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III./TG 2




Formation. (May 43)

Formed 1 May 1943 at Naples-Capodichino with a Gruppenstab and 9. – 12. Staffel by renaming KGr.z.b.V. 106. Equipped with Ju 52 transports.[1]


Italy, Sardinia and Corsica. (May 43 - Oct 43)

7 May 43: Ju 52 bombed on the ground at Fp. La Sebala/14 km NNW of Tunis, 100%, 3 MIA.[2]

12 May 43: now at Vibo Valentia/66 km NE of Messina. Spent the second half of May flying key ground staff evacuated from Tunisia from Sicily to the Italian mainland.[3]

15 May 43: Ju 52 crashed at Fp. Vibo Valentia, 80%, 2 injured.

24 May 43: at Fp. Vibo Valentia for a few days rest. On 25 May, the Gruppe was ordered to transfer the Gruppenstab and two Staffeln to Fp. Aquino and the other 2 to Fp. Pratica di Mare.[4]

25 May 43: Ju 52 crashed at Constantino due to engine failure, 100%, 3 killed.

26-31 May 43: transferred from Naples-Capodichino to Fp. Lucca/20 km NE of Pisa at the end of May.[5]

1 Jun 43: for the month of May, III./TG 2 reported that it had flown 184 missions for the Luftwaffe and 111 for the Heer (Army), transporting a total of 282 tons of cargo for the Luftwaffe, 141 tons for the Heer, 1,485 Luftwaffe passengers, 1,137 Heer passengers and 322 Italian passengers.[6]

2 Jun 43: at Lucca - flew troops, equipment and supplies to Sardinia from Pratica di Mare, Pisa, Grosseto and Capua, the flights continuing to mid-June.[7]

16 Jun 43: ordered to transfer 15 Ju 52s to Fp. Naples-Capodichino for a short period.[8]

29 Jun 43: Ju 52 crashed at Aléria/E Corsica in bad weather, 100%, 3 killed and 1 injured.

6 Jul 43: Ju 52 crashed while landing at Fp. Ottana/Sardinia, 65%.

7 Jul 43: at Fp. Lucca.[9]

12 Jul 43: following the Allied invasion of Sicily on 10 July, the Gruppe began flying units of the 1. and 2. Fallschirmjägerdivision from South France to Sicily and S Italy, this continuing for the balance of July.[10]

12 Jul 43: Ju 52 bombed on the ground at Fp. Vibo Valentia, 90%, 1 WIA.

13 Jul 43: 2 Ju 52s bombed on the ground at Fp. Vibo Valentia, both 90%, Oblt. Martin Biedermann + 3 KIA and 1 WIA.

15 Jul 43: Ju 52 bombed on the ground at Fp. Naples-Capodichino, 100%.

16 Jul 43: Ju 52 bombed on the ground at Fp. Vibo Valentia, 90%.

1 Aug 43: Ju 52 bombed on the ground at Fp. Naples-Capodichino, 90%.

Aug 43: at Goslar/N Germany resting, refitting and re-equipping.[11]

6 Sep 43: Ju 52 shot down into the sea while in-flight between Pisa and Corsica, 100%, 4 KIA.

11 Sep 43: Ju 52 shot down by a fighter east of Salerno, 100%, 4 KIA.

17 Sep 43: Ju 52 bombed on the ground at Fp. Rome-Ciampino/North, 90%.

18 Sep 43: began taking part in the air evacuation of the German garrison on Corsica to Pisa under the tactical control of Stab/TG 5, this continuing until 28 September.[12]

23 Sep 43: 3 Ju 52s (8T+AU, AV, KU) shot down into the sea by fighters SW of Pisa, all 100%, 3 KIA, 2 MIA and 2 WIA.

24 Sep 43: 4 Ju 52s (incl. 8T+FV and KW) shot down into the sea by fighters SW of Pisa, all 100%, 2 KIA and 4 WIA.

29 Sep 43: 2 Ju 52s shot down by fighters between Lucca and Borgo, both 100%, Oblt. Georg Haase + 4 KIA and 2 WIA.

1 Oct 43: Ju 52 shot down by a fighter NE of Borgo, 100%.

19 Oct 43: ordered to transfer immediately from Italy to Kalinovka/23 km N of Vinnitsa in W Ukraine for assignment to Luftflotte 4, and after arriving to maintain a serviceability level of 35 Ju 52s at all times.[13]

22 Oct 43: 3 air crew WIA when fired on by a fighter SW of Capraia Is./off Corsica.


Ukraine and Romania. (Oct 43 - May 44)

