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Questions about K.G.55 and K.G.z.b.v. 5
Hope anybody can help me understand the following:
I just acquired a little document grouping concerning an EK1 and EK 2 document. A transport clasp inbronze, a bomber clasp in silver and a Fliegerschutzenabzeichen. The chap named Petermann got his transport clasp in bronze in Januari 1943. The feldpostnumber mentioned in the stamp is L35674. I read on another forum that this number was for the Geschwaderstab / KG 55. Should he have have been awarded a bomber clasp instead of a transporter clasp because KG55 was a bomber unit.? He got his bomber clasp in silver and his EK 1 and 2 in Mai 1943. On two of the documents (Bomber clasp and EK 2) K.G.z.b.v. 5 is mentioned. The bronze transporter clasp and the silver bomber clasp are both signed by Oberst Kühl. When I search on K.G.55 and K.G.z.b.v. 5 the following information turns up. www.ww2.dk/air/kampf/kg55.htm says the following: Formed 1.5.39 in Langendiebach from I./KG155 with: Stab I./KG55 from Stab I./KG155 1./KG55 from 1./KG155 2./KG55 from 2./KG155 3./KG55 from 3./KG155 On 1.5.43 redesignated III./LG1 and moved to Barth: Stab I./KG55 became Stab III./LG1 1./KG55 became 7./LG1 2./KG55 became 8./LG1 3./KG55 became 9./LG1 Reformed on the same date in Stalino, from KGrzbV.5 <http://www.ww2.dk/air/transport/kgrzbv5.htm> : Stab I./KG55 from Stab/KGrzbV 5 1./KG55 from 1./KGrzbV 5 2./KG55 from 2./KGrzbV 5 3./KG55 from 3./KGrzbV 5 So K.G.z.b.v. 5 replaced the Stab I/KG55 , 1/KG55, 2/KG55 and 3/KG55 on 01-05-1943. When I look at the history of K.G.z.b.v. 5 I see the following: On 1.5.43 redesignated TGr.10 <http://www.ww2.dk/air/transport/tgr10.html> : Stab/KGrzbV5 became Stab/TGr.10 1./KGrzbV5 became 1./TGr.10 2./KGrzbV5 became 2./TGr.10 3./KGrzbV5 became 3./TGr.10 4./KGrzbV5 became 4./TGr.10 Am I reading something wrong? The same unit K.G.z.b.v.5 was redesignated to KG55 and TGR 10 at the exact same date. Can anybody explain this to me, where did K.G.z.b.v. 5 go? Or was K.G.z.b.v. 5 together with TGR 10 always under control of K.G. 55 ? Are the unitdesignations on the documents who were issued in Mai correct since the K.G.z.b.v.5 got another name? Thanks. Rik |