Zerstörergeschwader 1

Me 210A of III./ZG1 in early 1943

Geschwaderkommodore:

Maj Ulrich Diesing, 1.1.42 - 21.9.42
ObLt Paul-Friedrich Darjes, 10.42 - 1.3.43
ObLt Joachim Blechschmidt, 12.4.43 - 13.7.43
ObLt Lothar von Janson, 1943 - 10.3.44
ObLt Erich von Selle, 3.44 - 7.44

Stab:

Formed 4.1.42 at Lechfeld from Stab/SKG210. Disbanded 7.44.

Bases:

1.42 - 5.42	Lechfeld	VIII. Fliegerkorps	Bf 110
5.42 - 7.42	Belgorod	VIII. Fliegerkorps	Bf 110
7.42 - 8.42	Armavir	VIII. Fliegerkorps	Bf 110
8.42 - 10.42	Krasnodar	VIII. Fliegerkorps	Bf 110
10.42 - 12.42	Proloff, Tazinskaja	VIII. Fliegerkorps	Bf 110
12.42 - 3.43	Dnjepropetrowsk, and others	VIII. Fliegerkorps	Bf 110
3.43 - 5.43	Neubiberg	Luftflotte 2	Bf 110
5.43 - 8.43	Montecourvino	II. Fliegerkorps	Bf 110
8.43 - 12.6.44	Lorient	Fl. Fü. Atlantik Fl. Fü. West (from 4.44)	Bf 110, Ju 88C
12.6.44 - 15.6.44	Nantes		Ju 88C
14.6.44 - 18.6.44	Boulogne		Ju 88C
19.6.44 - 16.7.44	Bordeaux-Merignac	5. JD	Ju 88C
16.7.44 - 20.7.44	Salzwedel		Ju 88C

I. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

Maj Joachim-Friederich Huth, 1.5.39 - 13.12.39
Hptm Wolfgang Falck, 14.12.39 - 22.6.40
?
Hptm Wilfried Hermann, ? - 14.7.43

Formed 1.5.39 from I./ZG141 at Jüterbog-Damm. On 22.6.40 ordered to Düsseldorf and disbanded: Stab I/ZG1 became Stab I./NJG1, 1./ZG1 became 1./Erpr.Gr. 210 (at Köln-Ostheim), 2./ZG1 became 2./NJG1 and 3./ZG1 became 3./NJG1.

Reformed 4.1.42 at Lechfeld from I./SKG210. On 7.43 renamed I./ZG26.

Reformed 10.43 at Brest from V./KG40. In 8.44 moved to Welzow and was renamed II./JG4.

Bases:

1.5.39 - 8.39	Jüterbog-Damm	1. Flieger-Division	Bf 110C
8.39 - 15.10.39	Mühlen	1. Flieger-Division	Bf 110C
15.10.39 - 11.3.40	Neuhausen ob Eck	Luftflotte 3	Bf 110C
11.3.40 - 8.4.40	Marx	Stab/JG1	Bf 110C
8.4.40 - 9.4.40	Barth*	X. Fliegerkorps	Bf 110C
9.4.40 - 1.5.40	Aalborg-West	X. Fliegerkorps	Bf 110C
1.5.40 - 5.40	Kirchhellen	Jafü 2	Bf 110C
5.40 - 6.40	Norrent-Fontes	Jafü 2	Bf 110C
6.40 - mid.6.40	Boos-Rouen	Jafü 2	Bf 110C
6.40 - 22.6.40	Mönchen-Gladbach		Bf 110C

1.42 - 5.42	Lechfeld**	VIII. Fliegerkorps	Me 210, Bf 110
5.42 - 7.42	Belgorod	VIII. Fliegerkorps	Bf 110
7.42 - 8.42	Bagerovo	VIII. Fliegerkorps	Bf 110
8.42 - 9.42	Armavir	VIII. Fliegerkorps	Bf 110
9.42 - 10.42	Proloff	VIII. Fliegerkorps	Bf 110
10.42 - 11.42	Krasnodar	VIII. Fliegerkorps	Bf 110
11.42 - 12.42	Tazinskaja	VIII. Fliegerkorps	Bf 110
12.42 - 5.43	Taganrog, Nikolayev, Poltava, Orel	VIII. Fliegerkorps	Bf 110
5.43 - end.7.43	Bryansk	1. Flieger-Division	Bf 110

10.43 - 12.6.44	Lorient***	Fl. Fü. Atlantik Fl. Fü. West (from 4.44)	Ju 88C
12.6.44 - 15.6.44	Nantes		Ju 88C
15.6.44 - 18.6.44	Boulogne		Ju 88C
18.6.44 - 16.7.44	Corme-Ecluse****	5. JD	Ju 88C
16.7.44 - 20.7.44	Salzwedel		Ju 88C

* 3./ZG1 at Westerland

** 3.42 at Tours

*** 3./ZG1 at Bordeaux-Merignac, 11.43; 1./ZG1 at Salon-de-Provence, 5.5.44 - 21.5.44; 2./ZG1 at Vannes, 1.44 - 14.6.44 and at Chateauroux, 15.6.44 - 16.7.44.