26 Oct 43: Gruppe arrived at Odessa/SW Ukraine this date.[14]

28 Oct 43: Ju 52 shot down by a fighter over Kamenka/Ukraine, 90%, 1 WIA.

2 Nov 43: Ju 52 shot up by ground fire SW of Kalanchak/69 km SE of Kherson, 45%.

15 Nov 43: Ju 52 crash landed at Belek, 25%.

22 Nov 43: Ju 52 force landed near Belgrade due to technical problems, 80%, 4 injured.

13 Dec 43: Ju 52 crashed NE of Odessa due to engine failure, 75%, 1 crew and 4 passengers injured.

1 Jan 44: Odessa operating under Luftflotte 4.[15]

2 Feb 44: from 5 Nov 43 to 2 Feb 44 the Gruppe flew 3,112 sorties to Crimea transporting 30,838 troops, 2,600 tons of supplies and evacuating 17,140 wounded and 7,625 other personnel, all for the loss of just 5 Ju 52s.[16]

20 Apr 44: at Galaţi/E Romania and still addressed there on 25 May..[17]


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

23 Jun 44: at Wasserburg (20 km E of Ulm or the German name for a settlement in Romania? not located, probably a little-used dispersal field).[18]

19 Aug 44: at Galatz in Romania prior to that country’s change of sides.[19]

Aug 44: at Fp. Gross Betschkerek/65 km WNW of Belgrade in the Banat.[20]

8 Sep 44: according to a P/W, the Gruppe lost 28 of its 45 Ju 52s at Fp. Gross Betschkerek when 35 P-51 Mustangs from the 325th Fighter Group/15th AAF strafed the airfield.[21]

3-15 Oct 44: transferred to the Sombor area in Syrmia and then to Bátaszék/41 km ENE of Pécs in S Hungary - from there began ferrying personnel of NSGr. 7 from Vukovar/Croatia to Zagreb-Plešo.[22]

4 Nov 44: now at Pécs - flew missions to Skoplje/Macedonia to pick up wounded and take then to hospitals in Croatia and Austria. The Gruppenkommandeur, Maj. Dudeck, was taken prisoner in Greece this date but the circumstances are not known.[23]

12 Dec 44: moved again and now at Zirkle (Cerklje)/Slovenia/35 km WNW of Zagreb being strengthened with additional crews taken from II./TG 4.[24]

30 Dec 44: ordered to transfer from Zirkle to Lesvár (Csapod)/31 km SE of Sopron in western Hungary and began dropping supply containers to the German-Hungarian garrison in Budapest, which had become surrounded on 26 December and subjected to ferocious siege by Soviet forces. The Gruppe’s Einsatzkommando Sarajevo was to remain behind at Zagreb with 4 Ju 52s. Later, the Gruppe operated from Pápa/120 km WSW of Budapest.[25]

11 Feb 45: Ju 52 reported missing – location not given, 100%, 4 MIA.

1 Mar 45: transferred to Dresden-Klotzsche toward the end of February and began flying supply containers to the garrison in Breslau which had been cut off by Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front since around 21 February. Hitler declared Breslau a fortress city and the garrison was ordered to hold until the last man.[26]

10-11 Mar 45: 3 Ju 52s destroyed and 1 damaged by AA fire and crashes in air supply operations around Breslau, 1 crew KIA and 2 crews MIA.

12-14 Mar 45: 1 Ju 52 shot down by AA fire near Breslau-Gandau on 14 March and 2 Ju 52s destroyed in crashes, Gruppenkommandeur Maj. Erich Reymann + 1 KIA and 3 WIA.

21 Mar 45: 3 Ju 52s lost in operations over the Breslau area, all 3 crews reported MIA.[27]

29 Mar 45: now at Raschütz (42 km SE of Leipzig?).[28]

25 Apr 45: at Klattau (Klatovy)/38 km S of Pilsen (Plzeň) under Luftwaffenkdo. 8.[29]

30 Apr 45: ordered disbanded this date by OKL.[30]

3 May 45: Klattau in the process of disbanding under Lw.Kdo. 8.[31]



FpN:Gruppenstab with 9. - 12. Staffel (L 37517)



Kommandeur:

Maj. Walter Hornung (DKG) (1 May 43 - Oct 43?)

