Geschwaderkommodoren:

• Oberst Martin Fiebig, 1.9.39 - 10.5.40
• Oberst Hans-Joachim Rath, 30.5.40 - 6.42
• Oberst Dr. Gottlieb Wolff, 16.6.42 - 11.1.43
• Obstlt Heinz-Joachim Schmidt, 12.1.43 - 9.5.43
• Obstlt Werner Klosinski, 10.5.43 - 12.44
• Maj Reinhard Graubner, 4.12.44 - 8.5.45

Stab:

Formed 1.5.39 in Erfurt from Stab/KG253. A Stabs-Staffel existed 5.39 - 5.45.

Bases:

1.5.39 - 25.8.39	Erfurt-Bindersleben		He 111P
25.8.39 - 22.9.39	Oels		He 111P
22.9.39 - 30.9.39	Erfurt-Bindersleben		He 111P
30.9.39 - 10.39	Fassberg		He 111P
10.39 - 11.39	Fritzlar		He 111P
11.39 - 2.40	Quakenbrück		He 111P
2.40 - 6.40	Fassberg		He 111P
6.40 - 19.7.41	Soesterberg		He 111P/H
19.7.41 - 6.8.41	Prowehren		He 111H
6.8.41 - 12.41	Korowje Selo		He 111H
12.41 - 2.42	Seschtschinskaja		He 111H
2.42 - 3.42	Pleskau-Süd, Dno		He 111H
3.42 - 5.42	Riga-Spilve		He 111H
5.42 - 15.6.42	Prowehren, Jesau		He 111H
15.6.42 - 7.43	Seschtschinskaja		He 111H
7.43 - 10.43	Schatalowka-West		He 111H
10.43 - 12.43	Puchowitschi		He 111H
12.43 - 7.44	Bialystok		He 111H
7.44 - 10.44	Nasielsk		He 111H
10.44 - 12.44	Papa		He 111H
12.44 - 2.45	Novy Dvor		He 111H
2.45 - 3.45	Dresden		He 111H
3.45 - 8.5.45	Königgrätz		He 111H

The movements of the Stab, especially in 1942-43, is uncertain, and this is the best estimate.

I. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Obstlt Nikolaus-Wolfgang Maier, 1.5.39 - 24.11.39
• Obstlt Hans-Joachim Rath, 24.11.39 - 30.5.40
• Maj Hans von Ploetz, 5.6.40 - 1.7.40
• Maj Meissner, 9.7.40 - 14.12.40
• Maj Schult, 14.12.40 - 28.1.41
• Hptm Klaus Nöske, 28.1.41 - 18.5.41
• Maj von Groddeck, 18.5.41 - 8.7.41
• Maj Klaus Nöske, 8.7.41 - 31.12.41
• Maj Alewyn, 4.1.42 - 21.3.42
• Hptm Helmuth Boltze, 26.3.42 - 20.9.42
• Maj Wolf Wetterer, 21.9.42 - 1.6.43
• Hptm Hans-Gotthelf von Kalckreuth, 1.6.43 - 21.10.43
• Maj Hansgeorg Bätcher, 21.10.43 - 24.3.44
• Maj Ernst Göpel, 24.3.44 - 2.45
• Hptm Rolf Rannersmann, 2.45 - 8.5.45

Formed 1.5.39 in Gotha from I./KG253 with:

Stab I./KG4 from Stab I./KG253
1./KG4 from 1./KG253
2./KG4 from 2./KG253
3./KG4 from 3./KG253

On 21.10.43 I./KG4 became I./KG100:

Stab I./KG4 became Stab I./KG100
1./KG4 became 1./KG100
2./KG4 became 2./KG100
3./KG4 became 3./KG100

and a new I./KG4 was formed from the old I./KG100:

Stab I./KG4 from Stab I./KG100
1./KG4 from 1./KG100
2./KG4 from 2./KG100
3./KG4 from 3./KG100

Bases:

