Messerschmitt Bf 110 List



Zerstörergeschwader 76 - ZG76 code 2N+

Aircrew Luftwaffe 3./ZG76 pilot Karl Friedrich Dickore left Rolf Kaldrack 01

Aircrew Luftwaffe pilot Karl Hammes grave 01

Aircrew Luftwaffe pilot Karl Hammes grave 02

Aircrew Luftwaffe pilot ZG76 Wolfgang Falck 05

Messerschmitt Bf 110B1 Zerstorer 2./ZG1 (2NHK) during invasion of Poland 1939 0A

Messerschmitt Bf 110B1 Zerstorer 2./ZG1 (2NHK) over Poland 1939 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110B1 Zerstorer 2./ZG1 2NHK 2NIK 2NFK over Warsaw Poland 1939 ebay 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110B1 Zerstorer 2./ZG1 2NHK 2NIK over Warsaw Poland 1939 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110B1 Zerstorer 2./ZG1 2NKK 2NHK 2NIK 2NFK over Warsaw Poland 1939 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110B1 Zerstorer 3./ZG1 (2NxL) headon profile Olomouc 1939 ebay 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110B1 Zerstorer 6./ZG1 (2NBP) over Poland 1939 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C1 Zerstorer 13.(Z)/LG1 (2NIH) Karl Hammes shot down Poland 1939 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C1 Zerstorer 13.(Z)/LG1 (2NIH) Karl Hammes shot down Poland 1939 02

Messerschmitt Bf 110C1 Zerstorer 13.(Z)/LG1 (2NIH) Karl Hammes shot down Poland 1939 03

Messerschmitt Bf 110C1 Zerstorer 13.(Z)/LG1 (2NIH) Karl Hammes shot down Poland 1939 04

Messerschmitt Bf 110C1 Zerstorer 13.(Z)/LG1 (2NIH) Karl Hammes shot down Poland 1939 05

Messerschmitt Bf 110C1 Zerstorer 13.(Z)/LG1 (2NIH) Karl Hammes shot down Poland 1939 06

Messerschmitt Bf 110C1 Zerstorer 13.(Z)/LG1 (2NIH) Karl Hammes shot down Poland 1939 07

Messerschmitt Bf 110C1 Zerstorer 13.(Z)/LG1 (2NIH) Karl Hammes shot down Poland 1939 08

Messerschmitt Bf 110C1 Zerstorer 13.(Z)/LG1 (2NIH) Karl Hammes shot down Poland 1939 09

Messerschmitt Bf 110C1 Zerstorer 13.(Z)/LG1 (2NIH) Karl Hammes shot down Poland 1939 0A

Messerschmitt Bf 110C1 Zerstorer 13.(Z)/LG1 (2NIH) Karl Hammes shot down Poland 1939 0B

Messerschmitt Bf 110C1 Zerstorer 13.(Z)/LG1 (2NIH) Karl Hammes shot down Poland 1939 10

Messerschmitt Bf 110C1 Zerstorer 13.(Z)/LG1 (2NIH) Karl Hammes shot down Poland 1939 11

Messerschmitt Bf 110C2 Zerstorer 1./ZG1 (2NAH) Germany Poland early 1940 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C2 Zerstorer 1./ZG1 (2NAH) Germany Poland early 1940 02

Messerschmitt Bf 110C2 Zerstorer 1./ZG1 (2NAH) Germany Poland early 1940 0A

Messerschmitt Bf 110C2 Zerstorer 4./ZG1 (2NDM) Freiburg Airfield Germany 1940 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C2 Zerstorer 4./ZG1 (2NDM) Freiburg Airfield Germany 1940 02

Messerschmitt Bf 110C2 Zerstorer 4./ZG1 (2NDM) Freiburg Airfield Germany 1940 03

Messerschmitt Bf 110C2 Zerstorer 5./ZG1 (2NAN) WNr 2083 Norrent Fontes France 1940 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C2 Zerstorer 5./ZG1 (2NAN) WNr 2083 Norrent Fontes France 1940 02

Messerschmitt Bf 110C2 Zerstorer 5./ZG1 (2NBN) Gelsenkirchen Bue Germany Feb 1940 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C2 Zerstorer 5./ZG1 (2NBN) Stavanger Sola Norway 1940 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C2 Zerstorer 5./ZG1 (2NBN) Stavanger Sola Norway 1940 02

Messerschmitt Bf 110C2 Zerstorer 5./ZG1 (2NFN) (2NAN) in formation 1940 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C2 Zerstorer V./ZG1 (2NKZ) being salvaged ebay 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C4 Zerstorer 6./ZG76 (2NEP) Gerhard Kadow WNr 3551 shot down Lulworth July 11 1940 0A

