LUFTWAFFE

FLYING UNITS IN FINLAND IN 1942

Luftwaffe Heinkel He 111P-6 (GA+OW, WNr. 580) courier plane visited in Finnish airbase Nurmoila in June 1942. It probably delivered spare parts and/or mechanics for the damaged German Junkers Ju 88.
(Photo: Harri Anttonen)

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LUFTFLOTTE 5
Oslo
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Befehlshaber:

Generaloberst

Hans-Jürgen Stumpff

Stabschef:

Oberst

Andreas Nielsen

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Sub-headquarters of Luftflotte 5
and flying units in Northern Finland and Norway
.1.1942 - 12.1942:
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Gefechtsstab Kemi

(Gefechtsstab Luftflotte 5)
1.12.41 - 10.7.42 and 24.9.42 - 15.11.43 Kemi
11.7. - 23.9.42 Nautsi

Stabschef
- ?.42  ?
?.42 - 31.3.43 
Oberstleutnant Walter Lehwess-Litzmann
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German name and abbreviation:
(Sign, notes)
Planes:
(Number and type)
Airfield:
(Notes)
     
Fliegerführer Nord(Ost) (Fl.Fü.Nord(Ost))
Oberst Alexander Holle
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Rovaniemi
Kette 1.Staffel/Fernaufklerergruppe 124
(Ke.1.(F)/124)

III Gruppe/Kampfgeschwader 30
(III./KG 30)

I Gruppe/Stukageschwader 5
(I./St.G 5)
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II Gruppe/Jagdgeschwader 5
(Stab II./JG 5)
4./JG 5
5.(Jabo)/JG 5
6./JG 5

10.Staffel/Jagdgeschwader 5 (7.42-)
(10./JG 5)

6.->10.->13.Zerstörerstaffel/JG 5 1)
(6.->10.->13.(Z)/JG 5)

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3x Junkers Ju 88A-5/D-2
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36x Junkers Ju 88A-4
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36x Junkers Ju 87B/R Stuka
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32x Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4
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10x Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4,-7
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?x Messerschmitt Bf 109E/F
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0-4x Messerschmitt Me 110C-2/
D-3
(-?.42), E-1,-2
8-10x Messerschmitt Me 110F-2/U4
(5.42-), F-2/Trop (5./.6.42-)

Kemi
Kirkenes

Kemi
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Rovaniemi
Alakurtti
Kirkenes

Kirkenes
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Petsamo

Kirkenes
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Rovaniemi
Kirkenes (26.2.42-)
Petsamo (at times)
Alakurtti
(20.-21.9.42)
Kemijärvi
(27.12.42-)

Fliegerführer Nordnorwegen (Fl.Fü.N.N.) (12.41 - 31.7.42)
(Kommandierender) General der Luftwaffe Nordnorwegen (Gen.d.Lw.N.N.)

(1.42 - 31.7.42)
Generalleutnant Hermann Bruch

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Kirkenes
Kette 1.Staffel/Fernaufklerergruppe 120
(Ke.1.(F)/120)

Schwarm 1.Staffel/Fernaufklerergruppe 124
(Schw.1.(F)/124)

1.Staffel/Küstenfliegergruppe 406
(1./406)

3.Staffel/Küstenfliegergruppe 906
(3./906)

1.Staffel/Küstenfliegergruppe 196
(1./196)

Kette 3.Staffel/Küstenfliegergruppe 406
(Ke. 3./406)

3.Staffel/Kampfgeschwader 26
(3./KG 26)

1.Staffel/Kampfgeschwader 26
(1./KG 26)

14.Staffel/Jagdgeschwader 5
(14./JG 77)

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3x Junkers Ju 88
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4x Junkers Ju 88A-5/D-2
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?x Heinkel He 111H-4/-5
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?x Heinkel He 111H-4/-5
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?x Messerschmitt Bf 109E/F

Bardufoss
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Kirkenes
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Tromsö
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Tromsö
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Hammerfest
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Banak
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Bardufoss
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Banak
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Petsamo, Kirkenes