1.5.39 - 25.8.39	Gotha		He 111P
25.8.39 - 21.9.39	Langenau		He 111P
21.9.39 - 29.9.39	Gotha		He 111P
29.9.39 - 9.10.39	Lüneburg		He 111P
9.10.39 - 10.39	Fritzlar		He 111P
10.39 - 6.11.39	Giessen		He 111P
6.11.39 - 2.40	Quakenbrück		He 111P
2.40 - 27.3.40	Gütersloh		He 111P
27.3.40 - 20.4.40	Perleberg		He 111P
20.4.40 - 22.4.40	Aalborg-West		He 111P
22.4.40 - 30.4.40	Kastrup (Copenhagen)		He 111P
30.4.40 - 2.5.40	Oslo-Fornebu		He 111P
2.5.40 - 4.5.40	Perleberg		He 111P
4.5.40 - 12.6.40	Gütersloh		He 111P/H
12.6.40 - 30.7.40	Wittmundhafen		He 111H
30.7.40 - 26.6.41	Soesterberg*		He 111H
26.6.41 - 19.7.41	Chantilly-Creil		He 111H
19.7.41 - 6.8.41	Prowehren		He 111H
6.8.41 - 1.10.41	Korowje Selo		He 111H
1.10.41 - 16.10.41	Dno-Griwotschki		He 111H
16.10.41 - 3.42	Pleskau-Süd		He 111H
3.42 - 5.42	Riga-Spilve		He 111H
5.42 - 6.42	Prowehren		He 111H
6.42 - 30.12.42	Seschtschinskaja		He 111H
30.12.42 - 9.2.43	Gutenfeld		He 111H
9.2.43 - 21.10.43	Lechfeld		He 111H, He 177A
21.10.43 - 24.10.43	Nikolayev-Ost		He 111H
24.10.43 - 26.10.43	Kirovograd		He 111H
26.10.43 - 27.10.43	Shitomir		He 111H
27.10.43 - 3.11.43	Golta		He 111H
3.11.43 - 12.11.43	Nikolayev		He 111H
12.11.43 - 28.11.43	Sarabus		He 111H
28.11.43 - 2.12.43	Nikolayev		He 111H
2.12.43 - 6.2.44	Sarabus		He 111H
6.2.44 - 25.2.44	Nikolayev		He 111H
25.2.44 - 11.3.44	Sarabus		He 111H
11.3.44 - 17.3.44	Odessa		He 111H
17.3.44 - 30.3.44	Sarabus		He 111H
30.3.44 - 4.4.44	Krosno		He 111H
4.4.44 - 5.4.44	Milec		He 111H
5.4.44 - 4.7.44	Focsani		He 111H
4.7.44 - 7.7.44	Zilistea		He 111H
7.7.44 - 25.8.44	Focsani		He 111H
25.8.44 - 27.8.44	Buzau		He 111H
27.8.44 - 28.8.44	Grosswarden		He 111H
28.8.44 - 26.9.44	Debrecen		He 111H
26.9.44 - 9.10.44	Budapest**		He 111H
9.10.44 - 20.12.44	Papa		He 111H
20.12.44 - 17.2.45	Novy Dvor		He 111H
17.2.45 - 24.4.45	Dresden		He 111H
24.4.45 - 25.4.45	Pardubitz		He 111H
25.4.45 - 8.5.45	Königsgrätz		He 111H

* 2./KG4 was detached to Comiso, late 12.40 to 10.6.41.

** 2./KG4 was detached to Eleusis, 28.9.44 - 4.10.44, for the evacuation of Greece.

II. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Obstlt Wolfgang Erdmann, 1.5.39 - 30.9.39
• Maj Dietrich Freiherr von Massenbach, 1.10.39 - 6.40
• Obstlt Dr. Gottlieb Wolff, 3.7.40 - 15.6.42
• Maj Rolf Samson Himmelstjerna, 7.42 - 23.9.42
• Maj Karl von Knauer, 23.9.42 - 15.10.42
• Obstlt Heinz-Joachim Schmidt, 18.10.42 - 11.1.43
• Maj Reinhard Graubner, 30.1.43 - 1.7.44
• Maj Carl-Otto Hesse, 1.7.44 - 8.5.45

Formed 1.5.39 in Erfurt from II./KG253 with:

Stab II./KG4 from Stab II./KG253
4./KG4 from 4./KG253
5./KG4 from 5./KG253
6./KG4 from 6./KG253

Bases:

