Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"
Geschwaderkommodoren:
- Oberst Philipp Zoch, 1.5.39 - 31.7.39
- Oberst Erich Stahl, 1.8.39 - 12.40
- Oberst Paul Weitkus, 15.12.40 - 31.10.42
- Obesrt Karl-Eduard Wilke, 1.11.42 - 31.3.43
- Obstlt Fritz O. Pockrandt, 14.4.43 - 4.45
Stab:
Formed 1.5.39 in Ansbach from Stab/KG355. A Stabs-Staffel existed 5.39 - 4.42.
Disbanded 15.3.45.
Bases:
1.5.39 - 3.2.40 | Ansbach | He 111 | |
3.2.40 - 1.5.40 | Schwäbisch-Hall | He 111 | |
1.5.40 - 18.5.40 | Roth | He 111 | |
18.5.40 - 25.5.40 | Wiesbaden-Erbenheim | He 111 | |
25.5.40 - 18.6.41 | Lille-Nord | He 111 | |
18.6.41 - 9.7.41 | Radom | He 111 | |
9.7.41 - 4.8.41 | Minsk-Dubinskaya | He 111 | |
4.8.41 - 1.10.41 | Orscha | He 111 | |
1.10.41 - 10.6.42 | Schatalowka-Ost | He 111 | |
10.6.42 - 5.8.42 | Korowje-Selo | He 111 | |
5.8.42 - 8.42 | Smolensk-Nord | He 111 | |
8.42 - 9.9.42 | Seschtschinskaya | He 111 | |
9.9.42 - 2.43 | Korowje-Selo | He 111 | |
2.43 - 4.43 | Pleskau | He 111 | |
4.43 - 7.43 | Korowje-Selo | He 111 | |
7.43 - 10.9.43 | Olsufjewo | He 111 | |
10.9.43 - 24.9.43 | Gomel-Süd | He 111 | |
24.9.43 - 24.10.43 | Bobruisk | He 111 | |
24.10.43 - 22.11.43 | Rotmistrowka | He 111 | |
22.11.43 - 5.12.43 | Winnitsa | He 111 | |
5.12.43 - 16.1.44 | Rauchowka | He 111 | |
16.1.44 - 12.2.44 | Schaulen | He 111 | |
12.2.44 - 22.2.44 | Proskurow | He 111 | |
22.2.44 - 1.5.44 | Kowno | He 111 | |
1.5.44 - 25.7.44 | Radom | He 111 | |
25.7.44 - 17.8.44 | Jesau | He 111 | |
17.8.44 - 27.8.44 | Toul | He 111 | |
27.8.44 - 5.9.44 | Lachen-Speyersdorf | He 111 | |
5.9.44 - 10.44 | Reppen | He 111 | |
10.44 - 3.45 | Bad Zwischenahn | He 111 |
I. Gruppe:
Gruppenkommandeure:
- Obstlt Karl Mehnert, 1.5.39 - 10.5.40
- Obstlt Erich Kaufmann, 16.5.40 - 12.41
- Maj Joachim Wienholtz, 12.41 - 30.3.42
- Maj Fritz O. Pockrandt, 11.4.42 - 13.4.43
- Maj Karl Rauer, 17.4.43 - 9.44
- Maj Martin Vetter, 15.10.44 - 3.45
Formed 1.5.39 in Ansbach from I./KG355 with:
Stab I./KG53 from Stab I./KG355
1./KG53 from 1./KG355
2./KG53 from 2./KG355
3./KG53 from 3./KG355In 2.40 2./KG53 became 8./KG28 and was reformed. I./KG53 was disbanded 9.9.44.
Reformed 9.9.44 in Varelbusch from III./KG3 for airborne V1 launchings.
Stab I./KG53 from Stab III./KG3
1./KG53 from 7./KG3
2./KG53 from 8./KG3
3./KG53 from 9./KG3Disbanded 15.3.45.
