Transport Squadron 2
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Combat Squadron zbV 3 |
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| active | January 1941 to September 30, 1944 |
| Country |
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| Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
| Armed forces | air force |
| Branch of service | Air force |
| Type | Transport squadron |
| structure | Squadron staff and 3 groups |
| equipment | Junkers Ju 52 |
| Second World War | Airborne battle for Crete |
| Squadron commodors | |
| First commodore | Major General Ulrich Buchholz |
The Transportgeschwader 2 was an association of the Luftwaffe in World War II . It was originally set up in January 1941 as Kampfgeschwader zbV 3 .
Lineup
The staff of Transportgeschwader 2 was set up in January 1941 as the staff of Kampfgeschwader for special use 3 (KG zbV 3). No squadron groups were subordinate to this staff. Instead, he led different independent combat groups from case to case zbV. In May 1943 the name was changed to the staff of the transport squadron 5. The former independent combat groups zbV 600, 800 and 106 were assigned to this squadron staff as I. to III. Transport group supplied. All three groups were equipped with the three-engine Junkers Ju 52 transport aircraft. The wing recognition was G6. On September 30, 1944, the squadron staff and the I. Group were disbanded. The II. And III. The group lasted until May 1945.
history
The combat group zbV 106 was deployed under the X. Fliegerkorps at the Weser Exercise Company , the occupation of Denmark and Norway . This was in Uetersen ( location ).
At the airborne battle for Crete , which began on May 20, 1941 , the combat group zbV 106 was the XI. Fliegerkorps subordinated to Luftflotte 4 . From the Greek airfield Tanagra ( Lage ), she flew paratroopers and airborne troops to Crete.
Combat group zbV 106 switched to Luftflotte 1 at Insterburg Air Base on June 22, 1941, at the beginning of the German-Soviet War .
When Transport Squadron 2 was set up, all three groups were in Brindisi, Italy. The I. and III. Group then moved to the south of the Eastern Front, while Group II remained in Italy. This did not change until the squadron was disbanded.
Commanders
Squadron commodors
| Rank | Surname | time |
|---|---|---|
| Major general | Ulrich Buchholz | February 1, 1941 to January 15, 1943 |
| Colonel | Theodor Beckmann | February 1, 1943 to May 1943 |
| Colonel | Walter Erdmann | June 15, 1943 to March 1944 |
Group commanders
- I. group
- Captain Zeidler, December 1941 to?
- II group
- Major Kalepke, December 1941 to?
- Major Paul Quednau, May 1943 to August 1944
- Major Kurt Heinrich Harnisch, 1944 to May 1945
- III. group
- Major Hugo Stolt, March 1940 to June 1, 1943
- Major Walter Hornung, June 1 to June 10, 1943
- Lieutenant Colonel Josef Kögl, June 10, 1943 to March 1944
- Major Gerhard Dudeck, March 1944 to March 1945
- Captain Hans-Hermann Ellerbrock, March 1945 to May 1945
literature
- 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).
Individual evidence
- ^ Leo Niehorster : Scandinavian Campaign, German Airforce, Order of Battle X Air Corps April 9, 1940 , accessed June 25, 2019.
- ↑ Leo Niehorster: The Battle for Crete, Order of Battle German 4th Air Fleet 20 May 1941 , accessed on June 25, 2019.
- ↑ Leo Niehorster: German Air Force Order of Battle, 1st Air Fleet, June 22, 1941 , accessed on June 25, 2019.
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