Messerschmitt Bf 110C4 Zerstorer 9./ZG76 (2NEP) Gerhard Kadow WNr 3551 sd near Lulworth 11th July 1940 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C4 Zerstorer 9./ZG76 (2NEP) Gerhard Kadow WNr 3551 sd near Lulworth 11th July 1940 02

Messerschmitt Bf 110C4 Zerstorer 9./ZG76 (2NEP) Gerhard Kadow WNr 3551 sd near Lulworth 11th July 1940 03

Messerschmitt Bf 110C4 Zerstorer 9./ZG76 (2NEP) Gerhard Kadow WNr 3551 sd near Lulworth 11th July 1940 04

Messerschmitt Bf 110C4 Zerstorer Stab I./ZG1 (2NBB Deelen Arnhem Holland early 1940 0A

Messerschmitt Bf 110C4 Zerstorer Stab I./ZG1 Chevron 2NBB Deelen Arnhem Holland early 1940 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C4 Zerstorer Stab I./ZG1 Chevron 2NBB Deelen Arnhem Holland early 1940 02

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 1./ZG1 (2NCH) 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 1./ZG1 (2NCH) 0A

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 1./ZG1 (2NCH) France 1940 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 1./ZG1 (2NEH) crash landed remains 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 1./ZG1 (2NGH) 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 1./ZG1 (2NNH) landing accident 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 3./ZG1 (2NDL) 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 3./ZG1 (2NLL) crash landing 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 3./ZG1 (2NLL) crash landing 02

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 3./ZG1 (2NLL) crash landing 03

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 3./ZG1 (2NLL) crash landing 04

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 3./ZG1 (2NLL) crash landing 05

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 5.(Z)/JG77 (2NFN) and (2NAN) aerial photo 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 5./ZG1 (2NGN) Manfred Dahne WNr 2831 June 8 1940 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 5./ZG1 (2NGN) Manfred Dahne WNr 2831 June 8 1940 02

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 5./ZG1 (2NGN) Manfred Dahne WNr 2831 June 8 1940 03

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 5./ZG1 (2NGN) Manfred Dahne WNr 2831 June 8 1940 0A

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 5./ZG1 (2NGN) Manfred Dahne WNr 2831 June 8 1940 0B

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 6./ZG76 (2NAP) Urban Schlaffer n Franz Obser based in France 1940 0A

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 6./ZG76 (2NAP) Urban Schlaffer n Franz Obser based in France 1940 0B

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 6./ZG76 (2NAP) Urban Schlaffer n Franz Obser based in France 1940 0C

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 6./ZG76 (2NAP) Urban Schlaffer shot down 1940 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 6./ZG76 (2NDP) Peterburs Holland 1941 0A

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 6./ZG76 (2NIP) landing mishap 1940 ebay auction 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 8./ZG76 (2NBN) 1940 0A

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 8./ZG76 (2NBN) France 1940 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 8./ZG76 (2NBN) France 1940 0A

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 8./ZG76 (2NBN) France 1940 0B

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 8./ZG76 (2NBN) France 1940 0C

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 8./ZG76 (2NCN) based Laval France 1940 SAMI 2013 07

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 8./ZG76 (2NCN) Hans Munich 1940 02

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 8./ZG76 (2NCN) Hans Munich 1940 0A

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 8./ZG76 (2NCN) Hans Munich late 1940 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 8./ZG76 (2NHN) Stkz BBUH WNr 3513 accident Laval Airfield 1940 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 8./ZG76 (2NHN) Stkz BBUH WNr 3513 accident Laval Airfield 1940 02

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 8./ZG76 (2NHN) Stkz BBUH WNr 3513 accident Laval Airfield 1940 03

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 8./ZG76 (2NHN) Stkz BBUH WNr 3513 accident Laval Airfield 1940 04

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 8./ZG76 (2NHN) Stkz BBUH WNr 3513 accident Laval Airfield 1940 05

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 8./ZG76 (2NHN) Stkz BBUH WNr 3513 accident Laval Airfield 1940 06

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 8./ZG76 (2NHN) Stkz BBUH WNr 3513 accident Laval Airfield 1940 07

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 8./ZG76 (2NHN) Stkz BBUH WNr 3513 accident Laval Airfield 1940 08

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 8./ZG76 (2NHN) Stkz BBUH WNr 3513 accident Laval Airfield 1940 09

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 8./ZG76 (2NHN) Stkz BBUH WNr 3513 accident Laval Airfield 1940 0A

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 8./ZG76 (2NHN) Stkz BBUH WNr 3513 accident Laval Airfield 1940 0B