Bases:
1.5.39 - 8.39 | Ansbach | He 111 | |
8.39 - 8.9.39 | Schönfeld | He 111 | |
8.9.39 - 9.9.39 | Neudorf | He 111 | |
9.9.39 - 15.9.39 | Giessen | He 111 | |
15.9.39 - 6.2.40 | Ansbach | He 111 | |
6.2.40 - 10.5.40 | Roth-Kiliansdorf | He 111 | |
10.5.40 - 18.5.40 | Gelchsheim | He 111 | |
18.5.40 - 21.6.40 | Gross-Ostheim | He 111 | |
21.6.40 - 9.7.40 | Evreux-le-Courdray | He 111 | |
9.7.40 - 12.7.40 | Wevelghem | He 111 | |
12.7.40 - 18.6.41 | Vitry-en-Artois | He 111 | |
18.6.41 - 29.6.41 | Grojek | He 111 | |
29.6.41 - 2.7.41 | Rogoznica | He 111 | |
2.7.41 - 9.7.41 | Miedzyrzee | He 111 | |
9.7.41 - 4.8.41 | Minsk-Dubinskaya | He 111 | |
4.8.41 - 1.10.41 | Orscha | He 111 | |
1.10.41 - 12.41 | Schatalowka-Ost | He 111 | |
12.41 - 1.42 | Ansbach | He 111 | |
1.42 - 3.42 | Riga | He 111 | |
3.42 - 6.42 | Korowje-Selo | He 111 | |
6.42 - 8.42 | Gostkino | He 111 | |
8.42 - 12.42 | Seschtschinskaya | He 111 | |
12.42 - 2.43 | Korowje-Selo | He 111 | |
2.43 - 3.43 | Pleskau-Süd | He 111 | |
3.43 - 4.43 | Gablingen | He 111 | |
4.43 - 7.43 | Korowje-Selo | He 111 | |
1.7.43 - 9.43 | Olsufjewo | He 111 | |
9.43 - 12.43 | Kowno | He 111 | |
12.43 - 22.2.44 | Proskurow | He 111 | |
22.2.44 - 1.5.44 | Kowno | He 111 | |
1.5.44 - 25.7.44 | Radom | He 111 | |
25.7.44 - 21.8.44 | Heiligenbeil | He 111 | |
21.8.44 - 9.44 | Nancy | He 111 | |
9.44 - 9.9.44 | Neubrandenberg | He 111 | |
9.44 - 12.44 | Varelbusch* | He 111 | |
12.44 - 3.45 | Leck** | He 111 |
* 1./KG53 at Varelbusch, 2./KG53 at Ahlhorn, 3./KG53 at Vechta.
** detachment at Husum
II. Gruppe:
Gruppenkommandeure:
- Obstlt Kohlbach, 1.5.39 - 7.40
- Maj Reinhold Tamm, 23.7.40 - 18.8.40
- Maj Hans Steinweg, 18.9.40 - 7.41
- Obstlt Hans Bader, 25.7.41 - (?)5.42
- Obstlt Schulz-Müllensiefen, 5.42 - 14.4.43
- Maj Herbert Wittmann, 25.5.43 - 3.45
Formed 1.5.39 in Schwäbisch-Hall from II./KG355 with:
Stab II./KG53 from Stab II./KG355
4./KG53 from 4./KG355
5./KG53 from 5./KG355
6./KG53 from 6./KG355Began airborne V1 launchings in 10.44. Disbanded 15.3.45.
