Gruppenkommandeure:

• Hptm Gerd Stein, 2.40 - 6.40
• Maj Karl-Heinrich Schulz, 3.6.40 - 10.8.40
• Maj Holm Schellmann, 10.8.40 - 12.40

Formed 2.40 in Marx from parts of III./KG26:

Stab/KGr.126 from Stab III./KG26
1./KGr.126 from 7./KG26
2./KGr.126 from 8./KG26
3./KGr.126 from 9./KG26

Conducted mining operations in coastal waters. From 8.40 attached to Stab/KG40. In 12.40 redesignated I./KG28:

Stab/KGr.126 became Stab I./KG28
1./KGr.126 became 1./KG28
2./KGr.126 became 2./KG28
3./KGr.126 became 3./KG28

Bases:

2.40 - 7.40	Marx	9. Flieger-Division	He 111H
7.40 - 12.40	Nantes	9. Flieger-Division IX. Fliegerkorps (from 10.40)	He 111H

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