RIGA DURING GERMAN OCCUPATION



         SPILVE
Dates Unit Aircraft Types
July 1941 1. (Einsatz) Staffel / JG 54 Messerschmidt 109
July 1941 Verbindungsstaffel 1 Arado Ar66
Junkers JU52
Aug 1941 -
Oct 27, 1941		 Küstenfliegergruppe 806 /
Kampfgruppe 806		 Junkers JU88A
Sept 1941 -
end of 1942		 Sanitäts-Flugbereitschaft 1
(Medical Evacuation Unit)		 Junkers Ju52
Fiesler F.156 Storch
Sept - Oct 1941 HQ: Aufklärungsgruppe 125 (See)
(Naval Reconnaissance)		 He 60
Arado 196 A3
Sept 1941 -
Sept 1944		 Seenotstaffel 9
(Air-Sea Rescue Unit)		 Arado 196
Dornier 18
Dornier 24
Heinkel 59
Heinkel 60
Heinkel 115
Sept 21 -
Oct. 6 1941		 2./906 (Küstenfliegergruppe 906) Junkers JU88A
Sept 21 -
Oct 18 1941		 HQ: Küstenfliegergruppe 506 /
Kampfgruppe 506		 Junkers JU88A
Jan - March 1942 I. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor" Heinkel He111
Feb -
March 1942		 Kampfgruppe zur besonderen Verwendung 6
(Transport Unit)		 Junkers JU52
Junkers JU86
Feb -
May 18 1942		 Kampfgruppe zur besonderen Verwendung 4
(Transport Unit)		 Junkers JU52
March 13 -
Apr 19 1942		 Kampfgruppe zur besonderen Verwendung 5
(Transport Unit)		 Heinkel He111
March 1942 -
May 1942		 HQ: Kampfgeschwader 4
"General Wever"		 Heinkel He111H
May 1942 -

May 1943		 Verbindungskommando (S) 1 Avia B.534
DFS 230
Gotha 242
Heinkel 45
Heinkel 111
Henschel 126
June 1942 3. Go-Staffel der Luftwaffe
(Glider Unit)		 Gotha 242
Heinkel He111
June 1942 -
Oct. 1942

Dec. 1942 -
March 1943		 1.(DFS)/VK(S) 1

[Formed June, 1942 at Riga from g.DFS230-Staffel der Luftwaffe]		 Heinkel 46
DFS 230
Henschel 126
Avia B.534
DFS 230
June 1942 -

Oct. 1942
(Go.)/VK(S) 1

[Formed in June, 1942 in Riga from 3.Go-Staffel der Luftwaffe]

 Heinkel 111
Gotha 242 (Gothas acquired, but not assembled)
Aug 8 -
Nov 20 1942		 Kampfgeschwader 1
"Hindenburg"
Dec 1942 -
Feb. 1943		 2.(DFS)/VK(S) 1 Henschel 126
DFS 230
Jan - March 1943 III. Gruppe, Luftlandegeschwader 1
(Transport Unit)		 Henschel 126
DFS 230
Feb 1944 -
Oct 1944		 Sanitäts-Flugbereitschaft 1
(Medical Evacuation Unit)		 Junkers Ju52
Fiesler F.156 Storch
June 14 1943 -
Aug 1944		 Kampfgeschwader 102 Heinkel He111
Junkers JU88
Aug 1943 -
June 1944		 Luftdienst-Kommando Ostland Henschel Hs126
Dec 1943 -
Oct. 1944		 3.(F)/22 (Aufklärungsgruppe 22)
Feb 1944 -
Oct 1944		 HQ: FAGr.1
(Fernaufklärungsgruppe 1)
June -
Oct 1944		 Fliegerzielstaffel 10 Henschel Hs126
July 30, 1944 -
Oct 10 1944		 II. Gruppe, Schlachtgeschwader 3 FW 190F
July 30, 1944 -
Oct. 1944 		5.(F)/122 (Aufklärungsgruppe 122)
Aug 3 -
Sept 26, 1944		 (Eis)/KG55 (Kampfgeschwader 55 "Greif") He 111
September 1944 Jagdgeschwader 54 ( 1./JG 54) FW 190A-8
Sept 21 -
Oct 3 1944		 10.(Pz)/SG3 (Schlachtgeschwader 3) Junkers JU87


         SKULTE
Dates Unit Aircraft Types
July 30 1944 -
Sept 24 1944		 Nachtschlachtgruppe 12 (lettisch) Ar 66
Go 145
Hs 126
September 1944 Jagdgeschwader 54 ( I./JG 54) FW 190A-6
Sept 22 - 25 1944 HQ & I.Gruppe,
Schlachtgeschwader 4		 FW 190F/G


         SKIROTAVA
Dates Unit Aircraft Types
Sept 25 - 29 1944 HQ & 1.Gruppe,
Schlachtgeschwader 4		 FW 190F/G




          SOURCES

          Luftwaffe Schlachtgruppen by John Weal
          Michael Holme's website




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