Need help with Leadership lists for KG30

[Larry Hickey]

Hello,

I'd like to begin working through a full leadership roster for KG30 for the period 1939-40. I'm in pretty good shape at the Gesch and Gr levels, but still have a lot of gaps at the StaKap level.

The first task at the Staffel level in doing a comprehensive StaKa list for I./KG30 is to determine the first person in each of the three Staffeln to have that job, then who succeeded them.

Right now I believe as follows:

1 Staffel:

a) Hptm Siegmund Strop: 26.9.39 – 16.10.39 (PoW Scotland SD by Spitfire). Did anyone hold that job briefly before Storp took it over?
b) I don't know who succeeded him, but until about 15.5.40, when
c) Hptm Heinrich Lau 15.05.40 – 9.40 (trfed out) held the position.
d) He was followed through the end of 1940 by Oblt – Hptm Siegmund-Ulrich, Freiherr von Gravenreuth: 23.9.40 – 31-12-40 (Continuing); RK 24.11.40.

2 Staffel:
a) Hptm Heinz-Wilhelm Rosenthal was StaKap by 17.10.39 and continued until 3.2.40; (MIA SD AA Scotland). He may have held that position all the way back to the unit's formation, or someone else may have preceded him for a short while.
b) Then I don't know who was StaKap to the end of the year after Rosenthal was shot down at the beginning of Feb., 1940.

3 Staffel:
a) Oblt - Hptm Arved Crüger 16.9.39 – 22.6.40; RK 14.6.40 (trfd out)
b) Don't know who succeeded him to the end of the year.

Can anyone help fill in the missing data here? Please cite sources. We'll tackle II and III Gruppe with subsequent posts.

Regards,