[Peter Cornwell]

Hello Christian,

The re-designation of II.(St.)/KG76 was not as straightforward as suggested. Certainly a number of its (possibly more experienced) personnel formed the cadre of the 7 and 8 Staffeln of the newly-formed III./StG77 at Argentan under Gruppenkommandeur Hauptmann Helmut BODE. But it is equally clear that III./StG77 aircrews were drawn from a wide variety of units and not all personnel from II.(St.)/KG76 were involved.

51920 Stab II./KG76 until June 1940
51921 4./KG76 = 7./StG77 July 1940 (IDs 150 + range) some crews to 3./KG76
51922 5./KG76 = 8./StG77 July 1940 (IDs 150 + range) some crews to 9./KG76
51923 6./KG76 until June 1940

A newly-constituted II./KG76 emerged from the re-designated III./KG28:

60551 Stab III./KG28 = Stab II./KG76 July 1940
60552 7./KG28 = 4./KG76 July 1940
60553 8./KG28 = 5./KG76 July 1940
60554 9./KG28 = 6./KG76 July 1940

Re-designation of I./StG76 appears comparatively straightforward:

71080 Stab I./StG76 = Stab I./StG3 July 1940
71081 1./StG76 = 1./StG3 July 1940
71082 2./StG76 = 2./StG3 July 1940
71083 3./StG76 = 3./StG3 July 1940

Hope this helps.