Luftwaffe Unit OBs

Jagdgeschwader 26 Schlageter

Strengths, 1939-1945

Unit	Aircraft				Airbase	Crews
	Type	Auth	On-hand	Svcble		Auth	On-hand	Ready
30 September 39
Stab	Bf 109E	3	3	3	Bonn-Odendorf	3	3	3
I Gruppe		48	42	36	Bonn-Odendorf	39	36	35
II Gruppe		48	39	36	Bönninghardt	39	36	28
III Gruppe		39	45	20	Werl	39	34	27
10. (Nacht)	Bf 109D	12	14	12	Bonn-Hangelar	12	11	11
10. (Nacht)	Ar 68	6	6	3	Bonn-Hangelar	12	11	11
30 December 39
Stab	Bf 109E	3	3	2	Dortmund	3	3	2
I Gruppe		39	39	29	Dortmund	39	38	23
II Gruppe		48	37	31	Werl	39	38	23
III Gruppe		39	39	25	Essen-Mühlheim	39	46	30
10. (Nacht)	Bf 109D	12	13	12	Jever	12	15	9
10. (Nacht)	Ar 68	6	6	0	Jever	12	15	9
30 March 40
Stab	Bf 109E	3	3	0	Dortmund	3	3	3
I Gruppe		48	37	28	Bönninghardt	39	42	26
II Gruppe		48	42	30	Dortmund	39	33	27
III Gruppe		48	38	25	Essen-Mühlheim	39	36	36
29 June 40
Stab	Bf 109E	4	2	0	Dortmund	4	2	2
I Gruppe		39	29	22	Bönninghardt	39	37	22
II Gruppe		39	35	16	Dortmund	39	34	30
III Gruppe		39	32	25	Mönchen-Gladbach	39	34	30
17 August 40
Stab	Bf 109E	4	4	2	Audembert	4	?	?
I Gruppe		39	34	24	Audembert	39	?	?
II Gruppe		39	35	29	Marquise	39	?	?
III Gruppe		39	39	33	Caffiers	39	?	?
7 September 40
Stab	Bf 109E	4	4	3	Audembert	4	?	?
I Gruppe		39	27	20	Audembert	39	?	?
II Gruppe		39	32	28	Marquise	39	?	?
III Gruppe		39	29	26	Caffiers	39	?	?
28 September 40
Stab	Bf 109E	4	4	2	Audembert	4	3	1
I Gruppe		39	32	27	Audembert	39	30	24
II Gruppe		39	34	26	Marquise	39	31	20
III Gruppe		39	31	26	Caffiers	39	24	20
28 December 40
Stab	Bf 109E-7	4	4	2	Audembert	4	3	1
I Gruppe		39	32	27	Audembert	39	30	24
II Gruppe		39	34	26	Marquise	39	31	20
III Gruppe		39	31	26	Caffiers	39	24	20
29 March 41
Stab	Bf 109F-0/1	4	2	1	Düsseldorf	4	3	3
I Gruppe	Bf 109E-7	39	31	30	Dortmund	39	30	30
II Gruppe	Bf 109E-7	39	32	25	Düsseldorf	39	31	31
III Gruppe	Bf 109F-0/1	27	14	1	Bonn-Hangelar	27	25	25
7. Staffel	Bf 109E-7	12	15	10	Gela	12	10	10
Erg. Gruppe	Bf 109E	15	15	15	?	15	15	15
28 June 41
Stab	Me 109E-7	4	2	1	Audembert	4	4	3
Stab	Me 109F-0/1	4	3	0	Audembert	4	4	3
I Gruppe	Me 109E-7	40	21	19	St. Omer	40	33	25
II Gruppe	Me 109E-7	40	30	23	Maldegem	40	32	25
III Gruppe	Me 109F-1/2	43	39	16	Liegescourt	40	27	24
Erg. Gruppe	Bf 109E	16	10	6	?	16	9	6
7. Staffel is in Libya, but appears to be counted in the totals above.
27 September 41
Stab	Me 109F-4	4	7	6	Audembert	4	4	4
I Gruppe	Me 109F-2/4	40	33	26	St. Omer-Clairmarais	40	45	34
II Gruppe	Fw 190A-1	40	45	30	Moorsele	40	47	36
III Gruppe	Me 109F-2	40	32	27	Liegescourt	40	47	32
III Gruppe	Me 109F-4	40	1	1	Liegescourt	40	47	32
Erg. Gruppe	Bf 109E	16	10	8	?	16	17	13
27 December 41
Stab	Fw 190A-1	4	4	3	Audembert	4	5	4
I Gruppe	Fw 190A-1	40	41	7	St.Omer-Arques	40	50	29
I Gruppe	Bf 109F-4	40	29	24	St.Omer-Arques	40	50	29