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer II./ZG1 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer Stab II./ZG1 (2NDC) Helmut Florenz 1940 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer Stab II./ZG76 (2NDC) Northern France 1940 41 Airfix 0A

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer Stab II./ZG76 (2NDC) Northern France 1940 41 Airfix 0B

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer Stab II./ZG76 (2NDC) Northern France 1940 41 Airfix 0C

Messerschmitt Bf 110D1 Zerstorer 7./ZG76 (2NAM) Norway 1940 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110D1 Zerstorer 7./ZG76 (2NAM) Norway 1940 02

Messerschmitt Bf 110D1 Zerstorer 7./ZG76 (2NEM) Norway 1940 41 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110D1 Zerstorer 7./ZG76 (2NEM) Norway 1940 41 02

Messerschmitt Bf 110D1 Zerstorer 7./ZG76 (2NEM) Norway 1940 41 0A

Messerschmitt Bf 110D1 Zerstorer 7./ZG76 (2NMM) Norway 1940 41 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110D1 Zerstorer 7./ZG76 (2NMM) Norway 1940 41 02

Messerschmitt Bf 110D1 Zerstorer 8./ZG76 (2NEN) Norway 1940 41 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110D1 Zerstorer 8./ZG76 (2NEN) Norway 1941 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110D1 Zerstorer II./ZG1 nose emblem Lt Schlossstein Stavanger Norway 4th Jan 1941 Avions 172 P46

Messerschmitt Bf 110D1 Zerstorer III./ZG76 Norway 1940 41 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110D Zerstorer 6./ZG76 (2NMP) Leeuwarden Netherlands 1941 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110D Zerstorer 6./ZG76 (2NMP) Leeuwarden Netherlands 1941 0A

Messerschmitt Bf 110D Zerstorer 6./ZG76 (2NMP) Leeuwarden Netherlands 1941 SAMI 2013 07

Messerschmitt Bf 110D Zerstorer 7./ZG76 (2NFM) Norway 1940 41 1

Messerschmitt Bf 110D Zerstorer 8./ZG76 (2NAN) Norway 1940 41 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110D Zerstorer III./ZG76 Norway 1940 41 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110D Zerstorer Stab II./ZG76 (2NCC) Norway 1940 41 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110E Zerstorer 5./ZG1 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110 Zerstorer 9./ZG76 (2NGT) crash landed Norway 1940 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110 Zerstorer II./ZG1 nose emblem 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110 Zerstorer II./ZG1 nose emblem 02

Messerschmitt Bf 110 Zerstorer II./ZG1 nose emblem 03

1. Staffel I. Gruppe Zerstörergeschwader 76 - 1./ZG76 coded 2N+

Messerschmitt Bf 110 Zerstörer 1./ZG76 (2N+IH) force landed Poland 1939

Book Reference: Jet & Prop Foto-Archiv Band 13 has it as 3./ZG76

2. Staffel I. Gruppe Zerstörergeschwader 76 - 2./ZG76 coded 2N+

Messerschmitt Bf 110 Zerstörer 2./ZG76 (2N+HK) over Poland 1939

Book Reference: Jet & Prop Foto-Archiv Band 13

6. Staffel II. Gruppe Zerstörergeschwader 76 - 6./ZG76 coded 2N+

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstörer 6./ZG76 (2N+AP) Urban Schlaffer France August 1940

Photo 01: Bf 110C, 2N+BN, of 6./ZG76 flown by Oberleutnant Urban Schlaffer and Obergefreiter Franz Obser Bordfunker were shot down by Spitfires from 602 squadron on 16th August 1940 and belly landed Lee Farm, Clapham near Worthing.

Profile 01: This aircraft, crewed by pilot Obl. Urban Schlaffer and gunner Gefr. Frantz Obser, was damaged in combat with No.602 Squadron, RAF, Spits on August 16, 1940, to the extent that no other choice other than a forced landing near Clapham in south Sussex was possible. The machine carried the original codes of 6./ZG76, from which the 9th Staffel was formed. The camouflage pattern was an innovated scheme, designed to lighten the otherwise very dark silhouette of the plane. The scheme was the result of overspraying the original dark green RLM70 with the light grey-green RLM02. The bottom color of RLM65 lightly crossed over the leading edge of the wing

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstörer 9./ZG76, coded 2N+DP and flown by Hans Peterburs and based in Germany the Holland 1940

Messerschmitt Bf 110C 6./ZG76 (2N+EP) pilot Gerhard Kadow WNr 3551 shot down July 11 1940

Photo's 01-02: Two views of Bf 110C-4, 2N+EP W.Nr 3551, from 6./ZG76 shot down on 11 July 1940. Staffelkapitän, Obit. Gerhard Kadow, made a relatively good landing at Grange Heath, near Lulworth, both he and Bordfunker Gefr. Helmut Scholz surviving into captivity. Parts from this aircraft would later be used to get another captured Bf 110, 5F+CM, up to flying condition for the RAF to test-fly.

