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Originally Posted by Jaap Woortman
Dear friends,
This is far more then I expected.
Norbert may I come back to you via P.M.?
Was KG 3 with the He 111 and V-1s not involved in GV Hallensleben from the beginning of this unit?
And what about an Aufklärungs unit? If I was in charge of the GV, I would like to know what the results have been.
Furthermore I would like to understand the reason for this GV.
Can I see it as an effort to control the units of the Luftwaffe in the West after the IX.Fliegerkorps has received the order to coordinate the transfer of the KGs to KG(J)s?
And was the number of units involved too small for a Division and therefore they have called it a GV?
Looking forward for your ideas.
Jaap
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III./KG 3 began air-launch operations in July 1944, so there wasn't a Gefechtsverband controlling it at that time, so far as I know. Its operations are listed in the diary of Luftflotte 3.
The sources I've seen don't mention direct control of a recon unit in Autumn 1944, just bombing formations. There were recon formations in the west supporting the bombing effort. E.g. Ultra XL 9944: "Orders 17.00 [GMT]/11 [September] of Kommandeur (strong indications FAG 123 to fair indications 1.(F)/121) night P/R of bridgehead at Beeringen on Albert Canal. German bombing attack intended there."
On 7 September the order was given for IX. Fl.Kps. to be transferred to airfields in the Reich together with a list subordinate bomber Gruppen, many of which (but not all) became KG(J)s.
I have no idea how many units you needed to form a Fliegerdivision. My impression is that in the last months they just used whichever staffs were available to command forces in a given area. I'm no kind of expert on command structures though.