. Naples-Capodichino by NASAF B-17s, 6 @ 100%, 1 @ 80%, 2 @ 40% and 1 @ 30%.

18 Aug 43: 2 Ju 52s collided while taking off from Fp. Istres-South in South France, 40% and 35%. The Gruppe was almost certainly engaged in flying units of the 1. and 2. Fallschirmjägerdivision from South France to Sicily and S Italy.

9 Sep 43: Ju 52 crashed at Piacenza/75 km SE of Milano in N Italy, 100%, 3 crew killed and 1 injured, plus 4 passengers killed and 1 injured.

9 Sep 43: Ju 52 crashed near Lago-Patria, 100%, 4 crew killed and 1 injured, plus 26 passengers killed.

9 Sep 43: unserviceable Ju 52 blown up at Fp. Montecorvino/60 km ESE of Naples to prevent capture by the enemy, 100%.

15 Sep 43: Ju 52 bombed on the ground at Fp. Viterbo/68 km NW of Rome, 40%.

18 Sep 43: began airlifting the German garrison on Corsica to Pisa/NW Italy under the tactical command of Stab/TG 5. The airlift continued until 28 September.[5]

18 Sep 43: Ju 52 crashed at Borgo and then blown up to prevent capture by the enemy, 100%.

23 Sep 43: Ju 52 shot down by a fighter between Borgo and Pisa, 100%, 1 WIA.

24 Sep 43: 2 Ju 52s shot down by fighters while in-flight from Elba and Corsica, 100%, 2 KIA and 3 WIA.

24 Sep 43: 2 Ju 52s shot down by fighters between Elba and Chisonaccia (not located), 100%, Staffelkapitän Oblt. Wilhelm Egger plus 5 KIA, 3 WIA.

25 Sep 43: unserviceable Ju 52 blown up at Fp. Naples-Capodichino to prevent capture by the advancing Allies, 100%.


Greece, Aegean and Return to Italy. (Oct 43 - Mar 44)

5 Oct 43: Ju 52 (8T+CN) shot down by a fighter at Necero-Umbre (misspelled and not located, but somewhere in the Lw.Kdo. Südost area, i.e., Balkans), 100%, 4 KIA.

28 Oct 43: at Fp. Ferrara/40 km NE of Bologna.[6]

14 Nov 43: Ju 52 shot down by AA fire over Leros in the Dodecanese, 100%, 3 KIA.

14 Nov 43: Ju 52 shot up and damaged over Leros, 40%.

17 Nov 43: Ju 52 bombed on the ground at Athens-Kalamaki, 100%.

1 Jan 44: at Pordenone-Casarsa/NE Italy.[7]

7 Mar 44: Pordenone-Casarsa/NE Italy.[8]


Romania, Greece and Germany. (Apr 44 - Sep 44)

Apr 44: transferred to Romania to reinforce air transport operations between there and Crimea. Variously identified at Călăraşi/100 km SE of Bucharest (17 Apr), Mielec/S Poland (19 Apr) and Carol/30 km NW of Constanţa (20 Apr).[9]

4 May 44: Ju 52 (8T+AP) crashed on landing at Chersonnes airfield/Crimea on a flight from Ciocarlia/Romania, 40%, no casualties.[10]

6 May 44: Ju 52 (8T+_R) hit the ground in bad weather 2.5 km short of the landing strip at Sevastopol VIII on flight from Ciocarlia/Romania, 100%, 3 WIA.