Oberst Hugo Stolt (acting) (15 May 43 - 2 Jun 43)

Obstlt. Josef Kögl, i.G. (10 Jun 43 - 23 Jun 43)

Maj. Paul Risch (18 Jun 43 - 22 Jun 43)

Maj. Gerhard Dudeck (R, DKG) (c. Dec 43 - 4 Nov 44) PoW

Maj. Erich Reymann (Nov 44 - 14 Mar 45) KIA

Maj. Hans-Hermann Ellerbrock (DKG) (29 Mar 45 - 30 Apr 45)





Also see:

ARNIM, Hans-Joachim("Hans-Jochen") von, Oblt. KIA.

BARTHA, Ernst, Oblt. Beobachter.

BIEDERMANN, Martin, Oblt. KIA.

DEUERLEIN, Georg, Lt. WIA.

FRIEMEL, Waldemar, Hptm. Staka 9./TG 2.

HAASE, Georg, Oblt./Hptm. WIA/KIA.

HENDEL, Ernst, Lt. Pilot.

HOFFMANN, Gerhard, Hptm.(Kr.O.).

HÜBNER, Erich, Oblt. Staka 12./TG 2. WIA.

KARCZEWSKI, Eugen, Hptm. Staka in III./TG 2.

KNOLLER, Franz, Lt. KIA.

LÜBNN, Erich, Oblt. WIA. (Name is misspelled?)

MESSER, Wilhelm, Lt. (R, DKG).

MÜLLER, Hans, Lt. KIA.

OPITZ, Werner, Hptm. Staka 10./TG 2, then Staka 9./TG 2.

PLADMANN, ? , Oblt. Pilot.

QUEDNAU, Paul, Hptm. Pilot.

REITZ, Hugo, Hptm.

RICHTER, Richard, Hptm.d.R. Adjutant in Gruppenstab III./TG 2.

SCHREEDER, Walter, Oberst. Passenger. WIA. (not Luftwaffe).

SPLETE, Hans, Fl.Ob.Ing.(Oblt.). KIA.

TESMAR, Franz-August von, Hptm. Pilot. Techn.Offz. Stab III./(TG 2).

TÖCKEL, ? , Oblt. Pilot.

WISCHNEWSKI, Hermann, Fw.

WISSING, Wilhelm, Oblt.(Kr.O.). Pilot. MIA.




© 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. ↑ BNA HW 5/249.
  4. ↑ PRO London: DEFE 3 ULTRA signal ML2611.
  5. ↑ K.Kössler-wer kennt sie schon!: Die Kennzeichen der Transportfliegerverbände der Luftwaffe von 1937-1945:25.
  6. ↑ PRO London: DEFE 3 ULTRA signal ML3498.
  7. ↑ ULTRA signals ML3445 and ML3809.
  8. ↑ ULTRA ML4415.
  9. ↑ PRO London: DEFE 3 ULTRA signal ML6767.
  10. ↑ PRO London: AIR 40 British Air Ministry documents based on ULTRA and “Y” Service intercepts; LR evidence.
  11. ↑ British Air Ministry documents based on ULTRA and “Y” Service intercepts.
  12. ↑ K.Gundelach-Med:691.
  13. ↑ AIR 40/1975.
  14. ↑ F.Morzik-German Air Force Airlift Operations:234; PRO London: AIR 40/1979.
  15. ↑ ULTRA signal (number no recorded).
  16. ↑ F.Morzik-op cit:240.
  17. ↑ ULTRA signal (number not recorded); BNA HW 5/497.
  18. ↑ ULTRA signal HP2270.
  19. ↑ BNA HW 5 ULTRA intercept.
  20. ↑ AFHRA Maxwell: decimal 512.619 British AirMin CSDIC P/W Interrogation Reports in microfilm rolls A5415-18, interrogation CSDIC/CMF/A.495.
  21. ↑ CSDIC/CMF/A.495; K.Rust-Fifteenth Air Force Story; Flivo/O.B. Südost Br.B.Nr. 1093/44 geh. “Wochenbericht für die Zeit vom 3.9. - 9.9.44” in: NARA WashDC RG 242/T-311 (H.Gr. F microfilms).
  22. ↑ ULTRA signals HP2270 and HP4114.
  23. ↑ CSDIC/CMF/A.495; ULTRA HP9776.
  24. ↑ HP9776.
  25. ↑ F.Morzik-op cit:262; ULTRA BT1394.
  26. ↑ F.Morzik-op cit:272.
  27. ↑ T-321 roll 112, frame 600.
  28. ↑ T-321 roll 50, frame 876.
  29. ↑ F.Morzik-op cit:409.
  30. ↑ OKL order Qu.2 Nr. 5327/45.
  31. ↑ M.Rauchensteiner- Der Krieg in Österreich, 1945:360.


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