Luftwaffe units in Normandy

[Anders Schmidt]

Does anyone know which Luftwaffe units (Jagdgeschwaderen, etc.) were stationed in Normandy from 1940-1944, esp. in the towns of Le Havre and Calais?

[Erich]

Anders :

may I limit your question to just the Normandy campaign in 44 ? I have a listing of Luftwaffe fighter units that took part. By the way for the June through august 1944 dates, III./JG 54 was the most successful against Allied fighters with over 100 victories.

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[Anders Schmidt]

That would suffice, although a list of some that were there in late 1942/early 1943 would be nice as well.

[Erich]

Maybe some one else can access the earlier information you require. I usually work with Luftwaffe subjects of the autumn of 43 till the end of the war. Let me check my files tomorrow and get back with you please on this.
I will hopefully be able to list the day fighter gruppen and their time allotments before removal and sent back to the Defence of the Reich.

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[Anders Schmidt]

A thousand thanks, Herr Erich.

[David Lehmann]

Here is the composition of Luftflotte 3 (France, Belgium, Holland) I have for 1944 31st may (operationnal planes) :

Luftflotte 3 (France, Belgium, Holland) - 31st may 1944


Unit Type Number

Fighters
Stab/JG 2 Fw 190A 3
I/JG 2 Fw 190A 19
II/JG 2 Bf 109G 13
III/JG 2 Fw 190A 29
Stab/JG 26 Fw 190A 2
I/JG 2 Fw 190A 33
I/JG 2 Fw 190A 32
III/JG 26 Bf 109G 37

Total 168

Zerstörer

I/ZG 1 Ju 88G 30
III/ZG 1 Ju 88G 22

Total 52

Night Fighter

Stab/NJG 4 Bf 110G 2
I/NJG 4 Ju 88 16
II/NJG 4 Ju 88/Bf 110G/Do 217 20
III/NJG 4 Do 217/Bf 110G 18
Stab/NJG 5 Bf 110G 15
III/NJG 5 Bf 110G 18
II/NJG 6 Bf 110G 13

Total 102

Bombers, attack and transport

I/KG 2 Ju 188 12
II/KG 2 Ju 188 5
III/KG 2 Do 217 7
Stab/KG 6 Ju 188 1
I/KG 6 Ju 188 22
II/KG 6 Ju 88A 3
III/KG 6 Ju 188 25
II/KG 26 Ju 88A 37
III/KG 26 Ju 88A 35
I/KG 30 Ju 88A 2
part I/KG 40 He 177A 30
II/KG 40 He 177A 30
III/KG 40 Fw 200C 29
II/KG 51 Me 410 24
Stab/KG 54 Ju 88A 1
I/KG 54 Ju 88A 11
III/KG 54 Ju 88A 14
I/KG 66 Ju 188 31
6./KG 76 Ju 88A 12
I/KG 77 Ju 88A 28
II/KG 77 Ju 88A 25
III/KG 100 Do 217 30
III/SG 4 Fw 190 34
I/SKG 10 Fw 190 33
IV/TG 4 LeO 451 31
Korps Transport
Staffel LeO 451 11
Ju 52 22

sorry not very clear since HTML is off.

David

[Andy H]

In June 1941 the following were stationed in Luftflotte 3 area of operations

JG2-102 Bf109
JG26-88 Bf109
ZG76-25 Bf110
KG2-23 Do17
KG4-34 He111

Not all the Gruppe's of the various Geschwader were in situ at this stage.

Hi Ho Silver Away

[Erich]

Guten morgen from Oregon !

Einsatzzeiten der Tagjagdverbände an der Invasionsfront

I./JG 1 June 7-August 19th 44
II./JG 1 June 7-August 19th 44
III./JG 1 June 7-June 14th Juli 7-August 27th 44

I./JG 2 June 1-Juli 17 August 10-end of August 44
II./JG 2 June 1-till end of August 44
III./JG 2 June 1-till end of August 44

I./JG 3 June 7-June 13
II./JG 3 June 7-August 21st 44
III./JG 3 June 7-till end of August 44 / the gruppen was destroyed at Normandy defense.
IV./JG 3 June 7-June 13th 44, the Fw 190 unit flew jabo missions only !

I./JG 4 August 29th till the end .

I./JG 5 June 7-August 15th 44
II./JG 5 June 20-June 30th 44

II./JG 6 August 22 till the end

I./JG 11 June 7-Juli 17 August 14-till the end
II./JG 11 June 7-Juli 5th August 12-till the end

I./JG 26 June 1-till the end
II./JG 26 June 1-Juli 20th August 10-till the end
III./JG 26 June 1-till the end

I./JG 27 June 9-August 9th 44
III./JG 27 June 7-Juli 13th August 10-till the end
IV./JG 27 June 7-August 12th 44

II./JG 53 June 7-Juli 13th August 17-till the end

III./JG 54 June 7-till the end

III./JG 76 August 21st-till the end, retrained twin engine fighter unit to single seaters.

I./JG 301 June 13-till August 21st 44.

hth

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[Cantankerous]

The I/JG 2, I/JG 26, III/JG 26 and the Stab squadrons were at Normandy when the D-Day invasion began (https://www.dday-overlord.com/en/d-day/ ... /luftwaffe).