II Gruppe	Fw 190A-1/2	40	36	28	Abbeville-Drucat	40	46	31
III Gruppe	Fw 190A-1/2	40	33	27	Coquelles	40	38	38
Erg. Gruppe	Bf 109E	16	12	10	?	16	18	10
Erg. Gruppe	Bf 109F-2	16	1	0	?	16	18	10
28 March 42
Stab	Fw 190A-2	4	6	6	Audembert	4	6	6
I Gruppe	Fw 190A-1	40	29	18	St.Omer-Arques	40	53	34
I Gruppe	Bf 109F-4	40	12	8	St.Omer-Arques	40	53	34
II Gruppe	Fw 190A-1/2	40	31	22	Abbeville-Drucat	40	48	24
III Gruppe	Fw 190A-1/2	40	29	17	Coquelles	40	41	26
10. (Jabo)	Bf 109F-4/R1	15	12	10	St.Omer-Arques	15	?	?
30 June 42
Stab	Fw 190A-2/3	4	7	6	St.Omer-Wizernes	4	7	6
I Gruppe	Fw 190A-1/2	40	37	30	St.Omer-Arques	40	37	32
II Gruppe	Fw 190A-2/3	40	30	33	Abbeville-Drucat	40	39	35
III Gruppe	Fw 190A-2/3	40	36	31	Wevelghem	40	38	26
10. (Jabo)	Fw 190A-3/4/U3	10	10	5	Le Bourget	15	13	11
10. (Jabo)	Bf 109F-4/R1	10	5	7	Le Bourget	15	13	11
11. (Höhen)	Bf 109G-1	15	0	0	?	15	0	0
10. Staffel is reforming and 11. Staffel is forming.
30 September 42
Stab	Fw 190A-2/4	4	5	3	St.Omer-Wizernes	4	4	4
I Gruppe	Fw 190A-3	40	37	29	St.Omer-Arques	40	40	34
II Gruppe	Fw 190A-3/4	40	37	21	Abbeville-Drucat	40	41	33
III Gruppe	Fw 190A-3/4	40	39	34	Wevelghem	40	40	32
III Gruppe	Bf 109G-4	40	5	1	Wevelghem	40	40	32
10. (Jabo)	Fw 190A-4/U3	15	16	10	St.Omer-Wizernes	15	13	9
11. (Höhen)	Bf 109G-1	15	10	9	Norrent-Fontes	15	12	8
11. (Höhen)	Bf 109G-1/R2	15	6	3	Norrent-Fontes	15	12	8
31 December 42
Stab	Fw 190A-4	4	5	5	St.Omer-Wizernes	4	4	2
I Gruppe	Fw 190A-4	40	34	23	St. Omer-Ft. Rouge	40	43	27
II Gruppe	Fw 190A-4	40	33	26	Abbeville-Drucat	40	53	26
II Gruppe	Bf 109G-4	40	11	7	Abbeville-Drucat	40	53	26
III Gruppe	Bf 109G-5	40	2	2	Wevelghem	40	48	35
	Bf 109G-1/R2		1	0
	Fw 190A-4		35	29
10. (Jabo)	Fw 190A-4/U3	15	14	13	St.Omer-Wizernes	15	13	12
11. (Höhen)	Bf 109G-1	15	12	8	N. Africa	15	10	0
Data for 11. Staffel is for 1 December
31 December 43
Stab	Fw 190A-6	4	4	3	Lille-Nord	4	3	2
I Gruppe	Fw 190A-6	68	38	27	Florennes	68	63	42
II Gruppe	Fw 190A-6	68	32	20	Cambrai-Epinoy	68	65	38
III Gruppe	Bf 109G-6	68	26	18	Mönchen-Gladbach	68	54	25
30 June 44
Stab	Fw 190A-8	4	3	1	Chaumont	4	4	2
I Gruppe	Fw 190A-8	68	24	10	Boissy le Bois	68	50	39
II Gruppe	Fw 190A-8	68	14	6	Guyancourt	68	43	23
III Gruppe	Bf 109G-6	68	31	18	Villacoublay	68	55	36
31 December 44
Stab	Fw 190A-8	4	1	0	Fürstenau	4	4	1
Stab	Fw 190D-9	4	2	1	Fürstenau	4	4	1
I Gruppe	Fw 190A-8	68	3	0	Fürstenau	68	52	41
I Gruppe	Fw 190D-9	68	49	32	Fürstenau	68	52	41
II Gruppe	Fw 190D-9	68	39	32	Nordholm	68	50	41
III Gruppe	Bf 109G-14	68	14	7	Plantlünne	68	40	29
	Bf 109K-4		29	13
	Fw 190D-9		1	1
III/JG 54	Fw 190D-9	68	49	32	Varrelbusch	68	51	44
9 April 45
Stab	Fw 190D-9	4	4	3	Uetersen	4	4	?
I Gruppe	Fw 190D-9	52	44	16	Stade	52	34	?
II Gruppe	Fw 190D-9	52	57	29	Uetersen	52	?	?
III Gruppe	Fw 190D-9	36	35	15	Kleinskummersfelde	36	29*	21*
* data for 20 April