Bases:
1.5.39 - 8.39 | Schwäbisch-Hall | He 111 | |
8.39 - 3.2.40 | Roth | He 111 | |
3.2.40 - 1.5.40 | Manching | He 111 | |
1.5.40 - 18.5.40 | Oedheim | He 111 | |
18.5.40 - 22.6.40 | Zellhausen | He 111 | |
22.6.40 - 12.7.40 | Schallhausen | He 111 | |
12.7.40 - 18.6.41 | Lille-Nord | He 111 | |
18.6.41 - 9.7.41 | Radom | He 111 | |
9.7.41 - 4.8.41 | Minsk-Dubinskaya | He 111 | |
4.8.41 - 1.10.41 | Orscha | He 111 | |
1.10.41 - 10.6.42 | Schatalowka-Ost | He 111 | |
10.6.42 - 5.8.42 | Korowje-Selo | He 111 | |
5.8.42 - 8.42 | Smolensk-Nord | He 111 | |
8.42 - 9.9.42 | Seschtschinskaya | He 111 | |
9.9.42 - 12.42 | Korowje-Selo | He 111 | |
12.42 - 12.1.43 | Greifswald | He 111 | |
12.1.43 - 6.2.43 | Voroschilovgrad | He 111 | |
6.2.43 - 15.2.43 | Stalino | He 111 | |
15.2.43 - 24.2.43 | Dnjepropetrovsk | He 111 | |
24.2.43 - 8.3.43 | Kirovograd | He 111 | |
8.3.43 - 19.3.43 | Dnjepropetrovsk | He 111 | |
19.3.43 - 4.43 | Pleskau | He 111 | |
4.43 - 15.7.43 | Gablingen | He 111 | |
15.7.43 - 10.9.43 | Olsufjewo | He 111 | |
10.9.43 - 24.9.43 | Gomel-Süd | He 111 | |
24.9.43 - 24.10.43 | Bobruisk | He 111 | |
24.10.43 - 22.11.43 | Rotmistrowka | He 111 | |
22.11.43 - 5.12.43 | Winnitsa | He 111 | |
5.12.43 - 16.1.44 | Rauchowka | He 111 | |
16.1.44 - 12.2.44 | Schaulen | He 111 | |
12.2.44 - 20.2.44 | Proskurow | He 111 | |
20.2.44 - 1.6.44 | Schaulen | He 111 | |
1.6.44 - 25.7.44 | Piastow | He 111 | |
25.7.44 - 17.8.44 | Jesau | He 111 | |
17.8.44 - 8.44 | Le Bourget, Verdun | He 111 | |
8.44 - 4.9.44 | Babenhausen | He 111 | |
4.9.44 - 10.44 | Reppen | He 111 | |
10.44 - 3.45 | Bad Zwischenahn* | He 111 |
* 4./KG53 at Bad Zwischenahn, 5./KG53 at Jever, 6./KG53 at Wittmund.
III. Gruppe:
Gruppenkommandeure:
- Maj Friedrich Edler von Braun, 1.5.39 - (?)3.40
- Maj Willi Rohrbacher, (?)3.40 - 2.41
- Maj Richard Fabian, 2.41 - 4.42
- Maj Walter Brautkuhl, 4.42 - 5.8.42
- Maj Hans Waldforst, 17.8.42 - 13.9.42
- Maj Hubert Mönch, 21.10.43 - 27.5.43
- Maj Emil Allmendinger, 24.6.43 - 18.3.45
Formed 1.5.39 in Giebelstadt from III./KG355 with:
Stab III./KG53 from Stab III./KG355
7./KG53 from 7./KG355
8./KG53 from 8./KG355
9./KG53 from 9./KG355In 7.44 8./KG53 became 11./KG53 and was reformed.
Began airborne V1 launchings in 10.44. Disbanded 21.3.45.