Messerschmitt Bf 110D 6./ZG76 (2N+MP) Leeuwarden Netherlands 1941

I.ZG1I.ZG1 I. Gruppe Zerstörergeschwader 1 - I./ZG1 code 2N

1. Staffel I. Gruppe Zerstörergeschwader 1- 1./ZG1 Coded 2N+

Messerschmitt Bf 110 C-1 1./ZG1 (2N+AH) Poland 1939.

Messerschmitt Bf 110C-2 1./ZG1 (2N+AH) Germany-Poland Spring 1940

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 1./ZG1 (2N+CH) 01

Photo 01: 2N+CH of I./ZG1 forms a backdrop to the burnt out remains of 2N+EH of the same Staffel.

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 1./ZG1 (2N+DH) landing accident 01

Photo 01: Unlike the previous photograph, the individual aircraft letter on this I.Staffel, ZG1 machine is blue outlined in white. This unique choice of Staffel colour for the third character in the fuselage code would be carried forward when the Staffel was re-designated I./Erpr. Gr. 210.

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 1./ZG1 (2N+EH) crash landed remains 01

Photo 01: 2N+CH of I./ZG1 forms a backdrop to the burnt out remains of 2N+EH of the same Staffel.

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstörer 5./ZG1 (2N+GN) pilot Manfred Dahne 01

Photo 01: Bf 110C-1, W. Nr. 2831, of Fw. Manfred Dahne and his Bordfunker Herbert Klinke. Dahne and Klinke took part in II./ZG1's excursion over Switzerland on 8 June 1940.

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstörer 5./ZG1 (2N+GN) pilot Manfred Dahne June 8 1940 01

Photo 01: The result of Dahne and Klinke's flight over Switzerland on 8 June. Dahne managed to put 2N+GN down in good condition following a fighter attack from a Swiss Bf-109 and hits from Flak. Both were repatriated. Dahne was killed in action later in the Battle of Britain; Klinke, after recovering from his wounds, went on to serve on the Russian front with SKG210 and ZG1 and survived the war.

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstörer 1./ZG1 (2N+GH) 01

Photo 01: 2N+GH forms a backdrop for Victor M�lders and Staffelhund during the Western campaign. The fuselage cross is draped with an identical covering to that seen in an earlier photograph of a ZG52 Bf 110.

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer 1./ZG1 (2N+IH) Karl Hammes and Walter Steffen crash landed near Warsaw Sep 6 1939

Photo 01: Bf 110C 1.ZG1 (2N+IH) Karl Hammes and Walter Steffen belly landing Warsaw Poland Sep 6 1939. Karl Hammes later died of his wounds.

Messerschmitt Bf 110C 1./LG1 (2N+IH) pilot Karl Hammes shot down Poland 1939 01-05

Photo's 01-05: Five views of Bf 110C-1, 2N+IH, which was shot down in combat on 6 September 1939. The pilot, Major Karl Hammes, the 43 year old Staffelkapitänof 1.Staffel died as a result of wounds suffered. His Bordfunker, Obfw. Walter Steffen, was taken into captivity, but later released when hostilities ended. Note that the '1' in the fuselage code is white with no outline, and the swastika overlaps both fin and rudder. The early style fuselage cross with a thin white outline can be clearly seen. The propeller spinner is in the Staffel colour of white. Hammes was buried beside his crashed aircraft.

Pilots Stfkpt Karl Hammes grave 01

Photo 01: The grave of Major Karl Hammes. The inscription on the cross translates as: 'Major of the Luftwaffe Hammes fell in combat for Führer and Greater Germany on 6.9.39.'

II.ZG1 II. Gruppe Zerstörergeschwader 1 - II./ZG1 code 2N

4. Staffel II. Gruppe Zerstörergeschwader 1- 5./ZG1 coded 2N+

Messerschmitt Bf 110 C-4 4./ZG1 (2N+DM) Freiburg Airfield Germany Summer 1940.

5. Staffel II. Gruppe Zerstörergeschwader 1- 5./ZG1 coded 2N+

Messerschmitt Bf 110G-2 5./ZG1 (2N+EN) Germany Spring 1944.