1.5.39 - 25.8.39	Erfurt-Bindersleben		He 111P
25.8.39 - 22.9.39	Oels		He 111P
22.9.39 - 30.9.39	Erfurt-Bindersleben		He 111P
30.9.39 - 12.39	Lichtenau		He 111P
12.39 - 2.40	Diepholz		He 111P
2.40 - 2.40	Delmenhorst		He 111P
2.40 - .4.40	Fassberg		He 111P
4.40 - 2.5.40	Oslo-Fornebu		He 111P
2.5.40 - 6.40	Fassberg		He 111P
6.40 - 6.40	Kirchhellen		He 111P
6.40 - 23.6.40	Merville		He 111P
23.6.40 - 30.7.40	Eindhoven		He 111P
30.7.40 - 12.3.41	Eindhoven		He 111P/H
12.3.41 - 30.3.41	Soesterberg		He 111H
30.3.41 - 21.4.41	Wien-Aspern		He 111H
21.4.41 - 5.7.41	Zilistea*		He 111H
5.7.41 - 19.7.41	Rosieres		He 111H
19.7.41 - 6.8.41	Prowehren		He 111H
6.8.41 - 21.12.41	Korowje Selo		He 111H
21.12.41 - 2.42	Seschtschinskaja		He 111H
2.42 - 2.42	Pleskau-Süd		He 111H
2.42 - 3.42	Dno		He 111H
3.42 - 5.42	Riga-Spilve		He 111H
5.42 - 5.42	Prowehren		He 111H
5.42 - 15.6.42	Jesau		He 111H
15.6.42 - 7.5.43	Seschtschinskaja		He 111H
7.5.43 - 16.6.43	Karatschev		He 111H
16.6.43 - 21.7.43	Seschtschinskaja		He 111H
21.7.43 - 26.8.43	Schatalowka-West		He 111H
26.8.43 - 3.9.43	Konatop		He 111H
3.9.43 - 1.12.43	Orscha-Süd		He 111H
1.12.43 - 11.6.44	Bialystok		He 111H
11.6.44 - 27.6.44	Baranowitsche		He 111H
27.6.44 - 17.7.44	Bielsk		He 111H
17.7.44 - 23.7.44	Modlin		He 111H
23.7.44 - 26.9.44	Zichenau		He 111H
26.9.44 - 9.10.44	Budapest-Ferihegy		He 111H
9.10.44 - 12.44	Papa		He 111H
12.44 - 3.45	Wiener-Neustadt		He 111H
3.45 - 4.45	Pretzsch/Elbe		He 111H
4.45 - 4.45	Greifswald		He 111H
4.45 - 4.45	Anklam		He 111H
4.45 - 5.45	Grossenbrode		He 111H
5.45 - 8.5.45	Eggebek		He 111H

* 5./KG4 was detached to Catania, 21.4.41 - 6.41; 4./KG4 was detached to Mossul (Iraq), 14.5.41 - 29.5.41.

III. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Maj Evers, 1.5.39 - 12.39
• Maj Neudörffer, 12.39 - 4.40
• Maj Erich Bloedorn, 19.6.40 - 15.10.40
• Maj Wolfgang Bühring, 3.2.41 - 25.11.41
• Hptm Hermann Kühl, 25.11.41 - 22.7.42
• Maj Wolfgang Queisner, 31.7.42 - 5.9.42
• Maj Werner Klosinski, 6.9.42 - 1.5.43
• Maj Kurt Neumann, 20.5.42 - 2.44
• Maj Ernst Dieter von Tellemann, 3.44 - 6.44
• Maj Reinhard Graubner, 2.7.44 - 4.12.44
• Maj Herbert von Kruska, 5.12.44 - 8.5.45

Formed 1.5.39 in Nordhausen from III./KG253 with:

Stab III./KG4 from Stab III./KG253
7./KG4 from 7./KG253
8./KG4 from 8./KG253
9./KG4 from 9./KG253

On 15.10.40 redesignated III./KG30:

Stab III./KG4 became Stab III./KG30
7./KG4 became 7./KG30
8./KG4 became 8./KG30
9./KG4 became 9./KG30

Reformed 15.1.41 in Leeuwarden with:

Stab III./KG4
7./KG4
8./KG4

9./KG4 was not formed until 17.5.41.

