So, I am reading, "Stopped at Stalingrad" and the author points out that in 25 Nov 1942, a new command is created called Luftwaffengruppe Kaukasus which was to control all Luftwaffe assets supporting combat efforts in the Caucasus. The IV. Fliegerkorps was sent to Salsk to "assist Axis relief efforts." Anybody have any idea what IV. Fliegerkorps was specifically doing from Nov 42 - Mar 43? Did it have any assigned units?
Trey
IV. Fliegerkorps - Nov 1942
Re: IV. Fliegerkorps - Nov 1942
IV. Fliegerkorps
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27 Nov 42: Stab ordered to transfer from Armavir to Salsk to support operations around Stalingrad.1
Dec 42: tactical air operations in the Rostov area through January 1943.2
9 Dec 42: ordered to support the attempted breakout from Stalingrad by AOK 6 using all of its 179 combat aircraft; the point of concentration was the German Panzer divisions assembled in the Chir Bridgehead.
4 Feb 43: Stab ordered to transfer to Stalino in the Donets Basin, and there by 10 February.3
21 Feb 43: Stab now at Dnepropetrovsk - supported Pz.AOK 1 and Pz.AOK 4 in counteroffensive to retake Kharkov which was accomplished on 15 March.4
Apr – Aug 43: air operations over the Donets Basin and along the Mius River front between Stalino and Rostov.5
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Sources:
AIR 40/1982; BA-MA Freiburg: RL 2 III Meldungen über Flugzeugunfälle…..(Loss Reports – LRs).
H.Plocher-The German Air Force Versus Russia, volumes 1942 and 1943.
[Air Ministry (British)]-The Rise and Fall of the German Air Force 1933-1945:228-31.
L.
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27 Nov 42: Stab ordered to transfer from Armavir to Salsk to support operations around Stalingrad.1
Dec 42: tactical air operations in the Rostov area through January 1943.2
9 Dec 42: ordered to support the attempted breakout from Stalingrad by AOK 6 using all of its 179 combat aircraft; the point of concentration was the German Panzer divisions assembled in the Chir Bridgehead.
4 Feb 43: Stab ordered to transfer to Stalino in the Donets Basin, and there by 10 February.3
21 Feb 43: Stab now at Dnepropetrovsk - supported Pz.AOK 1 and Pz.AOK 4 in counteroffensive to retake Kharkov which was accomplished on 15 March.4
Apr – Aug 43: air operations over the Donets Basin and along the Mius River front between Stalino and Rostov.5
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Sources:
AIR 40/1982; BA-MA Freiburg: RL 2 III Meldungen über Flugzeugunfälle…..(Loss Reports – LRs).
H.Plocher-The German Air Force Versus Russia, volumes 1942 and 1943.
[Air Ministry (British)]-The Rise and Fall of the German Air Force 1933-1945:228-31.
L.
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Re: IV. Fliegerkorps - Nov 1942
Hi Trey,
To complement Larry's answer, here are IV. Fliegerkorps operations for 20 January 1943:
112 sorties
57 Stukas, supporting 16. I.D. smashed strong enemy movements east of Rostow and Bataisk. Part of the sorties were against the enemy in the areas of Ssupremowka (1719) and Sherebkoff (0886).
40 fighters, low-level attacks in the battle area, sweeps
15 reconnaissance
Successes: two guns and ten trucks destroyed, twelve horse-drawn destroyed, one tank, twelve trucks and one armoured vehicle damaged, one light anti-aircraft battery silenced.
90,000 Flugblätter dropped.
Cheers,
Andrew A.
Air War Publications - www.airwarpublications.com/earticles
To complement Larry's answer, here are IV. Fliegerkorps operations for 20 January 1943:
112 sorties
57 Stukas, supporting 16. I.D. smashed strong enemy movements east of Rostow and Bataisk. Part of the sorties were against the enemy in the areas of Ssupremowka (1719) and Sherebkoff (0886).
40 fighters, low-level attacks in the battle area, sweeps
15 reconnaissance
Successes: two guns and ten trucks destroyed, twelve horse-drawn destroyed, one tank, twelve trucks and one armoured vehicle damaged, one light anti-aircraft battery silenced.
90,000 Flugblätter dropped.
Cheers,
Andrew A.
Air War Publications - www.airwarpublications.com/earticles