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Old 10th May 2012, 11:39
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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
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