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German Luftwaffe, Adler Tag, 13 August 1940 German Luftwaffe Adler Tag 13 August 1940 Luftflotte 2: Generalfeldmarschall Alert Kesselring Fliegerkorps I: Generaloberst Ulrich Grauert Unit Aircraft Location Stab/Kampfgruppe 1 He111H Rosières-en-Santerre I/Kampfgruppe 1 He111H Montdidier II/Kampfgruppe 1 He111H Montdidier III/Kampfgruppe 1 Ju88A-1 Rosières-en-Santerre Stab/Kampfgrupe 76 Do17Z Cormielles-en-Vexin I/Kampfgrupe 76 Do17Z Beauvais-Tille II/Kampfgrupe 76 Do17Z Creil III/Kampfgrupe 76 Do17Z Cormielles-en-Vexin 5(F)/122 He111/Ju88 Holland 4(F)/123 He111/Ju88 Belgium Fliegerkoprs II: General Bruno Lörzer Unit Aircraft Location Stab/Kampfgrupe 2 Do17Z Cormielles-en-Vexin I/Kampfgrupe 2 Do17Z Beauvais-Tille II/Kampfgrupe 2 Do17Z Creil III/Kampfgrupe 2 Do17Z Cormielles-en-Vexin Stab/Kampfgrupe 3 Do17Z Le Culot I/Kampfgrupe 3 Do17Z II/Kampfgrupe 3 Do17Z III/Kampfgrupe 3 Do17Z Le Culot Stab/Kampfgruppe 1 He111H Lille-Nord I/Kampfgruppe 1 He111H Lille-Nord II/Kampfgruppe 1 He111H Lille-Nord III/Kampfgruppe 1 He111H Lille-Nord II/Stukagruppe 1 Ju87B Calais IV(St)/LG 1 Ju87B Tramecourt Training Group 210 Bf109E & Bf110 Calais-Marck II/LG 2 Do17 St. Omer Fliegerdivision IX: Generalmajor Joachim Coeler Unit Aircraft Location Stab/Kampfgruppe 4 He111H Soesterbert I/Kampfgruppe 4 He111H Soesterbert II/Kampfgruppe 4 He111H Eindhoven III/Kampfgruppe 4 Ju88A-1 Amsterdam Kampfrruppe 100 He111H Vannes-Meucon Stab/Kampfgruppe 40 Fw200C-1 Brest-Guipavas I/Kampfgruppe 40 Fw200C-1 Brest-Guipavas Kampfgruppe 126 He111H Ku.Fl.Gr. 106 Do18, He115 3.(F)/122 Ju88 & He111 1 Jagdfliegerführer 2: Generalmajor Osterkampf Unit Aircraft Location Staff/Jagdgruppe 3 Bf109E Samer I/Jagdgruppe 3 Bf109E Colombert II/Jagdgruppe 3 Bf109E Samer III/Jagdgruppe 3 Bf109E Desvres Staff/Jagdgruppe 26 Bf109E Audembert I/Jagdgruppe 26 Bf109E Audembert II/Jagdgruppe 26 Bf109E Marquise III/Jagdgruppe 26 Bf109E Caffiers Staff/Jagdgruppe 51 Bf109E Wissant I/Jagdgruppe 51 Bf109E Wissant II/Jagdgruppe 51 Bf109E Wissant III/Jagdgruppe 51 Bf109E St. Omer Staff/Jagdgruppe 51 Bf109E Coquelles I/Jagdgruppe 51 Bf109E Coquelles II/Jagdgruppe 51 Bf109E Peuplingne Staff/Jagdgruppe 54 Bf109E Campagne I/Jagdgruppe 54 Bf109E Guines II/Jagdgruppe 54 Bf109E Hermalinghen III/Jagdgruppe 54 Bf109E Guines I(J)/LG 2 Bf109E Calais-marck Staff/Zerstörergruppe 26 Bf110C Lille i/Zerstörergruppe 26 Bf110C Yvrench II/Zerstörergruppe 26 Bf110C Crécy-en-Ponthieu III/Zerstörergruppe 26 Bf110C Barley Staff/Zerstörergruppe 76 Bf110C Laval i/Zerstörergruppe 76 Bf110C Abbeville-Drucat II/Zerstörergruppe 76 Bf110C Laval Luftflotte 3: Generalfeldmarschall Hugo Sperrle Fliegerkorps IV General Kurt Pflugbeil Unit Aircraft Location Staff/LG 1 Ju88A-1 Orléans-Bricy I/LG 1 Ju88A-1 Orléans-Bricy II/LG 1 Ju88A-1 Orléans-Bricy II/LG 1 Ju88A-1 Châteaudun Stab/Kampfgruppe 27 He111H Tours I/Kampfgruppe 27 He111H Tours II/Kampfgruppe 27 He111H Dinard III/Kampfgruppe 27 He111H Rennes-St. Jacques Staff/Stukagruppe 3 He111H & Do17 Kampfgruppe 806 Ju88A-1 Nantes 3.