Schlachtgeschwader 1

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Schlachtgeschwader 1 (SG 1) was a Luftwaffe Dive bomber-wing of World War II.

[edit] History

Schlachtgeschwader 1 was formed on 13 January 1942 initially with two Gruppen with 4 Staffeln each. The Geschwader was disbanded on 18 October 1943. The I. Gruppe became II./Schlachtgeschwader 77 and the II. Gruppe II. /Schlachtgeschwader 2. Schlachtgeschwader 1 was reformed again the same day on 18 October 1943 from Sturzkampfgeschwader 1.

[edit] Commanding Officers

[edit] Kommodore

• Oberleutnant Otto Weiss, January 1942
• Oberleutnant Hubertus Hitschhold, 18 June 1942
• Oberleutnant Alfred Druschel, June 1943
• Oberleutnant Gustav Pressler, 18 October 1943 – 1 May 1944
• Major Peter Gasmann, 1 May 1944 – 8 May 1945

[edit] Gruppenkommandeure

[edit] I./SG 1

• Major Alfred Druschel, 13 January 1942
• Major Georg Dörffel, March 1943
• Hauptmann Siegfried Steinhoff, September 1943
• Major Horst Kaubisch, 17 June 1943 – 12 February 1945
• Hauptmann Arthur Pipan, 2 March 1945 – 8 May 1945

[edit] II./SG 1

• Hauptmann Paul-Friedrich Darjes, March 1942
• Hauptmann Frank Neubert, September 1942
• Hauptmann Heinz Frank, September 1943
• Major Ernst-Christian Reusch, 1 May 1944 – 21 January 1945
• Hauptmann Heinrich Heins, 1 February 1945 – 8 May 1945

[edit] III./SG 1

• Hauptmann Friedrich Lang, 1 April 1943 – 20 May 1944
• Hauptmann Karl Schrepfer, 1 May 1944

[edit] See also

Organization of the Luftwaffe during World War II

[edit] References

• Lexikon der Wehrmacht. Schlachtgeschwader 1. Retrieved on 5 May 2008.

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