Fliegerführer Lofoten (1.42 - 18.4.44)
16.2.42- Oberst / Generalmajor (1.8.42) Ernst-August Roth
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Bardufoss
(All planes in Norway. At first had maritime aircraft units only but after summer 1942
got units from the suspended Fl.Fü.N.N.
Individual plane visits to Finland possible.)
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NOTE:

1) 1.(Z)/JG 77 -> (3.1.42-) 6.(Z)/JG 5 -> (16.3.42-) 10.(Z)/JG 5 -> (22.6.42-) 13.(Z)/JG 5 -> (18.7.44-) 10./ZG 26
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The Organization and Development of JG 5 since 1.2.1942:
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Jagdgeschwader 5 (JG 5) "Eismeer"

Stab/JG 5
5.42- Petsamo, 2.44- Alakurtti, 10.5.-12.44, 3.-5.45 Stavanger-Forus, 12.44-3.45 Stavanger-Lade

Geschwaderkommodore:
1.5.42 - Obstlt Gotthard Handrick (Formerly Geschwaderkommodore JG 77),
6.43 - 5.44, 2. - 5.45 Maj./Obstlt (44) Günther Scholz,
5.44 - 2.45 Maj. Heinrich Ehrler

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I.Gruppe/JG 5
Formed from I./JG 77 (Jagdgruppe Stavanger) at Stavanger, Norway on 25.1.1942.
On 14.10.1944 became III./JG 6.

Stab I./JG 5 (Former Stab I./JG 77.)
1.42 - Gr.Kdeur Maj. Joachim Seegert, 4.42 - Hptm. Gerhard von Wehren, 2.43 - Hptm. Gerhard Wengel,
acting 10.1.44 - Oblt Robert Müller, 25.1. - 16.3.44 Maj. Erich Gerlitz, 26.3. - 27.5.44 Maj. Horst Carganico KIA,
4.6. - 14.10.44 Hptm. Theodor Weissenberger

1./JG 77 -> 1.Staffel/JG 5 -3.42 - Oblt Horst Carganico -> 6./JG 5
10./JG 1 ->
3.42- [new] 1.Staffel/JG 5 - Oblt Diethelm von Eichel-Streiber
2./JG 77 -> 2.Staffel/JG 5 - Hptm. Gerhard Büchel
3./JG 77 -> 3.Staffel/JG 5 - Lt Franz Wienhusen
4./JGr.Ost ->
8.44- [new] 4.Staffel/JG 5 - ?

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II.Gruppe/JG 5
Formed from Jagdgruppe z.b.V at Petsamo, Finland on 25.1.1942. In October 1944 became IV./JG 4.
Reformed from the parts of IV./ZG 26 and JG 5 in February 1945 at Herdla, Norway.

25.1.1942 - 10.1944
Stab II./JG 5
(Former Stab/Jagdgruppe z.b.V.)
Gr.Kdeur [u. Jafü Nordnorwegen (Ost)]
1.42 - Maj. Henning Strümpell, 4.42 - Hptm. Horst Carganico,
26.3.44 - Hptm. Theodor Weissenberger, 4.6. - 19.7.44 Oblt Hans Tetzner, ?, 1.9. - 10.44 Obstlt Franz Wienhusen

4./JG 77 -> 4.Staffel/JG 5 -8.44 - Hptm. Hans Christian Schäfer -> 7./JG 5
14./JG 77 -> 5.Staffel/JG 5 - Oblt Franz Menzel
1./JG 5 ->
3.42- 6.Staffel/JG 5 - Oblt Horst Carganico, 4.42- ?
4./JG 5 ->
8.44- [new] 7.Staffel/JG 5 - ?
[part] 9./JG 5 -> 8.44- [new] 8.Staffel/JG 5 - ?

2. - 5.1945
Stab IV./ZG 26 ->
2.45- [new] Stab II./JG 5
Gr.Kdeur
2. - 5.45 Hptm. Herbert Treppe

9./JG 5 -> 2.45- [new] 5.Staffel/JG 5 - ?
12./JG 5 ->
2.45- [new] 6.Staffel/JG 5 - ?
10./ZG 26 ->
2.45- [new] 7.Staffel/JG 5 - ?

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III.Gruppe/JG 5
Formed from IV./JG 1 at Trondheim, Norway on 10.3.1942.