(H)/31 Bf110 &Hs126 North France Fliegerklprs V: Generalleutnant Ritter von Greim Unit Aircraft Location Staff/Kampfgruppe 51 Ju88A-1 Orly I/Kampfgruppe 51 Ju88A-1 Melun II/Kampfgruppe 51 Ju88A-1 Orly III/Kampfgruppe 51 Ju88A-1 Etampes Staff/Kampfgruppe 54 Ju88A-1 Evreux-Fauville I/Kampfgruppe 54 Ju88A-1 Evreux-Fauville 2 II/Kampfgruppe 54 Ju88A-1 St.André-de-l'Eure Stab/Kampfgruppe 55 He111H Villacoublay I/Kampfgruppe 55 He111H Dreux II/Kampfgruppe 55 He111H Chartres III/Kampfgruppe 55 He111H Villacoublay Fliegerkorps VIII: Generalmajor von Richtofen Unit Aircraft Location Staff/Stukabruppe 1 Do17Z Angers I/Stukabruppe 1 Ju87B-2 Angers III/Stukabruppe 1 Ju87B-2 Angers Staff/Stukabruppe 2 Ju87B-2 St. Malo I/Stukabruppe 2 Ju87B-2 St. Malo III/Stukabruppe 2 Ju87B-2 Lannion Staff/Stukabruppe 77 Ju87B-2 Caen-Carpiquet I/Stukabruppe 77 Ju87B-2 Caen-Carpiquet II/Stukabruppe 77 Ju87B-2 Caen-Carpiquet III/Stukabruppe 77 Ju87B-2 Caen-Carpiquet V(Zerst)/LG1 Bf110C-2 Caen-Carpiquet Reconnaissance II/LG 2 Do17 Böblingen (Germany) 2.(H)/11 Do17 Le Bourget 2.(F)/123 Ju88 Jagdfliegerführer 3 Oberst Werner Junck Unit Aircraft Location Staff/Jagdgruppe 2 Bf109E Evreux-Fauville I/Jagdgruppe 2 Bf109E Beaumont-le-Roger II/Jagdgruppe 2 Bf109E Beaumont-le-Roger III/Jagdgruppe 2 Bf109E le havreOcteville Staff/Jagdgruppe 27 Bf109E Querqueville I/Jagdgruppe 27 Bf109E Plumetôt II/Jagdgruppe 27 Bf109E Crépon III/Jagdgruppe 27 Bf109E Carquebut Staff/Jagdgruppe 53 Bf109E Cherbourg I/Jagdgruppe 53 Bf109E rennes II/Jagdgruppe 53 Bf109E dinan III/Jagdgruppe 53 Bf109E Sempy Staff/Zerstörergruppe 2 Bf110C Toussous i/Zerstörergruppe 2 Bf110C Amiens-Glisy II/Zerstörergruppe 2 Bf110C Guyancourt Luftflotte 5: Generaloberst Hans-Jurgen Stumpff (in Norway) Unit Aircraft Location Stab/Kampfgruppe 26 He111H Stavanger-Sola I/Kampfgruppe 26 He111H Stavanger-Sola III/Kampfgruppe 26 He111H Stavanger-Sola Staff/Kampfgruppe 30 Ju88A-1 Aalborg I/Kampfgruppe 30 Ju88A-1 Aalborg III/Kampfgruppe 30 Ju88A-1 Aalborg I/Zerstörergruppe Bf110D-0 Stavanger-Sola II/Jagdgruppe 77 Bf109#1 Stavanger & Vaernes Ku.Fl.Gr. 506 He115C Stavanger & Trondheim 1.(F)/120 He111/Ju88 Stavanger-Sola 3 1.(F)/121 He111/Ju88 Stavanger-Sola Aufklarungsgruppe OB.D.L. Do215 Stavanger-Sola Wood & Gunston, Hitler's Luftwaffe, 1990,London, Salamander Military Press Copyright GFN 1993 4 .
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