Bases:

1.5.39 - 25.8.39	Nordhausen		He 111P
25.8.39 - 22.9.39	Langenau		He 111P
22.9.39 - 30.9.39	Nordhausen		He 111P
30.9.39 - 1.40	Vechta		He 111P
1.40 - 2.5.40	Lüneburg		He 111P, Ju 88A
2.5.40 - 6.40	Delmenhorst		He 111P, Ju 88A
6.40 - 6.40	Kirchhellen		Ju 88A
6.40 - 23.6.40	Antwerpen-Deurne		Ju 88A
23.6.40 - 15.10.40	Amsterdam-Schiphol		Ju 88A
15.1.41 - 1.5.41	Leeuwarden		He 111H
1.5.41 - 15.5.41	Soesterberg		He 111H
15.5.41 - 30.6.41	Leeuwarden		He 111H
30.6.41 - 19.7.41	Beauvais		He 111H
19.7.41 - 6.8.41	Prowehren		He 111H
6.8.41 - 10.41	Korowje Selo		He 111H
10.41 - 15.11.41	Orscha-Süd		He 111H
15.11.41 - 12.41	Pleskau-Süd		He 111H
12.41 - 4.42	Fassberg		He 111H
4.42 - 6.42	Prowehren		He 111H
6.42 - 6.7.42	Fassberg		He 111H
6.7.42 - 8.7.42	Diepholz		He 111H
8.7.42 - 14.7.42	Nikolayev-Ost		He 111H
14.7.42 - 28.7.42	Charkow-Woitschenko		He 111H
28.7.42 - 5.10.42	Makejewka		He 111H
5.10.42 - 16.10.42	Wittstock/Dosse		He 111H
16.10.42 - 30.10.42	Posen*		He 111H
30.10.42 - 11.42	Lecce*		He 111H
11.42 - 3.12.42	San Pancrazio*		He 111H
3.12.42 - 10.1.43	Smolensk-Nord		He 111H
10.1.43 - 22.1.43	Woroschilowgrad		He 111H
22.1.43 - 25.1.43	Konstantinovka		He 111H
25.1.43 - 30.1.43	Makejewka		He 111H
30.1.43 - 15.3.43	Bagerovo		He 111H
15.3.43 - 16.6.43	Saki**		He 111H
16.6.43 - 21.7.43	Karatschew		He 111H
21.7.43 - 9.8.43	Schatalowka-West		He 111H
9.8.43 - 31.8.43	Mirgorod		He 111H
31.8.43 - 8.9.43	Schatalowka-West		He 111H
8.9.43 - 26.9.43	Orscha-Süd		He 111H
26.9.43 - 10.43	Ulla		He 111H
10.43 - 8.12.43	Puchowitschi		He 111H
8.12.43 - 7.44	Bialystok		He 111H
7.44 - 7.44	Nasielsk		He 111H
7.44 - 8.44	Thorn		He 111H
8.44 - 10.44	Papa		He 111H
10.44 - 1.45	Tonndorf		He 111H
1.45 - 2.45	Wiener-Neustadt		He 111H
2.45 - 3.45	Wels		He 111H
3.45 - 8.5.45	Königgrätz		He 111H

* 9./KG4 moved to Lechfeld on 16.10.42, and on 26.10.42 to Kalamaki (Athens). Remained there until about 3.12.42.

** part of III./KG4 was based at Brjansk, 1.6.43 to 16.6.43.

IV. (Erg.) Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Maj Karl-Gerd Roth, 18.6.40 - 17.6.43
• Maj Karl Alber, 19.6.43 - 15.8.44

Formed 18.6.40 in Fassberg as Erg.Staffel/KG4, from Erg.Staffel/9. Fl.Div.

On 1.4.41 increased to Gruppe with:

Stab IV./KG4 new
10./KG4 from Erg.Sta./KG4
11./KG4 new
12./KG4 new

13./KG4 was formed 30.5.41 at Fassberg, and a 14./KG4 existed at (?) between 10.42 and 1.43.

IV./KG4 was disbanded 15.8.44.

Bases:

18.6.40 - 7.41	Fassberg		He 111P/H
7.41 - 1.42	Athies sous Laon*		He 111H
1.42 - 10.1.44	Avord		He 111H
11.1.44 - 15.8.44	Pilsen		He 111H

* 12./KG4 at Fassberg, 1.4.41 - 1.42

Flughafenbetriebskompanien der KG4

• Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, Stab/KG4

• Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, I./KG4

• Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, II./KG4

• Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, III./KG4

• Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, IV./KG4

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