Kampfgeschwader 77 1939.
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 6:02 pm
Hello to all ; something to share about it ....................................
The Kampfgeschwader 77 Aug-Sep 1939.
The Kampfgeschwader 77 (Bombing Wing) was organized on May 1, 1939 in Praha-Kbely (from the Kampfgeschwaders 153) with Stab. / KG 77 and I. Gruppe. The II. Gruppe in Brünn the same day (from the II Gruppe Kampfgeschwaders 158). The III. Gruppe (from the II Gruppe Kampfgeschwaders 255) was organized in Königgrätz (Hradec Kralove). The unit was equipped with the Do 17. The Commander was Oberst Heinrich Seywald.
The Stab / KG 77 - During the summer supervised the training activities of its Gruppen until the mobilization on August 26, 1939 when deployed in Grottkau / Silesia. On that date it had 9 (9) Do 17 E in Grottkau / Silesia under 2. Fl.Div. / Lfl. 4 (September 1, 1939). The I./KG 77 - detached to Brieg after the mobilization (42 km SE of Breslau) (August 26, 1939). It had 37 (34) Do 17 E in Brieg under 2.Fl.-Div./Lfl. 4. The II./KG 77 - was trained during the summer until the mobilization on August 26, 1939 when it deployed to Grottkau / Silesia; reported having 37 (32) Do 17 E in Grottkau / Silesia under 2. Fl.Div./Lfl. 4 (September 1, 1939). The III./KG 77 - moved to Olmütz, where it trained during the summer. After the mobilization on August 26, 1939, it moved to Brieg in Silesia. It reported that had 34 (26) Do 17 E in Brieg (42 km southeast of Breslau / Silesia) under 2. Fl.Div. / Lfl. 4 (September 1, 1939).
Leutnant Herbert Möckel and his companions of the III.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 77 (KG 77) were not surprised on August 31, 1939. Since mid-August, the unit had been stationed in Brieg in Upper Silesia, near the Polish border , and had trained in low-level attacks with their Dornier aircraft. The team found the exercises monotonous and this feeling spread around them. In times of inactivity, the pilots got radio receivers and listened to the daily news. Despite the tense relations between Germany and Poland, many of them doubted that a war would break out. But on the afternoon of August 31, the telephone rang. The assistant responded and it did not take many seconds before his appearance became serious. "At 04:20 tomorrow, we must be ready to start," he told the pilots. "Now everyone should go to rest immediately" ...........................
Sources: Luftflotte IV 1939 - Kagero 17.
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=13663
Luftwaffe över Polen 1939. Artur Szulc, militärhistorisk författare. http://www.krigsmyter.nu/smb-luftwaffe- ... n-1939.pdf
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... KG77-R.htm
Cheers. Raúl M .
The Kampfgeschwader 77 Aug-Sep 1939.
The Kampfgeschwader 77 (Bombing Wing) was organized on May 1, 1939 in Praha-Kbely (from the Kampfgeschwaders 153) with Stab. / KG 77 and I. Gruppe. The II. Gruppe in Brünn the same day (from the II Gruppe Kampfgeschwaders 158). The III. Gruppe (from the II Gruppe Kampfgeschwaders 255) was organized in Königgrätz (Hradec Kralove). The unit was equipped with the Do 17. The Commander was Oberst Heinrich Seywald.
The Stab / KG 77 - During the summer supervised the training activities of its Gruppen until the mobilization on August 26, 1939 when deployed in Grottkau / Silesia. On that date it had 9 (9) Do 17 E in Grottkau / Silesia under 2. Fl.Div. / Lfl. 4 (September 1, 1939). The I./KG 77 - detached to Brieg after the mobilization (42 km SE of Breslau) (August 26, 1939). It had 37 (34) Do 17 E in Brieg under 2.Fl.-Div./Lfl. 4. The II./KG 77 - was trained during the summer until the mobilization on August 26, 1939 when it deployed to Grottkau / Silesia; reported having 37 (32) Do 17 E in Grottkau / Silesia under 2. Fl.Div./Lfl. 4 (September 1, 1939). The III./KG 77 - moved to Olmütz, where it trained during the summer. After the mobilization on August 26, 1939, it moved to Brieg in Silesia. It reported that had 34 (26) Do 17 E in Brieg (42 km southeast of Breslau / Silesia) under 2. Fl.Div. / Lfl. 4 (September 1, 1939).
Leutnant Herbert Möckel and his companions of the III.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 77 (KG 77) were not surprised on August 31, 1939. Since mid-August, the unit had been stationed in Brieg in Upper Silesia, near the Polish border , and had trained in low-level attacks with their Dornier aircraft. The team found the exercises monotonous and this feeling spread around them. In times of inactivity, the pilots got radio receivers and listened to the daily news. Despite the tense relations between Germany and Poland, many of them doubted that a war would break out. But on the afternoon of August 31, the telephone rang. The assistant responded and it did not take many seconds before his appearance became serious. "At 04:20 tomorrow, we must be ready to start," he told the pilots. "Now everyone should go to rest immediately" ...........................
Sources: Luftflotte IV 1939 - Kagero 17.
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=13663
Luftwaffe över Polen 1939. Artur Szulc, militärhistorisk författare. http://www.krigsmyter.nu/smb-luftwaffe- ... n-1939.pdf
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... KG77-R.htm
Cheers. Raúl M .