Kursk - German OB - Air Forces involved

This page shows the Order of Battle for the Air Forces directly involved
The OB below shows the complete hierarchy of the Air Forces, as far as I have been able to ascertain. The indents are used to show the levels of reporting - each indent showing units subordinate to the previous.

Unit	Commander	Notes/Base
*Army Group Centre*	von Kluge, Guenther	Orel
ï¿½ Luftflotte 6	von Greim, GenFeldm Robert Ritter	Smolensk
ï¿½ ï¿½ 1 FliegerDivision	Gen Paul Deichmann	Orel
ï¿½ ï¿½ 10 FlaK Brigade	GenMaj Karl Schuchardt	Orel
ï¿½ ï¿½ 12 FlaK Division	GenLt Ernst Buffa	3 FlaK Regts - 21, 34, 101; Orel
ï¿½ ï¿½ 18 FlaK Division	GenLt Prinz Heinrich Reuss	4 FlaK Regts - 6, 10, 125, 133; Orscha
ï¿½ ï¿½ 4 FliegerDivision	GenLt Hermann Plocher	Smolensk
ï¿½ ï¿½ JagdGeschwader 51	ObLt Karl-Gottfried Nordmann	Orel
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 15(Span)/51 JagdStaffel		Bf 109F/G - moved to Toulouse 6/43
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ I/51 JagdGruppe	Maj Erich Leie	Fw 190A-4/5 @ Orel
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ III/51 JagdGruppe	Hptm Fritz Losigkeit	Fw 190A-4/5 ? BF109G @ Orel
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ IV/51 JagdGruppe	Maj Rudolf Resch	Fw 190A-4/5 ? BF109G @ Orel; Resch out 11/7
ï¿½ ï¿½ JagdGeschwader 54	Maj Hubertus von Bonin
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ I/54 JagdGruppe		Fw 190A-2 @ Orel
ï¿½ ï¿½ KampfGeschwader 3	ObLt Walter Lehwess-Litzmann	Poltava
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ I/3 KampfGruppe		Ju 88A-4 @ Poltava
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ II/3 KampfGruppe		Ju 88A-4 @ Poltava
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ III/3 KampfGruppe		Ju 88A-4 @ Poltava
ï¿½ ï¿½ KampfGeschwader 4	ObLt Heinz-Joachim Schmidt	Seschtschinskaja
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ II/4 KampfGruppe	Maj Reinhard Graubner	He 111H-16 @ Seschtschinskaja
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ III/4 KampfGruppe	Maj Kurt Neumann	He 111H-16 @ Karatchev
ï¿½ ï¿½ KampfGeschwader 51	Maj Hanns Heise	Part with 6LF/AGC, part with 4LF/AGS; Bryansk
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ II/51 KampfGruppe	Maj Herbert Voss	Ju 88A-4 @ Bryansk w/1 FlDiv
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ III/51 KampfGruppe	Hptm Wilhelm Rath	Ju 88A-4 @ Bryansk; 7./51 converting to JU88-C-6 fighters - not present
ï¿½ ï¿½ KampfGeschwader 53	ObLt Fritz O. Pockrandt	Olsufjewo; II/KG53 arrive 15/7 from Germany
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ I/53 KampfGruppe	Maj Karl Rauer	He 111H-16 @ Olsufjevo
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ III/53 KampfGruppe	Maj Emil Allmendinger	He 111H-16 @ Olsufjevo
ï¿½ ï¿½ NachtJagdGeschwader 5		Night-fighter - part with AGC, part with AGS
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 12./5 NachtJagdStaffel		Bf 110 @ Bryansk or Orel
ï¿½ ï¿½ StukaGeschwader 1	ObLt Gustav Pressler	Orel-Nord/Karatschew
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ I/1 StukaGruppe		JU-87D Orel/Karatchew
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ II/1 StukaGruppe	Maj Alfred Druschel	JU-87D Orel/Krasnowardeisk
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ III/1 StukaGruppe	Maj Friedrich Lang	JU-87D Orel/Karatchew
ï¿½ ï¿½ ZerstörerGeschwader 1	ObLt Joachim Blechschmidt	Montecourvino - Italy
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ I/1 Zerstörer Gruppe		Bf 110G @ Bryansk
*Army Group South*	von Manstein, Erich	Kursk
ï¿½ Luftflotte 4	GenFeldm Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen	Dnjepropetrovsk
ï¿½ ï¿½ 5 FlaK Division	GenMaj Julius Kuderna	Ploesti - with 14 FlaK Rgts
ï¿½ ï¿½ I FliegerKorps	GenLt Karl Angerstein	Simferopol
