Schlachtgeschwader 77

Schlachtgeschwader 77
Active	1943–1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Luftwaffe
Type	Dive bomber
Role	Close air support
Size	Air Force Wing
Insignia
Identification symbol	S2

Schlachtgeschwader 77 (SG 77) was a Luftwaffe close air support-wing of World War II.

History

Schlachtgeschwader 77 was formed on 18 October 1943 in Wassilkow from Stab/Sturzkampfgeschwader 77. With the exception of II. Group, which was redesignated as III. Group, Schlachtgeschwader 10, the remaining groups were renamed to Schlachtgeschwader 77.

On 3 March 1945, 9. Staffel equipped its FW 190F-8s with Panzerblitz 80 mm anti-tank rockets. Adapted from the R4M rocket, these were carried under the outboard wings.

On 17 April 1945 Stab and III./SG 77 were based at Kamenz, north-east of Dresden. A formation of P-51s of the 55th Fighter Group spotted SG 77's aircraft preparing to take-off. 116-kill 'ace' Oberleutnant August Lambert and two other pilots were taking off when the American fighters appeared. The FW 190s jettisoned their bombs and tried to escape but all three were shot down, Lambert being killed in his FW 190 F-8 'Black 9 + ' north of Hoyerswerda. Seven other FW 190s were destroyed or badly damaged on the ground at Kamenz by the P-51s.

Commanding officers

Soviet Union .- Three dive bombers Junkers Ju 87D ("Stuka") dive bomber squadron of 77 (ID S2 + N?) In flight; KBK Lw zbV

Geschwaderkommodore

• Major Helmut Bruck, 18 October 1943 – 15 February 1945
• Obstleutnant Manfred Mossinger, 16 February 1945 – 8 May 1945

Gruppenkommandeure

I./SG 77

• Major Werner Roell, 18 October 1943 – 1 December 1943
• Major Karl Henze, 1 December 1943 – 1 February 1945
• Hauptmann Hans-Joachim Brand, 1 February 1945 – 16 April 1945

II./SG 77

• Hauptman Alexander Gläser, February 1944 – 8 May 1945

III./SG 77

• Hauptman Franz Kieslich, 18 October 1943 – 19 February 1945
• Hauptman Gerhard Stüdemann, 20 February 1945 – 8 May 1945

See also

Organization of the Luftwaffe during World War II

References

Sturzkampf/Schlachtgeschwader of the Wehrmacht Luftwaffe Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 2 3 5 51 76 77 101 102 151 160 162 163 165 167 168 Schlachtgeschwader 1 2 3 4 5 9 10 77 101 102 103 104 111 151 152

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 and Schlachtgeschwader 77 Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 Heinz-Günter Amelung Anton Andorfer Gerhard Bauer Gerhard Bauhaus Helmuth Bode Hans-Joachim Brand Helmut Bruck (Oak Leaves) Robert Bumen Leonhard Burr Friedrich-Karl Freiherr von Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels Herbert Dawedeit Konrad Fechner Karl Fitzner Alexander Gläser1 (Oak Leaves) Osmar Griebel Karl-Georg Gschwendtner Theodor Haker Karl Henze1 (Oak Leaves) Günter Hitz Georg Jakob1 (Oak Leaves) Georg Jauernik Horst Kaubisch2 (Oak Leaves) Franz Kieslich1 (Oak Leaves) Theodor Langhart Paul Langkopf Helmut Leicht3 (Oak Leaves) Günter Ludigkeit Hans Luhr Fritz Neumüller Alfons Orthofer Waldemar Plewig Kurt Rick Werner Roell Hermann Ruppert Hans-Karl Sattler Otto Schmidt Clemens Graf von Schönborn-Wiesentheid Günter Schwartzkopff Kurt Stifter Walter Stimpel Gerhard Stüdemann1 (Oak Leaves) Johann Waldhauser Rudolf Weigel Werner Weihrauch Adolf Weiß Johann Zellner Karl Zellner Heinrich Zwipf Schlachtgeschwader 77 Max Diepold Alexander Gläser1 (Oak Leaves) Horst Görtler Josef Grewe Paul Haidle Karl Henze1 (Oak Leaves) Franz Hettinger Werner Honsberg Josef Huber Georg Jakob1 (Oak Leaves) Franz Kieslich1 (Oak Leaves) Gunter Kilian Hans-Georg Lohmeyer Hans-Otto Meier Heinz Niehuus Herbert Rabben Stephan Schmitt Christian Schuett Bruno-Richard Schulz Gerhard Stüdemann1 (Oak Leaves) Rudolf Trenn Alois Wosnitza 1 Knight's Cross with StG 77, Oak Leaves with SG 77. 2 Oak Leaves with SG 1. 3 Oak Leaves with SG 10.