German Airforces in Balkans 5 April 1941

Luftflotte 4: Unit 4(F)/121 Staff/,1/,3/Kampfgruppe 2 III/Kampfgruppe 3 II/Kmapfgruppe 4 Staff/,1/,2/Kampfgruppe 51 3/Kampfgruppe 51

Aircraft Ju88Ds Do.17Z Do.17Z He111Ps Ju88As Ju88As

Location Seyring, Austria Zwlfaxing, Austria Mnchendorf, Austria Aspern, Austria Weiner Neustadt, Austria Schwechat, Austria

Fliegerfhrer Graz: (under command Kommodore StG 3) 2/Jagdgruppe 541 Bf109Es Graz, Austria 2/Stukagruppe 77 Ju87Bs Graz, Austria Staff/Stukagruppe 3 Ju87Bs Graz, Austria 1/Jagdgruppe 27 Bf109Es Graz, Austria Fliegerfhrer Arad (Under command Kommodore StG77) 3/Jagdgruppe 27 Bf109Es Arad, Rumania Staff/,1/,3/Stukagruppe 77 Ju87Bs Arad, Rumania 4/Jagdgruppe 54 Bf109Es Arad, Rumania 1/Zerstrergruppe 26 Bf110s Szeged, Hungary Staff/,2/,3/Jadggruppe 77 Bf109Es Deta, Rumania Attached to 2nd Army, in Austria & Hungary 2(H)/31 Hs126s XIV Corps 3(H)/13 Hs126s XLIX, LI, & LIII Corps 4(H)/13 Hs126s XLI Corps 3(H)/21 PZ Hs126s 11th Panzer Division 3(H)/41 PZ Hs126s 5th Panzer Division 3(H)/12 PZ Hs126s 5th Panzer Division 2(H)/32 PZ Hs126s 14th Panzer Division Fliegerkorps VIII 2(F)/11 Staff/,1/,3/Stukagruppe 2 1/Stukagruppe 3 Staff/,2/,3/Jagdgruppe 27 I(J)/LG 22 Range Recon 1/LG 121 2(Sch)/LG 2 Do.17s Ju87Bs Ju87Bs Bf109Es Bf109Es Ju88As Bf109E3 HS123As4 Sofia-Filiporci, Bulgaria Belica and Krainici, Bulgaria Belica, Bulgaria Belica & Sofia-Vrba, Bulgaria Sofia-Vrazdebna, Bulgaria Krumovo, Bulgaria Sofia-Vrazdebna, Bulgaria Sofia-Vrazdebna, Bulgaria

Less 4th Staffel. The LG were ground attack units. Two staffels. One staffel. 1

7/LG 221 10/LG 21 2/Zestorergruppe 26 7 Seenotdienstaffel 4/KGzbV 15

Bf110s Hs123As Bf110s various float planes Ju52/3ms

Sofia-Vrazdebna, Bulgaria Krainici, Bulgaria Krainici & Vrazdebna, Bulgaria Varna, Bulgaria Krumovo, Bulgaria XXX Corps XVIII Corps XL Corps XI and L Corps 2nd Panzer Division 9th Panzer Division

Attached to 12th Army, in Bulgaria 5(H)/13 Hs126s 2(H)/10 Hs126s 4(H)/22 Hs126s 4(H)/32 Hs126s 1(H)/14 Pz Hs126s 1(H)/23 Pz Hs126s

Shores, C. & Cull, B., Air War for Yugoslavia, Greece, and Crete 1940-1941, 1987, Carrollton, Tx, Squadron Signal Publicaitons. Copyright GFN 1993

The KGzbV stands for "Kampfgruppe zu besonder Verband" or battle group on special duty, i.e. transport aircraft.