Bases:
1.5.39 - 8.39 | Giebelstadt | He 111 | |
8.39 - 1.10.39 | Gross-Ostheim | He 111 | |
1.10.39 - 3.2.40 | Giebelstadt | He 111 | |
3.2.40 - 1.5.40 | Schwäbisch-Hall | He 111 | |
1.5.40 - 12.7.40 | Frankfurt/Rhein-Main | He 111 | |
12.7.40 - 12.40 | Lille-Mouvaux | He 111 | |
12.40 - 18.6.41 | Lübe* | He 111 | |
18.6.41 - 9.7.41 | Radzyn | He 111 | |
9.7.41 - 4.8.41 | Minsk-Dubinskaya | He 111 | |
4.8.41 - 1.10.41 | Orscha | He 111 | |
1.10.41 - 1.42 | Schatalowka-Ost | He 111 | |
1.42 - 15.7.42 | Ansbach | He 111 | |
15.7.42 - 16.8.42 | Chartres | He 111 | |
16.8.42 - 1.9.42 | Smolensk-Nord | He 111 | |
1.9.42 - 20.10.42 | Gostkino | He 111 | |
20.10.42 - 4.43 | Dno | He 111 | |
4.43 - 1.7.43 | Pleskau | He 111 | |
1.7.43 - 19.7.43 | Osulfjewo | He 111 | |
19.7.43 - 5.12.43 | Gablingen | He 111 | |
5.12.43 - 25.1.44 | Puchwitschi | He 111 | |
25.1.44 - 31.1.44 | Kowno | He 111 | |
31.1.44 - 9.2.44 | Schaulen | He 111 | |
9.2.44 - 21.2.44 | Uman | He 111 | |
21.2.44 - 30.3.44 | Schaulen | He 111 | |
30.3.44 - 30.4.44 | Mielec | He 111 | |
30.4.44 - 9.7.44 | Radom | He 111 | |
9.7.44 - 25.7.44 | Grojek | He 111 | |
25.7.44 - 17.8.44 | Jesau | He 111 | |
17.8.44 - 27.8.44 | Toul | He 111 | |
27.8.44 - 6.9.44 | Lachen-Speyersdorf | He 111 | |
6.9.44 - 10.44 | Nieder-Seyfersdorf | He 111 | |
10.44 - 17.2.45 | Schleswig* | He 111 | |
17.2.45 - 3.45 | Greifswald** | He 111 |
* 8./KG53 at Liegnitz, 9./KG53 at Freiwaldau
* 7./KG53 at Leck, 8./KG53 at Schleswig, 9./KG53 at Eggebeck
** 7./KG53 at Alt-Lönnewitz
IV. Gruppe:
Gruppenkommandeure:
- ?
- Maj Joachim Wienholtz, 21.3.41 - 3.12.41
- Maj Karl-Andreas Zahn, 4.12.41 - 11.4.43
- Maj Ludwig Grözinger, 12.4.43 - 20.8.44
Formed 6.40 in Giebelstadt as Schulstaffel/KG53. Disbanded 9.40, and absorbed by III./KG53.
Reformed 21.3.41 now as Gruppe with:
Stab IV./KG53 new
10./KG53 new
11./KG53 new
12./KG53 new13./KG53 was formed 9.42 at Orleans-Bricy.
IV./KG53 was disbanded 20.8.44.
Bases:
6.40 - 9.40 | Giebelstadt* | He 111 | |
21.3.41 - 11.41 | Lille-Nord* | He 111 | |
11.41 - ?.42 | Vembrechis* | He 111 | |
?.42 - ?.42 | Ansbach-Katterbach* | He 111 | |
?.42 - 6.2.44 | Orleans-Bricy* | He 111 | |
7.2.44 - 2.44 | Landsberg/Lech* | He 111 | |
2.44 - 20.8.44 | Szolnok* | He 111 |
* 10./KG53 at Vembrechis (3.41 - ?.42), and Wiener Neustadt? (7.2.44 - 20.4.44)
* 11./KG52 at Märkisch-Friedland (26.3.41 - 6.41), Vembrechis (6.41 - ?.41), Lille-Nord (?.41 - ?.42), Ansbach-Katterbach (?.42 - 21.11.42), Cormeilles (22.11.42 - 30.12.42)
* 12./KG53 at Vembrechis (6.41 - ?.41), Schwäbisch-Hall (?.42 - ?.42), and then Ansbach-Katterbach.
15.(kroat.)/KG53:
Staffelkapitän:
- Maj Gerhard Joachim, 12.42 - 6.44
Formed 7.42 in Agram from 10.(kroat.)/KG3. Disbanded 6.44.
Bases:
7.42 - 7.42 | Agram | Do 17Z | |
7.42 - 8.42 | Korowje-Selo? | Do 17Z | |
8.42 - 9.42 | Seschtschinskaya? | Do 17Z | |
9.42 - 12.42 | Korowje-Selo? | Do 17Z | |
12.42 - 6.44 | Agram* | Do 17Z |
* Sarajevo-Butmir airfield was also used.
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