Fighter Squadron 6

Fighter Squadron 6
Squadron badge
active	July 1944 to May 1945
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Wehrmacht
Armed forces	air force
Branch of service	Air force
Type	Jagdgeschwader
structure	Squadron staff and 3 groups
Installation site	Koenigsberg - Devau
Aircraft type	Messerschmitt Bf 109 , Focke-Wulf Fw 190
Second World War	Ardennes offensive Company floor slab
Squadron commodors
First commodore	Johann Kogler Lieutenant Colonel
Last commodore	Richard Leppla Major

The Jagdgeschwader 6 "Horst Wessel" (JG 6) was an association of the Luftwaffe during the Second World War . It was created in July 1944 by renaming the Destroyer Wing 26 . It was named after Horst Wessel , a member of the SA who was killed in 1930 .

history

Lineup

• The I. Group of Jagdgeschwader 6 was created in July 1944 when I. / Destroyer Wing 26 was renamed Königsberg-Devau.
• The II. Group of Jagdgeschwader 6 was created in July 1944 when the II. / Destroyer Squadron 26 was renamed Königsberg-Devau.
• The III. Jagdgeschwader 6 group was formed on October 14, 1944 in Schwerin from I. / Jagdgeschwader 5 .
• The staff of Jagdgeschwader 6 was created in July 1944 (as well as the I. and II.) In Königsberg-Devau by renaming the staff of ZG 26 to Stab / JG 6.

Calls

Ardennes offensive

From December 16, 1944, JG 6 took part in the Ardennes offensive .

Company floor slab

On January 1, 1945, the I. Group of JG 6 was in Delmenhorst . On January 1, 1945, the group took part in the Bodenplatte company , an air offensive by the German Air Force on allied front airfields in northern France, Holland and Belgium . The group's destination was Eindhoven Airport in Holland, where severe damage was caused. Shortly after this mission, the group moved to the Eastern Front in Sorau and on February 7, 1945 to Freiwaldau . The group had to move to Cottbus on February 14th and to Welzow on February 19th .

Group II of JG 6 was in Quakenbrück at the beginning of 1945 . On January 1, 1945, the group took a stake in the Bodenplatte company; the group's goal was the Volkel front airfield in Holland, where, however, only minor damage was caused. After this mission, the group moved to the Eastern Front in Sorau and on February 10, 1945, to Welzow.

The III. Group of JG 6 was in Bissel near Oldenburg at the beginning of 1945 . On January 1, 1945, the group took a stake in the Bodenplatte company; the group's goal was the Volkel airfield in Holland, where only minor damage was caused. Shortly after this mission, the group moved to the Eastern Front to Groß-Stein near Oppeln , from there on January 21 to Ohlau , a few days later to Sorau and on February 10, 1945 to Welzow south of Cottbus .

At the beginning of 1945 the staff of JG 6 was in Delmenhorst. On January 1, 1945, JG 6 and the squadron staff took part in the Bodenplatte company, the aim of the squadron was the Volkel airfield in Holland, where, however, only minor damage was caused. Shortly after this mission, the staff and the squadron moved to the Eastern Front.

resolution

• In March 1945 the I. Group moved to Reichenberg , where they disbanded in May 1945.
• In March 1945 the 2nd group moved to Görlitz , where they disbanded in May 1945.
• In April 1945 the III. Group to Prague-Rusin, where it disbanded in May 1945.
• On February 10, 1945 the staff moved to Welzow and in March 1945 to Reichenberg. There it also disbanded in May 1945.

Commanders

Squadron commodors

• Lieutenant Colonel Johann Kogler, July 1944
• Major Gerhard Barkhorn , January 16, 1945
• Major Gerhard Schöpfel, April 10, 1945
• Major Richard Leppla, April 17, 1945 - May 8, 1945

Group commanders

I. group

• Captain Willi Elstermann, November 1, 1944 - February 2, 1945
• Major Otto Bertram , February 1945 - May 1945

II group

• Captain Willi Elstermann, July 44 - August 31, 1944
• Major Johannes Naumann, September 1, 1944 - March 30, 1945

III. group

• Captain Theo Weissenberger, October 14, 1944
• Major Kühle, November 1944

literature

• Wolfgang Dierich (Hrsg.): The associations of the air force. 1935-1945. Outlines and short chronicles. A documentation. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-87943-437-9 .

Web links

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