Stab III./JG 5 (Former Stab IV./JG 1.)
Gr.Kdeur Hptm./Maj. Günther Scholz,
6.43 - Maj. Heinrich Ehrler, 5.44 - 5.45 Hptm. Franz Dörr,
acting in 1944 and 1945 Oblt Rudolf Glöckner

E/JG 3 -> 1.42- 7.Staffel/JG 5 -8.44 - Hptm. Hans-Curt Graf von Sponeck,
9./10.42- Hptm. Hans-Hermann Schmidt KIA 11.1.44
11./JG 1 -> 8.Staffel/JG 5
-8.44 - Oblt. Hermann Segatz
12./JG 1 -> 9.Staffel/JG 5 -
7.42 - Oblt. Herbert Huppertz -> 10./JG 5
[parts from] 7.+8./JG 5 -> 7.42- [1. new] 9.Staffel/JG 5 - ? -> [part] 8./JG 5
[reformed] 8.44- [2. new]
9.Staffel/JG 5 -2.45 - ? -> 5./JG 5
13./JG 5 ->
2.45- [3. new] 9.Staffel/JG 5 - ?
7./JG 5 ->
8.44- 10.Staffel/JG 5 - ?
8./JG 5 ->
8.44- 11.Staffel/JG 5 - ?
[formed] 8.44- 12.Staffel/JG 5 -2.45- ? -> 6./JG 5

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IV.Gruppe/JG 5
Formed from parts of Jagdgruppe Drontheim at Trondheim-Lade, Norway on 1.7.1942.

Stab IV./JG 5 (Former Stab/JGr. Drontheim.)
Gr.Kdeur
1.7.42 - 4.44 Hptm./Maj. Hans Kriegel, acting 3.10.43 - ? Oblt Rudolf Lüder,
15.5.44 - 5.45 Hptm. Fritz Stendel

9./JG 5 -> 7.42- 10.Staffel/JG 5 -> 8.44- 13.Staffel/JG 5 -2.45 - ? -> 9./JG 5
16./JG 5 ->
[new] 13.Staffel/JG 5 - ?
[formed] 7.42-
11.Staffel/JG 5 -15.1.43 - Hptm. Erich Schreiber -> 14.(J)/JG 5
[formed] 4.43- [new]
11.Staffel/JG 5 -> 8.44- 14.Staffel/JG 5 - Oblt. Pfeiffer
[formed] 7.42- 12.Staffel/JG 5 -> 8.44- 15.Staffel/JG 5 - Hptm. Friedrich-Wilhelm Strakeljahn, 4.3.43- ?
[formed] 11.44- 16.Staffel/JG 5 -2.45 - ? -> 13./JG 5

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6.(Z)/JG 5 -> 16.3.1942- 10.(Z)/JG 5 -> 26.6.1942- 13.Zerstörerstaffel/JG 5
Formed from 1.(Z)/JG 77 at Kirkenes, Norway on 25.1.1942. Became 10./ZG 26 on 18.7.1944.

Staffelkapitän 25.1. - 2.2.42 Oblt Felix Maria Brandis KIA, acting 2.2. - 3.42 Oblt Max Franzisket,
3.42 - 6.43 Oblt Karl Fritz Schlo
ßstein, acting ?. - 23.8.42 Hptm. Hans-Hermann Schmidt,
acting 15.6.43 - ?
, 1.11.43 - 18.7.44 Hptm. Herbert Treppe, acting 6. - 9.43 Oblt Hans Kirchmeier

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14.Jabostaffel/JG 5
Formed from the part of 11./JG 5 at Petsamo, Finland on 15.1.1943. Became 4./SG 5 on 19.2.1944.

Staffelkapitän 15.1. - ?.43 Hptm. Erich Schreiber, acting 4.3. - ?.3.43 ?,
4.3.43 (arrived 3 weeks later) - 19.2.44 Hptm. Friedrich-Wilhelm Strakeljahn,
acting 6.43, 7.7. - ?.8.43 Oblt Karl Koch
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Sources: VALHA6, VALHA7, KESTE16, ANTOS1, ANTOS2, MOMER1, KNAKO

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