I only bought two items at the SOS of 2020.
This was one of them.
UNTEROFFIZIER WILLI SCHREIBER am 23-01-42
He was in 4./Kampf-Geschwader 27 and I pulled the information for the year of 1942.
He received his Ehren Pokal in January of 1942 and was awarded the DKiG in November of the same year.
He was the pilot of an HE111.
OPERATIONS-Black Sea and Stalingrad
The main activities of KG 27 in the winter, 1941/42, revolved around the Battle of the Kerch Peninsula. I./KG 27 was based at Kirovograd from 29 December 1941 and did not return to Germany. Mine laying was carried out by the group from 1 to 18 January 1942. The ports of Feodosiya and Sevastopol. Kerch harbour was also mined. Trains and rail targets were attacked of the 22 to 22 January in the Izyum area. Until March rail and troop concentrations remained a priority in the Crimea and eastern Ukraine. II./KG 27 was moved to support Army Group Centre. It dropped supplies to the Demyansk pocket and Kholm. It flew support operations around Lake Ilmen and Staraya Russa until 29 March. The group was mostly likely withdrawn to Germany until June 1942 when it returned to Ukraine and southern Russia. III./KG 27 remained in Crimea. It flew against targets in the Izyum area and the ports of Novorossisk (7 March), Sevastopol, Feodosiya mainly. In November 1941 one of the group's aircraft crashed killing General der Jagdflieger Werner Mölders.
The Black Sea campaign intensified in the spring. On 18 March I./KG 27 damaged a transport and a floating battery in the port of Kerch. KG 27 flew 606 sorties in March 1942. KG 27 was rushed north in May 1942 as a Soviet offensive began the Second Battle of Kharkov. It arrived on 13 May. KG 27 formed part of Fliegerkorps IV's contribution to the battle. The air corps claimed 596 aircraft in the air, through fighter units, and 19 on the ground by the conclusion of the battle. Another 227 tanks, 3,083 motor vehicles, 24 artillery batteries, two anti-aircraft batteries, 49 artillery pieces, 22 locomotives, six complete trains were also destroyed for the cost of 49 aircraft.
KG 27 supported the German 6th Army attack on Volchansk, to acquire a staging area for Operation Blue. KG 27 were active in the battle for the Don Bend. The Soviet 2nd and 15th Air Army, with the 1st and 101st Fighter Regiments offered stiff resistance. KG 27's airfields were also targeted. KG 27 supported the Battle of Voronezh. KG 27 flew from daylight to evening in the prolonged battle and reported Soviet air forces attacked their bases and some losses From 8 to 17 August, I./KG 27 crews flew up to four missions per day. On 29 June I./KG 27 managed to destroy an ammunition train of some 40 rail cars.
KG 27 was sent south soon after to support the 6th Army in the Battle of Stalingrad. The bombers supported the carpet bombing of the city from 23 August. II./KG 27 also attacked shipping moving along the Volga River north of Stalingrad. I./KG 27 bombed rail targets west and east of the Volga. The group was selected to carry out long-range bombing operations against the Baku-Armavir. With second group, it bombed shipping and barges evacuating machinery from Stalingrad on 3 August. KG 27 also returned to the Voronezh area bombing bridgeheads on the east bank of the Don; in one day I./KG 27 flew 14 missions against targets heavily defended by anti-aircraft artillery. First group possessed 22 aircraft by 20 September; only 13 were operational. Second group's condition was much worse; only eight aircraft from 18 remaining were combat ready. Third group still had 25 He 111s, but with only 12 operational. Second group was pulled out from 4 to 14 October to rest and refit in Germany at Hannover.
After the Soviet Operation Uranus surrounded Axis forces in the city, the remaining groups took part in desperate counterattacks. Even medium bombers were used in close air support. With other units, KG 27 inflicted heavy losses to Soviet infantry and horses on 25 November in action along the Chir river. KG 27 assisted with the failed airlift but third group was sent to Hannover to rebuild and rest from December 1942 until 14 January 1943. The group returned to combat operations as Army Group South sought to prevent a total collapse of the front. II./KG 27 is known to have supported the recapture of Kharkov and Belgorod in March 1943.
Gruppenkommandeure
IV./KG 27
Oblt Bernhard Schlafke, 24 Nov 1940 - Mar 1941
Hauptmann Johannes Lorenz, 13 Mar 1941 - 24 Sep 1941
Hauptmann Hellmann, 25 Sep 1941 - Oct 1941
Hauptmann Gerhard Braunschweig, 30 Oct 1941 - 30 Nov 1942
Major Walter Engel, 1 Dec 1942 - 23 Nov 1944
This was one of them.
