Training Squadron 2

Training Squadron 2
active	November 1, 1938 to November 18, 1939
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Wehrmacht
Armed forces	air force
Branch of service	Air force
Type	Training squadron
structure	Squadron staff and 3 groups
Location	Staff Garz I. Group Garz II. Group Tutow III. Jüterbog group
equipment	Messerschmitt Bf 109 , Henschel Hs 123 , Heinkel He 46 , Focke-Wulf Fw 189 , Dornier Do 18 , Arado Ar 68
Second World War	Attack on Poland , Western campaign Air battle for England Balkan campaign Airborne battle for Crete German-Soviet War
Squadron commodors
First commodore	Lieutenant Colonel Eberhard Baier

The Lehrgeschwader 2 was an association of the Luftwaffe in the Second World War with headquarters in Garz (Usedom) .

Lineup

The Lehrgeschwader 2 was created on November 1, 1938 in Garz ( Lage ). Due to its task as a training squadron, the squadron groups had different priorities, which were reflected in the equipment. The I. Group emerged on November 1, 1938 in Garz from the I. / Lehrgeschwader Greifswald. It was designed as a hunting group and equipped with the Messerschmitt Bf 109 . The II. (Battle) group was the battle pilot group 10 renamed on November 1, 1938. It was based in Tutow ( Lage ) and flew the Henschel Hs 123 . In Jüterbog ( location ) was the III. (Awareness) group, previously called the teaching association / awareness group. Their squadrons had different focuses. The 7th and 8th were long-range reconnaissance squadrons while the 9th served close-up reconnaissance. Added to this were the 10th (maritime reconnaissance) squadron with the Dornier Do 18 in Travemünde ( Lage ) and the 11th (night) squadron with the Arado Ar 68 in Greifswald ( Lage ). The wing recognition was L2.

On August 26, 1939, the staff of the III. (Reconnaissance) group disbanded. The individual squadrons were either renamed and assigned to other associations, or became independent. The former 7th squadron became the independent 7. (F) / LG 2 which was assigned to the 7th Army as a reconnaissance squadron and was only disbanded in January 1943. The former 8th squadron was renamed on September 24, 1939 to 3./ Aufklärungsgruppe Ob.dL, while the former 9th squadron was an independent 9th (H) / LG 2 to the XIX. Army Corps (motorized) served as an aerial reconnaissance component. It was only dissolved in March 1942.

On November 18, 1939, the wing was renamed to the wing of Sturzkampfgeschwader 1. The still existing I. and II. Groups of Lehrgeschwader 2 were independent and independent groups.

history

On September 1, 1939, during the German invasion of Poland , the I. (Fighter) Group of the 1st Fliegerdivision of Air Fleet 1 in the northern section of the front. She was stationed in Lottin . The squadron staff and the II. (Battle) Group, however, were the pilot z. b. V. assigned to Air Fleet 4 in the southern section.

During the western campaign , the I. (Jagd-) Gruppe was under the command of the fighter pilot's German Bight of Air Fleet 2. It was in Neumünster ( Lage ) until May 12, 1940 , and later in May. a. in Dieppe . The II. (Battle) Group, however, was subordinate to the VIII. Fliegerkorps of the same air fleet.

In the ensuing Battle of Britain , the II. (Battle) Group remained with the VIII. Air Corps, now under Air Fleet 3. The I. (Hunting) Group took part in the fighting from Calais / Marck on August 22nd.

From the Bulgarian Plovdiv and Radomir, the I (hunting) and II (slaughter) groups took part in the Balkan campaign. In addition, they were subordinate to the 8th Air Corps of Air Fleet 4. Even in the subsequent airborne battle for Crete , they remained in the same subordinate relationship.

In the attack on the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, the I. and II. Groups participated under different commands. The I. was subordinate to the IV. Fliegerkorps of Luftflotte 4 in the southern section, while the II. Group belonged to the VIII. Fliegerkorps of Luftflotte 2 in the middle section. The starting bases were Roman and Praschnitz on June 22nd.

The I. (Jagd-) Gruppe remained active in the south of the Eastern Front and was transferred to Jagdgeschwader 77 as I. Group on January 6, 1942 . On January 13, 1942, the II. (Battle) Group was renamed into the I. Group / Battle Squadron 1.

Commanders

Squadron commodors

Rank	Surname	time
Lieutenant colonel	Eberhard Baier	November 1, 1938 to November 18, 1939

Group commanders

I. group

Rank	Surname	time
major	Hans Trübenbach	November 1, 1938 to August 18, 1940
Captain	Bernhard Mielke	August 18, 1940 to August 30, 1940
Captain	Herbert Ihlefeld	August 30, 1940 to January 6, 1942

II group

Rank	Surname	time
major	Georg Spielvogel	November 1, 1938 to September 9, 1939
major	Wolfgang Neudörfer	September 9, 1939 to December 1, 1939
Captain	Otto Albert Bernhard White	December 1, 1939 to January 13, 1942

III. group

Rank	Surname	time
major	Kurt Kleinrath	November 1, 1938 to March 14, 1939
Lieutenant colonel	? Radeke	March 14, 1939 to May 1, 1939
Lieutenant colonel	Günther Lohmann	May 1, 1939 to August 26, 1939

Known squadron members

• Adolf Galland (1912–1996) was General der Fighter Pilot since November 22, 1941 and since 1948 advisor to the Argentine government and air force. Later industrial consultant and chairman of the supervisory board of several aviation companies. His autobiography The First and the Last has sold over two million copies.
• Johannes Steinhoff (1913–1994) was Lieutenant General Inspector of the Air Force from 1966 to 1970

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Bernhard R. Kroener : The German Reich and the Second World War, Volume 5/1 , Deutsche Verlags Anstalt, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-421-06232-3 , pp. 718–719.
2. ↑ Ulf Balke: The aerial warfare in Europe 1939-1941 . Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-86047-591-6 , p. 401-405 (1057 pp.).
3. ↑ Ulf Balke: The aerial warfare in Europe 1939-1941 . Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-86047-591-6 , p. 408 (1057 pp.).
4. ↑ Ulf Balke: The aerial warfare in Europe 1939-1941 . Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-86047-591-6 , p. 414-415 (1057 pp.).
5. ↑ Leo Niehorster : German Airforce Order of Battle German 4th Air Fleet VIIIth Air Corps 20 May 1941 , accessed on May 1, 2015.
6. ^ Leo Niehorster: German Air Force Order of Battle, 4th Air Fleet, IV Air Corps, June 22, 1941 , accessed on May 1, 2015.
7. ↑ Leo Niehorster: German Air Force Order of Battle, 2nd Air Fleet, VIII Air Corps, June 22, 1941 , accessed on May 1, 2015.

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