tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1369223362066176008.post8355697573169684502..comments2024-02-21T15:10:58.145+07:00Comments on World War II Pictures In Details: Messerschmitt Bf 109 of Feldwebel Hans DöbrichAlif Rafik Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973819067645526071noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1369223362066176008.post-72796450430975148232013-12-23T03:51:51.027+07:002013-12-23T03:51:51.027+07:00Yes
Read the II / JG 54
Kurt Kuhlmey and / the leg...Yes<br />Read the II / JG 54<br />Kurt Kuhlmey and / the legend Larry Thorne (Green Barret movies)<br /><br />As part of I./StG 2 Kuhlmey participated in the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. He served in North Africa, becoming Gruppenkommandeur (group commander) of II./StG 3 in April 1942. In 18 October 1943 he was promoted to Geschwaderkommodore (wing commander, Schlachtgeschwader 3 (SG 3).<br />On 9 June 1944 the Soviet Union launched a major offensive on the Karelian Isthmus. The Soviet Army forced the Finns to abandon their defensive lines and on 20 June took Viipuri, the second largest city of Finland. As a reinforcement SG 3 was posted to Finland in June 1944, forming Gefechtsverband Kuhlmey (Detachment Kuhlmey) with Oberst Kuhlmey commanding a composite unit comprising elements of I./SG 3, I./SG 5, II./JG 54 and NAGr.1.<br />Detachment Kuhlmey's actions in Finland during 16 June and 21 July 1944 was hugely influential in the final outcome of the offensive and of the Continuation War. Together Finnish Air Force units and Detachment Kuhlmey made 1,020 bombing sorties against the Soviet troops and armour. The Soviets lost some 300 tanks, 120-280 aircraft and over 20,000 troops. As a result the Soviet advance stalled, and ensuing peace talks led to a cease-fire between the Soviet Union and Finland on 4 September.<br />Leaving SG 3 in December 1944, by March 1945 Oberst Kuhlmey was Geschwaderkommodore of SG 2 “Immelmann”, and in the last weeks of the war was on the staff of the General der Schalchtflieger.maximexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096663908456909910noreply@blogger.com