UNTEROFFIZIER WILLI SCHREIBER am 23-01-42
He was in 4./Kampf-Geschwader 27 and I pulled the information for the year of 1942.
He received his Ehren Pokal in January of 1942 and was awarded the DKiG in November of the same year.
He was the pilot of an HE111.
OPERATIONS-Black Sea and Stalingrad
The main activities of KG 27 in the winter, 1941/42, revolved around the Battle of the Kerch Peninsula. I./KG 27 was based at Kirovograd from 29 December 1941 and did not return to Germany. Mine laying was carried out by the group from 1 to 18 January 1942. The ports of Feodosiya and Sevastopol. Kerch harbour was also mined. Trains and rail targets were attacked of the 22 to 22 January in the Izyum area. Until March rail and troop concentrations remained a priority in the Crimea and eastern Ukraine. II./KG 27 was moved to support Army Group Centre. It dropped supplies to the Demyansk pocket and Kholm. It flew support operations around Lake Ilmen and Staraya Russa until 29 March. The group was mostly likely withdrawn to Germany until June 1942 when it returned to Ukraine and southern Russia. III./KG 27 remained in Crimea. It flew against targets in the Izyum area and the ports of Novorossisk (7 March), Sevastopol, Feodosiya mainly. In November 1941 one of the group's aircraft crashed killing General der Jagdflieger Werner Mölders.
The Black Sea campaign intensified in the spring. On 18 March I./KG 27 damaged a transport and a floating battery in the port of Kerch. KG 27 flew 606 sorties in March 1942. KG 27 was rushed north in May 1942 as a Soviet offensive began the Second Battle of Kharkov. It arrived on 13 May. KG 27 formed part of Fliegerkorps IV's contribution to the battle. The air corps claimed 596 aircraft in the air, through fighter units, and 19 on the ground by the conclusion of the battle. Another 227 tanks, 3,083 motor vehicles, 24 artillery batteries, two anti-aircraft batteries, 49 artillery pieces, 22 locomotives, six complete trains were also destroyed for the cost of 49 aircraft.
KG 27 supported the German 6th Army attack on Volchansk, to acquire a staging area for Operation Blue. KG 27 were active in the battle for the Don Bend. The Soviet 2nd and 15th Air Army, with the 1st and 101st Fighter Regiments offered stiff resistance. KG 27's airfields were also targeted. KG 27 supported the Battle of Voronezh. KG 27 flew from daylight to evening in the prolonged battle and reported Soviet air forces attacked their bases and some losses From 8 to 17 August, I./KG 27 crews flew up to four missions per day. On 29 June I./KG 27 managed to destroy an ammunition train of some 40 rail cars.
KG 27 was sent south soon after to support the 6th Army in the Battle of Stalingrad. The bombers supported the carpet bombing of the city from 23 August. II./KG 27 also attacked shipping moving along the Volga River north of Stalingrad. I./KG 27 bombed rail targets west and east of the Volga. The group was selected to carry out long-range bombing operations against the Baku-Armavir. With second group, it bombed shipping and barges evacuating machinery from Stalingrad on 3 August. KG 27 also returned to the Voronezh area bombing bridgeheads on the east bank of the Don; in one day I./KG 27 flew 14 missions against targets heavily defended by anti-aircraft artillery. First group possessed 22 aircraft by 20 September; only 13 were operational. Second group's condition was much worse; only eight aircraft from 18 remaining were combat ready. Third group still had 25 He 111s, but with only 12 operational. Second group was pulled out from 4 to 14 October to rest and refit in Germany at Hannover.
After the Soviet Operation Uranus surrounded Axis forces in the city, the remaining groups took part in desperate counterattacks. Even medium bombers were used in close air support. With other units, KG 27 inflicted heavy losses to Soviet infantry and horses on 25 November in action along the Chir river. KG 27 assisted with the failed airlift but third group was sent to Hannover to rebuild and rest from December 1942 until 14 January 1943. The group returned to combat operations as Army Group South sought to prevent a total collapse of the front. II./KG 27 is known to have supported the recapture of Kharkov and Belgorod in March 1943.
Gruppenkommandeure
IV./KG 27
Oblt Bernhard Schlafke, 24 Nov 1940 - Mar 1941
Hauptmann Johannes Lorenz, 13 Mar 1941 - 24 Sep 1941
Hauptmann Hellmann, 25 Sep 1941 - Oct 1941
Hauptmann Gerhard Braunschweig, 30 Oct 1941 - 30 Nov 1942
Major Walter Engel, 1 Dec 1942 - 23 Nov 1944
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