[Evgeny Velichko]

Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel"

1./ZG 26
1 September 39 - April 40 - Olt.Ralph von Rettberg (moved to Gr.Kdr. II./ZG 26)
April 40 - 11 August 40 - Hptm. Johann Kogler (WiA, Bf110C, damaged by RAF firghters)
11 August 40 – 6 August 41 - Oblt. Wilhelm Spiess – (moved to Gr.Kdr. I./ZG 26)
Second Formation:
9 October 43 - 23 February 44 - Oblt. Peter Jenne (Moved to Acting Gr. Kdr. I./ZG 26)

2./ZG 26
01 October 39 - 11 October 39 - Hptm. Werner Restemeyer (?)
11 October 39 - ?? December 39 - NN
?? December 39 - 11 May 40 - Hptm. Werner Restemeyer (moved to Gr.Kdr. I./ZG 76)
11 May 40 - Spring 41 Hptm. Herbert Kaminski (moved to Gr.Kdr. I./ZG 26)
Spring 41 - ???? Oblt. Heisel
Second Formation:
11 October 43 - 11 January 44 - Oblt. Fridrich Sengschmitt (KiA, Bf110G-2, shot down during Luftkampf)

3./ZG 26
01 Sept 39 - May 40 - Hptm.Friedrich-Karl Dickoré (moved to Gr.Kdr. II./ZG 1)
May 40 - 18 August 40 - Oblt. Hans-Jurgen Kirchoff (KiA, Bf110C, shot down by RAF firghters)
18 August 40 - April 42 Oblt Johannes Kiel (Staffel disbanded)
Second Formation:
11 October 43 - ???? Oblt. Fritz Stratmann ???

4./ZG 26
1 Sepember 39 - 27 September 40 Oblt. Arthur Niebuhr (KiA, Bf110C, shot down by RAF firghters)
27 September 40 - April 42 Oblt. Werner Thierfelder ??? (Staffel disbanded)
Second Formation:
Oblt. von Glasenapp ??? Ltn. Rudi Dassow ???

5./ZG 26
1 Sepember 39 - 18 may 40 Hptm. Eberhard d’Elsa (WiA, Bf110C, shot down by Spitfire)
18 May 40 - April 42 - Oblt. Theodor Rossiwal (Staffel disbanded)
Second Formation:
11 October 43 - July 44 - Oblt. Fritz Stehle (Staffel became 6./JG 6)

6./ZG 26
??? - 28 July 1941 Hptm. Johannes Freiherr von Richthofen (KiA, Bf110E-2, shot down by Flak, Velikiye Luki)
28 July 1941 - 07 August 41 - Oblt. A. Moell (MiA, Bf110C, rammed by Soviet fighter over Kingisepp area)
????
March 42 - April 42 - Oblt. Eduard Tratt (Staffel disbanded)
Second Formation:
Hptm. Anton Keil ??? Oblt. Durkopp ???

7./ZG 26

1 September 39 – 20 May 40 - Oblt. Kurt-Wilhelm Heinrich (WiA, Bf110C, succumbed of wounds on 24 May)
20 May 40 - ????? Oblt. Ernst Matthes (?)
????? - 25 December 41 - Oblt. Georg Christl (moved to Gr.Kdr. III./ZG 26)
11 February 1 June 1942 - Oblt. Alfred Wehmeyer (KiA, Bf110C-5, direct hit from Flak, Tobruk)
????
Also, I have following with this Staffel:
Oblt. Karl Peter 1943?

8./ZG 26

???? - 12 July 43 - Oblt. Fritz Schulze-Dikow (moved to Gr.Kdr. III./ZG 26)

Also, I have following with this Staffel:
Oblt. Sophus Baagoe - 1940 - 41?
Oblt. Paul Herzberg - 1942 ?
Hptm. Johannes Kiel - mid 43
Oblt. Friedrich Freyschmidt - late 43

9./ZG 26

??? February 44??? - 15 May 1944 Oblt.Paul Bley (joined the E.Kdo. 262)

Also, I have following with this Staffel:
Oblt. Karl Montag - 1940
Oblt. Hubert Grisslich 40 - 42
Hptm. Kurt Rosenkranz - 43
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Note: this list is PROBABLE, may contain mistakes. All comments welcomed!