Excerpted from Caldwell's JG 26: Top Guns of the Luftwaffe and JG 26 War Diary.

Kampfgeschwader 2 Holzhammer

Strengths, 1942-1944

	Stab				I Gruppe					II Gruppe				III Gruppe			V Gruppe
Month	Do 217E	Do 217K	Ju 188E	Me 410A	Do 217E	Do 217K	Do 217M	Ju 188A	Ju 188E	Do 217E	Do 217K	Do 217M	Ju 188E	Do 217E	Do 217K	Do 217M	Do 217K	Me 410A
Jan 42	1				25					28				38
Feb 42	1				36					26				35
Mar 42	1				20					22				22
Apr 42	1				36					18				17
May 42	-				32					14				16
Jun 42	1				25					25				27
Jul 42	2				25					23				29
Aug 42	2				27					27				31
Sep 42	2				19					27				28
Oct 42	2				25					34				35
Nov 42	17	6			24					30				32
Dec 42	21	20			27					29	2			33
Jan 43	1				26	5				29	2			30
Feb 43	1	19			27	6				30	4			19	5
Mar 43		4			24	7				30	4			20	7
Apr 43	1	3			15	7				24	8			11	7		Redesignated from II/KG 40
May 43	1	3			18	1	1			2	21				15		20 June 43
Jun 43		3		1	10	1	17			10	16				18		8	30
Jul 43		3		1			27			13	13			5	19	17	1	48
Aug 43		2		1			30			16	21				1	15	1	23
Sep 43		2					24			8	10				6	14		19
Oct 43		2					25							3	13	6		25
Nov 43		2					27						1	5	9	6		20
Dec 43		2					27						14	3	13	5		12
Jan 44		3					36						28	3	15	16		24
Feb 44		2					30						34	1	8	18		22
Mar 44		3	2				16	5					27	1	4	16	Redesignated II/KG 51
Apr 44		2	2					19					16	1	5	21	6 February 44
May 44		1	3					16	1				13		3	8
Jun 44			2					12					5		1	6
Jul 44			3		1	2	4	3	1
Aug 44	Disbanded 4 July 44				2	1	15			10	3
Sep 44					27					20	3
Oct 44					27					20	3	3		Redesignated V/NJG3
					Disbanded 3 October 44					Disbanded 3 October 44				12 January 45
	Stab				I Gruppe					II Gruppe				III Gruppe			V Gruppe
Month	Do 217E	Do 217K	Ju 188E	Me 410A	Do 217E	Do 217K	Do 217M	Ju 188A	Ju 188E	Do 217E	Do 217K	Do 217M	Ju 188E	Do 217E	Do 217K	Do 217M	Do 217K	Me 410A

Strengths are as of the first day of the month, except for V Gruppe in June 43 which is 20 June.

Taken from Balke's KG 2 unit history.

