4.(F)/Nacht and OOB Luftflotte 4 Apr.-Jun.43

[Larry deZeng]

Andrey -

4.(F)/Nacht returned to the Reich in July to rest, refit and convert to the Ju 88 and Ju 188. It was not again identified at the front until 2 Mar 44 when it was at Baranowicze/E Poland.
[Sources: Dierich – Die Verbände der Luftwaffe 1935-1945; Défieux, Jean-Pierre - Répertoire des Unités Aériennes de la Luftwaffe 1935-1945: Reconnaissance Aéronavale (Nanterre, privately published, n.d. (c 1988-90?)).


Jul 43
[Luftflotte 4 with: I. Fliegerkorps, IV. Fliegerkorps, VIII. Fliegerkorps, Comandamentul Aviatiei de Luptã (Romanian Combat Aviation Command), 102. Repülődandár (Hungarian 102d Air Brigade), Seefliegerführer Schwarzes Meer. Assigned units on 5 Jul: Stab/FAGr. 4, 2.(F)/11, 2.(F)/22, 2.(F)/100, 4.(F)/122, 1.(F)/Nacht, 4.(F)/Nacht, Westa 76, Stab/NAGr. 1 (with 1.(H)/41, 2./NAGr. 16?), Stab/NAGr. 6 (with 5.(H)/32, 2.(F)/33), Stab/NAGr. 9 (with 1.(H)/21, 7.(H)/32), Stab/NAGr. 14 (with 5.(H)/11, 5.(H)/41), II.,III./JG 3, Stab, I.,II.,III./JG 52, Stab, I.,II.,III./St.G. 2, Pz.Jäg.St./St.G. 2, Stab, I.,II.,III./St.G. 77, Stab, I.,II./Schl.G. 1, Führer d. Panzerjägerstaffeln (5 Hs 129B-2 Staffeln), Störkampfgruppe d. Lfl. 4, Stab, I.,II.,III./KG 27, 14.(Eis.)/KG 27, Stab, II.,III./KG 55, 14.(Eis.)/KG 55, I./KG 100, plus a large number of liaison, transport and med-evac units along with Romanian and Hungarian air units].

I do not guarantee that this Luftflotte 4 Kriegsgliederung for 5 July 1943 is complete because I can no longer identify the source I got it from. I think it may be pieced together from several different sources, most of them primary.

I have never encountered a full-blown Luftflotte 4 Kriegsgliederung for the period after 5 Jul 43 to the end of 1943.

L.