Legion Condor

[Thomhasj]

What was the Legion Condor made up from? Where there only Luftwaffe units or also Heer/Kriegsmarine units?

[xavier]

Luftwaffe, and whermacht (panzer) personel, but unofficially, composed most of th elegion condor, some kriegsmarine units also intervined, but as "observers" offshore, even some deahts were infilcted in the kriegmsarine when one ship was mistakenly shelled/bombed.

regards
Xavier

[tigre]

Hello to all ; just a brief summary here..................

Structure and Emblems of the J./ 88 in Spain.

Structure of the J./88

Commanders:
Major Hubertus v. Merhart (03.11.1936 - 18.07.1937)
Major Gotthard Handrick (18.07.1937 - 10.09.1938)
Hauptmann Walter Grabmann (10.09.1938 bis Ende)
Brustelin foreseen as next CO.

1. Staffel: Emblems "Marabu", He 51 / "Holzauge", Bf 109
Hauptmann Werner Palm (03.11.1936 - 06.04.1937)
Hauptmann Harro Harder (06.04.1937 - 18.12.1937)
Hauptmann Wolfgang Schellmann (19.12.1937 - 02.09.1938)
Hauptmann Siebelt Reents (02.09.1938 bis Ende)





2. Staffel: "Zylinder" (top Hat)
Hauptmann Siegfried Lehmann (03.11.1936 - 19.03.1937)
Hauptmann Günther Lützow (19.03.1937 - 06.09.1937)
Hauptmann Joachim Schlichting (06.09.1937 - 28.05.1938)
Oberleutnant Alfred v. Lojewski (01.11.1938 to the end)





3. Staffel: "Micky-Maus" (Mickey mouse), He 51and Bf 109

Oberleutnant Jürgen Roth (03.11.1936 - April 1937)
Oberleutnant Douglas Pitcairn (April 1937 - 26.07.1937)
Oberleutnant Adolf Galland (27.07.1937 - 24.05.1938)
Hauptmann Werner Mölders (24.05.1938 - 05.12.1938)
Oberleutnant Hubertus v. Bonin (05.12.1938 to the end)





4. Staffel: "Pik As"
Oberleutnant Kraft Eberhardt (06.08.1936 - 13.11.1936)
Hauptmann Herwig Knüppel (13.11.1936 - 01.03.1937)
Oberleutnant Walter Kienzle (01.03.1937 - März 1937 / dissolved)

4. Staffel (new):
Oberleutnant Eberhard d'Elsa (02.11.1937 - 17.06.1938 / dissolved)

Sources: http://forum.panzer-archiv.de/viewtopic.php?t=8741&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=legion+condor&start=0
http://www.zonamilitar.com.ar/foros/threads/el-club-del-bf-109.24000/
http://reibert.info/forum/showthread.php?t=30929

Cheers. Raúl M .

[tigre]

Hello to all ; the Bf 109D 6-56 was previously flown by Major Gotthard Handrick, the only change was the "h" in the circle. Later it was flown by Walter Grabmann, hence the "G" in the circle in the picture in the first post............

Here goes some pictures of the Bf 109 6-56 in when Handrick was in command of J./ 88.....

Source: http://www.network54.com/Forum/473104/message/1215619581/Messerschmitt+BF-109.+Primeros+ejemplares+en+Espa%F1a+%5BParte+4%5D

Cheers. Raúl M .

[tigre]

Hello to all ; about the Bf-109 6-109 was a Bf-109 in Spanish service (Grupo de Caza Nº 25), after the Civil War, being destroyed in an accident in 1941 (here perished alférez Juan José Bouza Gómez). This Bf 109E has served previously with 3.J/88, piloted by Kurt Sochatzki.

Many thanks to Ironmachine and Noviscum Deus (fellows in others forums) . Cheers. Raúl M .

[tigre]

Hello to all ; something more................

The automobile of the Commander of the Legion Condor......

Source: http://reibert.info/forum/showthread.php?t=30929

Cheers. Raul M .

[tigre]

Hello to all ; something more....................

The banner of the Legion Condor.



Source: http://miniaturasmilitaresalfonscanovas ... r-iii.html

Cheers. Raúl M .

[tigre]

Hello to all ; something more....................


The successor of General Sperrle in the command of the Legion Condor, Generalleutnant Helmut Volckmann (October 1937 - November 1938). At the beginning of World War II he returned to the Army and commanded the 94th ID with which fought in France in 1940. Seriously injured in a car accident on August 4, 1940, later succumbed to his injuries.

Source: Der Adler 1939 – Heft 08

Cheers. Raúl M .