Luftwaffe units with Italian aircraft

[daveh]

While reading about Italian aircraft on

http://www.kotfsc.com/warbirds/

I came across such details as

The Luftwaffe took 60 [Reggiane Re 2002] planes to Germany, 40 of them being brand new. The German planes were eventually used in France in operations against the Maquis

and while referring to the Macchi MC 205

the Luftwaffe use[d] a number of these aircraft to equip one Gruppe.

can anyone supply details of /references for Luftwaffe units equipped with Italian aircraft and ther operations.

Thanks in advance

[Harri]

Transportfliegergruppe 10 (TGr.10) had 21 Italian Savoia-Marchetti S.M. 81 aircraft with Italian crews. That unit was ordered to transportation duties in Finland when Gefechtsverband Kuhlmey operated here between 16.6. - 24.7.1944 but TGr.10 didn't belong to Gefechtsverband Kuhlmey.

According to my sources one Staffel was equipped with Junkers Ju 52/3m aircraft but I don't know if they too were Italians.

[gabriel pagliarani]

The Luftwaffe took 60 [Reggiane Re 2002] planes to Germany, 40 of them being brand new. The German planes were eventually used in France in operations against the Maquis

...in France and not in Hungary? Never heard before...

[David Lehmann]

Overall 47 of captured Macchi MC.202 fighters were used by Luftwaffe mainly for operational training. For combat duties Luftwaffe used only Macchi MC.205 Veltro (Greyhound). Several German MC.202 were transfered to Croatia.

http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/foreign.html


For photos of captured planes go to "Beuteflugzeuge" and choose your Nation : http://www.luftarchiv.de/

You can choose also the English navigation.

I found these 2 sites very good for the Luftwaffe since they give also good details on the different MG, cannons, bombs etc ...

David

[Cantankerous]

This thread may be 20 years old, but I found a photo of a Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 trimotor aircraft in service with unit III./TG1 of the Luftwaffe at Sevastopol:
https://mop-78.livejournal.com/16022.html