
Me 210A of III./ZG1 in early 1943
Zerstörergeschwader 1
Geschwaderkommodore:
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:
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
Gruppenkommandeure:
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:
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.