ï¿½ ï¿½ IV FliegerKorps	Gen Kurt Pflugbeil	Ssalsk
ï¿½ ï¿½ Seefliegerführer Schwarzes Meer FliegerDivision	ObLt Joachim Bauer	Simferopol
ï¿½ ï¿½ VIII FliegerKorps	Gen Hans Seidemann	Mikojanovka
ï¿½ ï¿½ JagdGeschwader 3	Maj Friedrich-Karl Müller	Staff at Mönchen-Gladbach
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ II/3 JagdGruppe	Maj Kurt Brändle	Bf 109G-4 @ Kharkov-Roganj
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ III/3 JagdGruppe	Maj Wolfgang Ewald	Bf 109G-4 @ Besonovka; Ewald left 14/7
ï¿½ ï¿½ JagdGeschwader 51	ObLt Karl-Gottfried Nordmann	Orel
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ PzJaSt/52 JagdStaffel	Olt Günther Jolas	Hs 129B @ Mikoyanovka
ï¿½ ï¿½ JagdGeschwader 52	ObLt Dieter Hrabak
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ I/52 JagdGruppe	Hptm Helmut Bennemann	Bf 109G @ Besonovka
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ III/52 JagdGruppe	Hptm Günther Rall	Bf 109G @ Ugrim; Rall took over 6/7
ï¿½ ï¿½ KampfGeschwader 1
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ III/1 KampfGruppe		Ju 88A-4 @ Bryansk
ï¿½ ï¿½ KampfGeschwader 100
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ I/100 KampfGruppe		He 111H-6/11/16 @ Poltava
ï¿½ ï¿½ KampfGeschwader 27	Ob Hans-Henning Frhr. von Beust	Dnepropetrovsk
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ I/27 KampfGruppe		He 111H-16 @ Dnepropetrovsk
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ II/27 KampfGruppe		He 111H-16 @ Dnepropetrovsk
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ III/27 KampfGruppe		He 111H-16 @ Zaporozhye
ï¿½ ï¿½ KampfGeschwader 51	Maj Hanns Heise	Part with 6LF/AGC, part with 4LF/AGS; Bryansk
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ I/51 KampfGruppe	Maj Klaus Häberlen	Ju 88A-4 @ Bagerovo; left Bagerevo in May ??
ï¿½ ï¿½ KampfGeschwader 55	ObLt Dr. Ernst Kühl	Morosowskaja w/VIII FlKorps
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 14.(Eis)/55 KampfStaffel	ObLt Mathias Bermadinger	He 111H/Ju 88C-6 @ Poltava
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ II/55 KampfGruppe	Maj Heinz Höfer	He 111H-16 @ Kharkov/Stalino
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ III/55 KampfGruppe	Maj Wilhelm Antrup	He 111H-16 @ Kharkov/Stalino
ï¿½ ï¿½ NachtJagdGeschwader 5		Night-fighter - part with AGC, part with AGS
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 10./5 NachtJagdStaffel		Bf110 @ ?
ï¿½ ï¿½ SchlactGeschwader 1	ObLt. Alfred Druschel	Ground-attack: Varvarovka/Orel
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 4.(Pz)/1 SchlachtStaffel		HS129B @ Varvarovka
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 7./1 SchlachtStaffel		HS123A @ Varvarovka
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 8.(Pz)/1 SchlachtStaffel		HS129B @ Mikoyanovka
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ I/1 SchlachtGruppe	Maj Georg Dörffel	Fw 190A/F @ Varvarovka and Barvenkova
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ II/1 SchlachtGruppe	Hptm Frank Neubert	Fw 190A/F + HS 123 @ Varvarovka
ï¿½ ï¿½ SchlactGeschwader 2	Maj Wolfgang Schenk	Ground-attack: Staff in Italy
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 4.(Pz)/2 SchlachtStaffel		HS129B @ Varvarovka
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 8.(Pz)/2 SchlachtStaffel		HS129B @ Varvarovka
ï¿½ ï¿½ StukaGeschwader 2	ObLt. Dr. Ernst Kupfer	Kharkov/Orel
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ 10.(Pz)/2 StukaStaffel		JU-87D - Kharkov/Orel
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ I/2 StukaGruppe	Hptm Alwin Boerst	JU-87D - Kharkov-Ost
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ II/2 StukaGruppe		JU-87D - Kharkov/Orel
ï¿½ ï¿½ ï¿½ III/2 StukaGruppe	Hptm Walter Krauss	JU-87D - Kharkov/Orel