Re: St Kap 3./ZG 2 in Battle of Britain
 

Olt. Harald Zimmermann was a member of 3./ZG2 and got his no.7 on 2.9.40.

Regards

Robert

Re: St Kap 3./ZG 2 in Battle of Britain
 

Hello.
A little correction:
I. /ZG2 was formed from II. /ZG26 minus 5./ZG26, wich was used to form night fifgter Gruppe.

II. /ZG2 was formed from I. /ZG26 (I. /NJG4).

Re: St Kap 3./ZG 2 in Battle of Britain
 

....and Mikael Holm's site says I./ZG 2 was formed from I./ZG 26 while II./ZG 2 was formed from scratch.

Looking at ZG 26 his version then slightly changes and saying that both I. and II./ZG 26 were absorbed by ZG 1 and ZG 2 which at least in part support what Evgeny says.

Holm also states that the remnants of I./ZG 2, when disbanding, went both to NJG 4 and III./ZG 1. The latter supports Gerhard's view and perhaps this is where NJG 4 enters the picture?

With regard to III./ZG 2 Holm states basically exactly what Gerhard says above. Always something I guess....

Why are the Zerstörer units so difficult to track down correctly?

Cheers
Stig

Re: St Kap 3./ZG 2 in Battle of Britain
 

Unforyunatly, M.Holm's site have some mistakes :(

I./ZG2 was formed from Stab, 4 and 6 Staffel of ZG26, with pilots and aircrafts, and kept their Holzschuch emblem. 5./ZG26 was used to form II./NJG4, Rossiwall became its GruKo.

II./ZG2 was formed from remnants of heavy-biten I./ZG26 (I./NJG4), also kept its Ringelpietz emblem.

Re: St Kap 3./ZG 2 in Battle of Britain
 

Yes I am aware of many mistakes Evgeny

Thanks for the update.

Seems we need a dedicated ZG topic.... :)

Cheers
Stig