19 May 44: departed Ciocarlia for Magdeburg/Ost.[11]

May 44: now at Athens-Tatoi and still there 6 June.[12]

Aug 44: in Germany - location not known.[13]

19 Aug 44: stationed at Bronkow/18 km ENE of Finsterwalde (100 km S of Berlin).[14]


Balkans, Hungary, Eastern Germany and Czechoslovakia. (Oct 44 - May 45)

19 Oct 44: taking part in air transport operations in the Balkans.[15]

19 Jan 45: Ju 52 shot down by a fighter west of Fp. Pápa/120 km WSW of Budapest, 100%, 1 KIA and 3 WIA.

28 Jan 45: Ju 52 shot up by AA fire over Budapest, 10%, 1 WIA.

5 Feb 45: still listed at Fp. Bronkow/18 km ENE of Finsterwalde (100 km S of Berlin) operating under Luftflotte 6.[16]

9-12 Feb 45: 2 Ju 52s shot down by Russian fighters over Silesia and 3 others destroyed or damaged in crashes at Fp. Bronkow, Fp. Stolp-Reitz and at Schneidemühl.

28 Feb 45: Ju 52 force landed at Jüterbog due to technical problems, 30%.

1 Mar 45: at Senftenberg (Žamberk)/N Czechoslovakia.[17]

6 Mar 45: Ju 52 crashed at Fp. Finsterwalde/100 km S of Berlin, 100%, 4 killed.

22 Mar 45: Ju 52 reported missing on a flight from Breslau, 100%, 5 MIA.

29 Mar 45: back at Fp. Bronkow.[18]

25 Apr 45: at Sbraslawitz (Zbraslavec)/31 km N of Brno in Czechoslovakia under VIII. Fliegerkorps with 32 Ju 52s.[19]

3 May 45: still at Sbraslawitz and now under Luftwaffenkdo. 8.[20]

4-8 May 45: disbanded with most personnel fleeing westward to avoid capture by the Russians.


FpN:Gruppenstab with 5. - 8. Staffel (L 43454)

6. Staffel (also L 51299)


Kommandeur:

Maj. Erich Reymann (1 May 43 - Mar 44)

Hptm. (Maj.?) Paul Quednau ? ( ? - ? ) 4/44

Maj. Hasso von Melgunoff ( ? - 3 May 44)

Hptm. Hans Scheunpflug (acting) (3 May 44 - ? )

Hptm. Kurt-Karl Harnisch ( ? - 8 May 45) 28.7.44, 3/45


Also see:

BECHER, Ernst, Lt. Beobachter.

EGGER, Wilhelm, Oblt. Staka in II./TG 2. KIA.

HEGENAUER, Bruno, Lt. (in I./JG 53). Passenger. MIA.

IRPS, Erich, Hptm. (in I./JG 53). Passenger. MIA.

MERSMANN, Dr.(jur.) Hermann (Ernst-Hermann), Hptm. (R, DKG). Pilot. Staka 5./TG 2.

SCHAAR, Albert, Lt. (in I./JG 53). Passenger. MIA.

SCHMUDE, Helmut, Oblt. WIA.

SCHWAGER, Philipp, Hptm.(Kr.O.). Staka in II./TG 2.

WILHELMY (WILHELMJ), Cuno (Kuno), Maj. Staka in II./TG 2?





© 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 British Air Ministry documents based on ULTRA and “Y” Service intercepts; LR evidence.
  4. ↑ PRO London: DEFE 3 ULTRA signal ML9497.
  5. ↑ K.Gundelach-Med:691.
  6. ↑ British Air Ministry documents based on ULTRA and “Y” Service intercepts.
  7. ↑ British Air Ministry documents based on ULTRA and “Y” Service intercepts.
  8. ↑ British Air Ministry documents based on ULTRA and “Y” Service intercepts.
  9. ↑ ULTRA signals (numbers not recorded).
  10. ↑ BNA HW 5/480.
  11. ↑ BNA HW 5/498.
  12. ↑ ULTRA signals (numbers not recorded).
  13. ↑ ULTRA signal HP4114.
  14. ↑ BNA HW 5 ULTRA intercept.
  15. ↑ HP4114.
  16. ↑ G.Tessin-op cit.
  17. ↑ F.Morzik-German Air Force Airlift Operations:272.
  18. ↑ NARA WashDC: RG 242/T-321 roll 50, frame 876.
  19. ↑ F.Morzik-op cit:409.
  20. ↑ M.Rauchensteiner-Der Krieg in Österreich, 1945:360.


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