ZGr. Kdre. - 01.01.1944

[Larry deZeng]

In response to a PM question this date from a member researcher:

I./ZG 26:
Hptm. August-Wilhelm Bier (13.10.43 - 11.43)
Oblt. Peter Jenne, acting? (12.43 - 03.44)
Hptm. Gerhard Weyl (07.03.44 - 06.07.44)
II./ZG 26:
Maj. Eduard Tratt
I./ZG 76:
Hptm. Siegfried Bogs

This information was all available in our Lw. Officer Career Summaries lists on the Michael Holm site, although a bit tedious to search for and find.

Larry & Doug

[John Manrho]

Larry,

You have mixed up the bios of Oblt. Gerhard Weyl (of JG 77, JG 5 and JG 6) and Hptm. Günther Weyl (ZG 1, ZG 26, ZG 101) in your files. Hptm. Günther Weyl was a few days Kdr. of I./ZG 26 and then after Tratt's death became Kdr. II./ZG 26.

Cheers,

John

[Larry deZeng]

Thanks for the heads-up, John. We'll investigate and correct where necessary.

L.

[Evgeny Velichko]

Stab I./ZG26 11.10.1943 15.02.1944 Hptm. August-Wilhelm Bier TFD Transfered
Stab I./ZG26 15.02.1944 23.02.1944 Hptm. Günther Weyl TFD Transfered to II./ZG 26
Stab I./ZG26 23.02.1944 01.06.1944 Hptm. Peter Jenne (i.V.) TFD Transfered in August to III./JG 300
Stab I./ZG26 ??-06-1944 ??-07-1944 Maj. Johann Kogler TFD Transfered to Stab ZG 26
Stab I./ZG26 ~08-06-1944 14.10.1944 Maj. Werner Guth Gruppe became I./JG 6


Stab II./ZG26 11.10.1943 22.02.1944 Hptm. Eduard Tratt KiA Shot down by B-17 gunner
Stab II./ZG26 23.02.1944 >06-07-1944 Hptm. Günther Weyl TFD Transfered to I./ZG 101
Stab II./ZG26 <11-07-1944 05.08.1944 Hptm. Willi Elstermann Gruppe became II./JG 6


Stab III./ZG26 24.12.1941 12.07.1943 Hptm. Georg Christl TFD Transferred to E.Kdo ??
Stab III./ZG26 12.07.1943 05.03.1944 Hptm. Fritz Schulze-Dickow
Stab III./ZG26 05.03.1944 03.06.1944 Maj. Johann Kogler
Stab III./ZG26 03.06.1944 18.07.1944 Maj. Werner Thierfelder

[Evgeny Velichko]

Stab I./ZG76 ??.05.1944 ??.07.1944 Hptm. Heinrich Offterdinger Gruppe became I./JG 76

Stab II./ZG76 ??.08.1943 04.10.1943 Hptm. Oscar-Max Gehring KIA killed by 56.FG Thunderbolts
Stab II./ZG76 05.10.1943 21.07.1944 Maj Herbert Kaminski give up function
Stab II./ZG76 21.07.1944 07.02.1945 Maj. Karl-Fritz Schloßstein Gruppe became III./JG54

Stab III./ZG76 01.11.1943 29.01.1944 Hptm Johannes Kiel KiA Shot down in Bf110G-2 by USAAF fighters