Combat Squadron 6
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Combat Squadron 6 |
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 Squadron badge |
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| active | September 1, 1942 to May 8, 1945 |
| Country |
.svg){kind=small} German Empire
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| Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
| Armed forces | air force |
| Branch of service | Air force |
| Type | Combat Squadron |
| structure | Squadron staff and 4 groups |
| Aircraft type | Junkers Ju 88 , Junkers Ju 188 |
| Second World War | Channel coast Tunisia Theater of war Mediterranean area Allied invasion of Italy Capricorn company landing in Normandy |
| Squadron commodors | |
| First commodore | Lieutenant Colonel Joachim Hahn |
The Kampfgeschwader 6 was an association of the Luftwaffe during World War II .
Lineup
The squadron staff was established on October 11, 1941. The I. - III. The group was created on September 1, 1942 by renaming existing combat groups. I./KG 6 emerged from I./KG 77 , and K.Fl.Gr. 106 became II./KG 6 and III./LG 1 became III./KG 6. The IV. (Supplementary) group was reorganized. Initially, the squadron was equipped with the Junkers Ju 88 . In 1944 the I. Group was equipped with Junkers Ju 188 . The squadron identification was 3E.
history
As early as October 1942, the 1st and 2nd groups of the squadron flew their first attacks on targets in Great Britain. In addition, the groups were in the French Creil ( location ) and Dinard ( location ), while the III. Group was still stationed in the East Prussian Heiligenbeil ( Lage ).
Due to the precarious situation in the Mediterranean, Groups I and II of the squadron relocated to the Sicilian Gerbini ( Lage ) from November . From there they intervened in the fighting for Tunisia .
In December 1942, the I. and II. Groups were relocated back to Beauvais ( Lage ) and Cormeilles ( Lage ) in northern France , where the III. Group was stationed in Rosieres ( Lage ). Together with other combat squadrons, it again launched attacks on Great Britain. In May 1943 it moved to southern France to intervene again in the fighting in North Africa. From June onwards, the squadron was placed under Air Fleet 2 in Italy. There it intervened in the fighting for Sicily and the Italian mainland . From September it moved back to northern France on the Channel coast .
From the beginning of 1944 to May 1944, all groups took part in the Steinbock enterprise . In addition, they were the IX. Air Corps subordinated to Air Fleet 3 . After the Allied landing in Normandy , it attacked the landing forces from Saint-André-de-l'Eure ( Lage ) and Villaroche ( Lage ), among others . Adjusting to the general withdrawal, the squadron moved to Brussels and further east. The last remaining machines were shut down in places in the Gotha / Erfurt area . The squadron was renamed to Kampfgeschwader (J) 6 (the (J) stood for hunting). In the area around Prague it was to be converted to hunting machines. Due to the war situation, this did not happen.
Commanders
Squadron commodors
| Rank | Surname | time |
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| Lieutenant colonel | Joachim Hahn | May 1942 to June 4, 1942 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Wolfgang Bühring | June 4, 1942 to September 1, 1942 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Walter Storp | September 1, 1942 to September 11, 1943 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Hermann Hogeback | September 11, 1943 to May 8, 1945 |
Group commanders
- I. group
- Major Ernst-Günther von Scheliha, September 1, 1942 to January 9, 1943
- Major Bernhard von Dobschütz, January 9, 1943 to April 6, 1943
- Major Helmut Fuhrhop, April 6, 1943 to March 1, 1944
- Captain Hans Thurner, March 1, 1944 to June 11, 1944
- Major Karl-August von der Fecht, July 18, 1944 to September 14, 1944
- Captain Ernst Haller, September 14, 1944 to May 8, 1945
- II group
- Major Karl Schreiner, September 1, 1942 to June 12, 1943
- Major Hans Mader, June 12, 1943 to July 3, 1944
- Captain Hans-Joachim Faulhaber, July 4, 1944 to March 25, 1945
- Captain Wilhelm Kunze, March 25, 1945 to May 8, 1945
- III. group
- Major Hermann Hogeback, September 1, 1942 to August 12, 1943
- Captain Kurt Heintz, November 3, 1942 to December 31, 1942
- Major Rudolf Puchinger, August 12, 1943 to July 14, 1944
- Captain Hans Baasner, August 12, 1944 to March 26, 1945
- Captain Hans Oberdieck, March 26, 1945 to May 8, 1945
- IV. Group
- Captain Heinrich Hettchen, July 20, 1942 to December 23, 1942
- Major Friedrich Schallmayer, December 23, 1942 to November 23, 1944
literature
- Jan Horn: On all fronts. Chronicle of Kampfgeschwader 6 1941 to 1945 . Self-published, Dresden 2018, ISBN 978-3-00-058819-8 (627 pages).
- Wolfgang Dierich: The air force associations 1935-1945 . Outlines and short chronicles one document. Ed .: Wolfgang Dierich. Verlag Heinz Nickel , Zweibrücken 1993, ISBN 3-925480-15-3 (703 pages).
- Ulf Balke: The Air War in Europe 1939–1941 . Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-86047-591-6 (1057 pages).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfgang Dierich, p. 108.
- ↑ Ulf Balke, p. 390.
- ↑ a b Wolfgang Dierich, p. 109.
- ^ Leo Niehorster : German Air Force Order of Battle, 3rd Air Fleet, IXth Air Corps, June 6, 1944. Retrieved January 5, 2017 .
- ↑ Wolfgang Dierich, p. 110.
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