KGr 100

		Aircraft			Crews
Date	Unit	Type	Strength	Svcble	Strength	Ready
2 Sep 39	7./Ln Abt 100	Ju 52	12	10
2 Sep 39	8./Ln Abt 100	He 111H	8	8
Stab formed; 7. and 8. Kp. redesignated as 1. and 2. Kp. respectively
14 Oct 39	Ln Abt 100	Do 17U	1	1
		He 111H	25	15
		Ju 52	10	10
Redesignated as KGr 100
18 Nov 39	KGr 100	Do 17U	2	2
		He 111H	24	16
		Ju 52	5	1
9 Dec 39	KGr 100	He 111H	26	12
6 Jan 40	KGr 100	He 111H	26	12
10 Feb 40	KGr 100	He 111H	26	14
9 Mar 40	KGr 100	He 111H	24	2
6 Apr 40	KGr 100	He 111H	27	18
4 May 40	KGr 100	He 111H	26	14
8 Jun 40	KGr 100	He 111H	23	9
3. Staffel formed
13 Jul 40	KGr 100	He 111H	30	11
17 Aug 40	KGr 100	He 111H	40	19
14 Sep 40	KGr 100	He 111H	29	8
12 Oct 40	KGr 100	He 111H-1	4	19
		He 111H-2	12
		He 111H-3	11
		He 111H-5	15
16 Nov 40	KGr 100	He 111H-1	3	12	36	34
		He 111H-2	8
		He 111H-3	11
14 Dec 40	KGr 100	He 111H-1/2	10	16	36	36
14 Dec 40	KGr 100	He 111H-3	13	16	36	36
11 Jan 41	KGr 100	He 111H-3	40	16	31	31
15 Feb 41	KGr 100	He 111H-3	38	27	32	32
15 Mar 41	KGr 100	He 111H-3	35	12	29	29
12 Apr 41	KGr 100	He 111H-1/2	8	20	24	24
12 Apr 41	KGr 100	He 111H-3	24	20	24	24
10 May 41	KGr 100	He 111H-3	30	9	33	30
14 Jun 41	KGr 100	He 111H-3	24	13
19 Jul 41	KGr 100	He 111H-3	13	3

Notes: Defensive armament of all early He 111 aircraft was upgraded to H-3 standard by late summer '40. Aircraft assigned to the Erg. Staffel have been ignored. Crew data for 12 April is actually for 15 April. Ln Abt is Luftnachrichten Abteilung or Air Signals Battalion. Kp is Kompanie or company in English.

Extracted from Wakefield, Kenneth. The First Pathfinders: The Operational History of Kampfgruppe 100 1939-1941.

II./KGr zbV 1 (II./TG 1)

	1942								1943
	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Okt	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Okt
Strength	37	34	34	34	53	48	43	45	15	36	0	42	49	47	52	48	45	44
New											13
Repaired	6					5			24		29	14
Received from other units	5	3		22					6	5				7			5	1
Lost to enemy action					3				5	2				2	2		5
Losses other than to enemy action				3	1				3	4		1	2		1	3	1	2
Transferred to other units	14	3			1		8		1	35		6			1			8

1943 1944
Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Strength 35 1 Ju 52 1 Ju 52, 12 SM.75, 25 SM.81 1 Ju 52, 28 SM.82 1 SM.82, 47 SM.82 47 46 46 46 43 43
New
25 SM.81, 1 SM.75 28 SM.82 19 SM.82 7 SM.82 2 4 4 2

Repaired

2 1

2

Received from other units
11 SM.75

Lost to enemy action

3 3 2

Losses other than to enemy action

1SM.82 2 2 1 3 2

Transferred to other units 34
25 SM.81, 12 SM.75
6 SM.82, 1 Ju 52

1 2
43

	1943	1944
	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep
Strength	35	1 Ju 52	1 Ju 52, 12 SM.75, 25 SM.81	1 Ju 52, 28 SM.82	1 SM.82, 47 SM.82	47	46	46	46	43	43
New		25 SM.81, 1 SM.75	28 SM.82	19 SM.82	7 SM.82	2	4	4	2
Repaired						2	1			2
Received from other units		11 SM.75
Lost to enemy action						3	3	2
Losses other than to enemy action					1SM.82	2	2	1	3	2
Transferred to other units	34		25 SM.81, 12 SM.75		6 SM.82, 1 Ju 52			1	2		43

Unless otherwise noted all aircraft are Ju 52s. II/TG 1 was disbanded September 44.

Taken from the II/KG zbV 1 unit history.

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