[Doug Stankey]

Status of KG 30 in Dec 1942:

Stab/K.G. 30

At Comiso /Sicily; raided Bône /Algeria (14 December 1942); had no more than 1 a/c (1 January 1943).
Kommodore: Obstlt. Erich Bloedorn

I./K.G. 30

2. Staffel at Petsamo (11 December 1942); 1. Staffel at Kemi, 2. Staffel at Kemijärvi, 3. Staffel Nautsi as forward bases (winter 1942-43); attacked Murmansk (27, 28 December 1942); reported having 32× Ju 88 A-4 (1 January 1943).
Kommandeur: Oberst i.G. Alarich Hofmann (MIA 27 December 1942)


II./K.G. 30

At Comiso /Sicily; likely raided Bône (14 December); action vic east of Delimara (21 December); lost a Ju 88 off Algeria (26 December 1942); reported having 23× Ju 88 (1 January 1943).
Kommandeur: Hptm. Erich Stoffregen

III./K.G. 30 (2nd formation)

At Comiso/ Sicily but sometimes used Elmas/ Sardinia for forward staging; lost a/c vic Bône (6 December); raided Bône harbor (12 December); Algiers harbor (26 December 1942); reported having 18× Ju 88 A (1 January 1943).
Kommandeur: Major Werner Baumbach

IV./K.G. 30

At Aalborg-West/Denmark; Reported having 22× Ju 88 A-4, 32× Ju 88 A-5, 1× Ju 87 D-1 (1 January 1943).
Kommandeur: Hptm. Gerhard Molkentin


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