III./TG 3

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III./TG 3


Formation. (May 43)

Formed 1 May 1943 at Zaporozhye-South/SE Ukraine with Gruppenstab and 9. – 12. Staffel by renaming KGr.z.b.V. 102. Equipped with Ju 52 transports.[1]


South Russia. (May 43 - Jun 43)

1 May 43: Ju 52 crash landed at Fp. Zaporozhye-South, 90%.[2]

11 May 43: at Zaporozhye.[3]


South Russia, Germany? and South France? (Jun 43 - Aug 43)

Jun – Jul 43: location and activity uncertain. Appears to have returned to Germany or remained at Zaporozhye to rest, refit and re-equip based on the absence of Loss Report entries.

13 Jun 43: mentioned in connection with the delivery of oxygen cylinders at Naples-Capodichino and Pisa.[4]

24 Jul 43: 12. Staffel based at Zaporozhye.

26 Jul 43: 10. Staffel was still in S Russia (probably at Zaporozhye) until this date when it departed for another theater.[5]

31 Jul 43: Ju 52 crash landed at Fp. Istres in South France, 50%.

3 Aug 43: 2 Ju 52s force landed near Citocechia/Italy (not located) in bad weather, both 90%, 5 injured.

3 Aug 43: Ju 52 force landed near Draguignan/63 km NNE of Toulon, 95%.

4 Aug 43: Ju 52 shot down by a fighter in Pl.Qu. 96216 (not located), 90%.


Central and South Russia, Romania. (Aug 43 - Aug 44)

8 Aug 43: Ju 52 damaged taxiing at Breslau-Schöngarten, 35%.

31 Aug 43: Ju 52 (4V+GW) crashed and burned near Smolensk, 100%, 4 MIA.

4 Sep 43: Ju 52 crashed NW of Roslavl due to engine failure, 30%.

9 Sep 43: Ju 52 burned on the ground at Fp. Zaporozhye-South, 80%.

18 Sep 43: Ju 52 shot up by AA fire east of Stepantsy/100 km SSE of Kiev, 45%.

7 Oct 43: Ju 52 shot down by a fighter in Pl.Qu. 93562 (not located), 90%, 2 WIA.

28 Oct 43: at Berdichev/40 km S of Zhitomir.[6]

16 Nov 43: now at Fp. Proskurov/240 km WSW of Kiev.[7]

17 Nov 43: Ju 52 struck an obstacle near Łódź/Poland, 100%.

27 Nov 43: Fi 156 damaged by a storm at Fp. Proskurov, 35%.

3 Dec 43: Ju 52 shot up by a fighter over Visun railway station/68 km E of Nikolayev, 80%.

5 Dec 43: Ju 52 crash landed NE of Kirovograd, 70%.

11 Dec 43: unserviceable Ju 52 blown up at Rososhentse (not located – spelling probably corrupted) to prevent capture by the enemy, 100%.

12 Dec 43: ordered to transfer to Zhitomir-North.[8]

7 Jan 44: back at Proskurov.[9]

7 Feb 44: addressed at Voloschisk (Voloshisk)/W Ukraine/ 40 km E of Tarnopol (Ternopil’).[10]

1-20 Feb 44: moved to Uman and took part in the air supply of 56,000 German troops cut off in the so-called Cherkassy Pocket between Korsun and Cherkassy on the Dnieper.[11]

29 Feb 44: Oblt. Otto Vandieken, Staka 12./TG 3, KIA while flying a transport mission to Crimea and buried in Tiraspol/Ukraine.[12]

Mar 44: transferred to Odessa after the conclusion of the Cherkassy operation to transport personnel and supplies to Crimea.[13]

20 Apr 44: now at Carol (Călăraşi?)/SE Romania.[14]

Jun 44: 11. Staffel disbanded (FpN deleted 14 Jul 44) and 12. Staffel renumbered 11. Staffel.[15]

1 Jul 44: 9. Staffel ordered to transfer from Morawka/Czech. near Frydek to Turbia/S Poland.[16]

19 Aug 44: Sihlea/Romania.[17]

23-31 Aug 44: participated in the evacuation of Luftwaffe personnel from Romania.[18]

Sep – Dec 44: Gruppe apparently inactive due to the fuel shortage, which caused the inactivation or disbandment of many bomber and transport units.


Hungary, Germany and Austria. (Dec 44 - May 45)

28 Dec 44: reactivated and operating from Pápa in western Hungary, took part in the air supply of Budapest where the German-Hungarian garrison had been surrounded by Soviet forces and the city subjected to siege. The air supply operation continued until 15 February.[19]

7 Jan 45: Ju 52 failed to return from a supply-dropping mission over Budapest, 90%, 2 KIA.

10 Jan 45: Ju 52 destroyed on the ground in Budapest by Russian artillery fire, 100%.

1 Mar 45: now at Finsterwalde/SW of Cottbus.[20]

25 Apr 45: Wimbach/S Germany under Luftflotte 4 with 37 Ju 52s.[21]

3 May 45: at Lindach/SW of Wels in NE Austria under Luftwaffenkdo. 4.[22]

5-8 May 45: dissolved.



FpNs:Gruppenstab (L 30537)

9. Staffel (L 31373)
10. Staffel (L 44913)
11. Staffel (L 09086, L 09418)
12. Staffel (L 09418)



Kommandeur:

Obstlt. Walter Erdmann (DKG) (1 May 43 - 15 May 43)

Hptm. Wolfgang Baack (acting) (25 Jan 44 - ?)

Maj. Josef Penkert (11 Apr 44 - May 45)

Maj. Walter Hornung (R, DKG) (Sep 44 - Mar 45?)


Also see:

BRAND, Otto, Lt.(Kr.O.).

BREUTMANN, Heinz, Hptm. Gruppen Techn.Offz.

CZIRZ, Johann, Oblt.(Kr.O.). Pilot. KIA.

FASTHUBER, Friedrich, Oblt.

FETT, Julius, Lt.(Kr.O./Ln.). KIA.

KIENE, Hans-Hermann, Oblt.

LANGENSIEPEN, Helmut, Oblt.(Kr.O.).

MÜLLER, Carl-Ferdinand, Maj.

TIETZ, Gerhard, Lt. Pilot. WIA.



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

(1st Draft 2022)


References

  1. ↑ 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 40/1988.
  4. ↑ BNA HW 5/265.
  5. ↑ Flugbuch Jürgen Pfau via Pawel Burchard on http://forum.12oclockhigh.net 10 Dec 2014.
  6. ↑ PRO London: AIR 40 Air Ministry intelligence documents based on ULTRA and “Y” Service intercepts.
  7. ↑ AIR 40/1980.
  8. ↑ AIR 40/1974.
  9. ↑ AIR 40/1980.
  10. ↑ BNA HW 5/434.
  11. ↑ F.Morzik-German Air Force Airlift Operations:220-221A.
  12. ↑ WASt data posted by Louis Loubert on http://forum.12oclockhigh.net 26 Jan 2014.
  13. ↑ F.Morzik-op cit:229.
  14. ↑ PRO London: DEFE 3 ULTRA signal (number not recorded).
  15. ↑ N.Kannapin-Feldpostübersicht.
  16. ↑ BNA HW 5/541.
  17. ↑ BNA HW 5 ULTRA intercept.
  18. ↑ G.Tessin-op cit.
  19. ↑ F.Morzik-op cit:262.
  20. ↑ F.Morzik-op cit:273.
  21. ↑ F.Morzik-op cit:410.
  22. ↑ M.Rauchensteiner-Der Krieg in Österreich, 1945:359.


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