**** 2./ZG1 at Chateaudun, 18.6.44 - 16.7.44

II. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

Maj Reichardt, 1.5.39 - 1940
Hptm Friedrich-Karl Dickoré, 1940 - 26.6.40
?

Formed 1.5.39 from 1./JG333 and transferred from Herzogenaurach to Fürstenwalde. Known as Jagdgruppe 101 between 8.39 and 1.3.40. On 26.6.40 renamed III./ZG76.

Reformed 4.1.42 at Bryansk from II./SKG210. In July 1944 renamed III./JG76.

Bases:

1.5.39 - 8.39	Fürstenwalde	1. Flieger-Division	Bf 109
8.39 - 10.39	Lichtenau, Mühlen, Prasnize	1. Flieger-Division	Bf 109
10.39 - 11.39	Uetersen	Stab/JG77	Bf 109
11.39 - 4.40	Neumünster	Stab/JG1	Bf 109 Bf 110 (from 18.2.40)
4.40 - 10.5.40	Gelsenkirchen-Buer	Jafü 2	Bf 110
10.5.40 - 18.5.40	Gütersloh	Luftflotte 2	Bf 110
18.5.40 - 26.6.40	Trier-Euren	Luftflotte 2	Bf 110

1.42 - 3.42	Bryansk	VIII. Fliegerkorps	Bf 110, Me 210
3.42 - 5.42	Lechfeld	VIII. Fliegerkorps	Bf 110
5.42 - 7.42	Belgorod	VIII. Fliegerkorps	Bf 110
7.42 - 8.42	Armavir	VIII. Fliegerkorps	Bf 110
8.42 - 10.42	Krasnodar	VIII. Fliegerkorps	Bf 110
10.42 - 12.42	Proloff, Tazinskaja	VIII. Fliegerkorps	Bf 110
12.42 - 3.43	Dnjepropetrovsk, and others	VIII. Fliegerkorps	Bf 110
3.43 - 5.43	Neubiberg	Luftflotte 2	Bf 110
5.43 - 8.43	Montecourvino	II. Fliegerkorps	Bf 110
8.43 - 11.43	Lanveoc-Poulmic	Fl. Fü. Atlantik	Bf 110
11.43 - 7.44	Wels*	7. JD	Bf 110

* detachment at Mamaia (Romania), 13.4.44 - 15.5.44

III. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

Maj Roland Bohrt, 1.42 - 9.9.42
Hptm Fritz Hobein, 9.42 -
Hptm Roeber
Hptm Drescher
Maj Wilhelm Berlin, ? - 10.10.43

Formed 1.42 at Lechfeld from four short-range reconnaissance staffeln. In 10.43 renamed II./ZG26.

Reformed 2.2.44 at Bordeaux-Merignac from 7./ZG1 and 1./SAGr.128. In 8.44 moved to Alteno and was renamed III./JG4.

Bases:

1.42 - 5.42	Lechfeld	VIII. Fliegerkorps	Bf 109
5.42 - 7.42	Belgorod	VIII. Fliegerkorps	Bf 109
7.42 - 8.42	Armavir	VIII. Fliegerkorps	Bf 109
8.42 - 10.42	Bir el Abd	Fl. Fü. Afrika	Bf 109
10.42 - 5.43	Trapani	II. Fliegerkorps	Me 210, Bf 109
5.43 - 7.43	Neapel	II. Fliegerkorps	Me 410
7.43 - 10.43	Hildesheim		Me 410
1.2.44 - 1.3.44	Bordeaux-Merignac*	Jafü Bordeaux	Ju 88C
1.3.44 - 6.44	Cazaux**	Fl. Fü. West	Ju 88C
12.6.44 - 15.6.44	Nantes		Ju 88C
15.6.44 - 18.6.44	Boulogne		Ju 88C
19.6.44 - 16.7.44	Varades***		Ju 88C
16.7.44 - 20.7.44	Salzwedel		Ju 88C

* 7./ZG1 at Lorient, 11.43; 8./ZG1 at Brest-Hourtin, 2.44

** 8./ZG1 at Salon-de-Provence, 23.5.44 - 10.6.44. (possibly the entire Gruppe)

*** Only 9./ZG1 is known to have been there. The rest of the Gruppe also?

Ergänzungsgruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

Formed 4.1.42 in Deblin-Irena from Erg.Gruppe/SKG210. Disbanded in Autumn 1942.

Ergänzungsstaffel:

Formed 11.5.44 from 3./Ergänzungszerstörergruppe. Possibly based at Lechfeld. On 19.8.44 redesignated 9./JG4.