Messerschmitt Bf 110 C1 Zerstörer 5./ZG1 (2N+GN) pilot Manfred Dahne and his Bordfunker Herbert Klinke WNr 2831 Battle of France 1940

Photo 01: Bf 110C-1, W. Nr. 2831, of Fw. Manfred Dahne and his Bordfunker Herbert Klinke. Dahne and Klinke took part in II./ZG1's excursion over Switzerland on 8 June 1940. W.Nr.2831, 2N+GN, 5./ZG 1, flown by Fw.Manfred D�hne, Bordfunker Ogfr. Herbert Klinke.

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstörer 5./ZG1 (2N+GN) pilot Manfred Dahne June 8 1940 01

Photo 01: The result of Dahne and Klinke's flight over Switzerland on 8 June. Dahne managed to put 2N+GN down in good condition following a fighter attack from a Swiss Bf-109 and hits from Flak. Both were repatriated. Dahne was killed in action later in the Battle of Britain; Klinke, after recovering from his wounds, went on to serve on the Russian front with SKG210 and ZG1 and survived the war.

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstörer 5./ZG1 (2N+GH) 01

Photo 01: 2N+GH forms a backdrop for Victor M�lders and Staffelhund during the Western campaign. The fuselage cross is draped with an identical covering to that seen in an earlier photograph of a ZG52 Bf 110.

This crew, during the Battle of France on June 8, 1940, came into conflict with units of the Swiss armed forces. 2N+GN first flew into concentrated anti aircraft fire over Belfort (France, and was subsequently attacked by French fighters. With a damaged starboard engine and an escort from another Bf 110, an attempt was made to reach friendly airspace. Due to a navigational error, the Swiss border was breached. Over Breitenbach, further AA was encountered, followed by an attack by Swiss Bf-109s, 2N+GN was made to force land at Oberkirchen. The crew was temporarily interned before being repatriated. Manfred Dahne returned to combat duty, but lost his life over England on August 25, 1940. Herbert Klinke bore the brunt of having shot down a Swiss aircraft, went on to fly over the Russian Front, and unlike Dahne, survived the war.

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Messerschmitt Bf 110G2 Zerstörer 5./ZG1 (2N+LN) Germany 1943

Messerschmitt Bf 110G2 Zerstörer 5./ZG1 (2N+MN) Wells Austria winter 1943-44

As a component of 'Reichverteidigung'(Defense of the Reich, this rocket and tub-mounted 20 mm cannon armed Bf 110G-2 of Zerstoregeschwader 1 carries a standard camouflage composed of RLM 74/75/76. Notable is the quick recognition marking consisting of the wide white band, a relic of combat operations over the MTO. The red individual aircraft letter 'M', as the spinner tips, place this aircraft within the services of 5. Staffel of II. Gruppe. Atypically, the fuselage crosses lack black borders. ZG 1, operating from airfields in Austria and Germany, took part in many engagements with American aircraft. These usually were from the 8th USAAF from England and from the 15th USAAF from Italy, and included the first major engagements between the USAAF and the Luftwaffe over Czech territory on February 22, 1944, in what became known as 'The BigWeek'.

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III./ZG1 III. Gruppe Zerstörergeschwader 1 - III./ZG1 code 2N

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstorer III./ZG1 01

Photo 01: A Bf 110C of 3./ZG1 carrying the Staffel emblem of a lion's head on the nose. Note the early style fuselage cross and the light-coloured spinner, almost certainly in the Staffel colour of yellow.

7. Staffel III. Gruppe Zerstörergeschwader 1 - 7./ZG1

Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstörer 7./ZG1 (2J+AR) in flight
Messerschmitt Bf 110C Zerstörer 7./ZG1 (2N+KR) Norway 1941



10. Staffel IV. Gruppe Zerstörergeschwader 1- 10./ZG1

Messerschmitt Bf 110G 10./ZG1 (2N+IU) pilot Kociok Crimea 1943

Pilots 4./ZG1 pilot Josef Kociok 01

Photo 01: Josef Kociok began the war with III./ZG76 and, after the German invasion of Russia in June 1941, transferred to the IV./Schnellkampfgeschwader (Fast Bomber Wing) 210. When night fighting operations began in Russia, he transferred to 4./(N)ZG1 and within a relatively short space of time, shot down 21 bombers. He was awarded the Knight's Cross on 31 July 1943 but was killed two months later.

Knights Cross

Josef Kociok

Units: 7/ZG-76, 4/SKG-210, 4/ZG-1 (7/42 S.U., 10(Nacht)/ZG-1 (2/43 S.U., 5/NJG-200 (9/43 S.U.)

Awards: RK(7/31/43, DK-G(12/14/42, EP(6/1/42, EK 1 & 2, Wnd Bdg, Destroyer & Night Fighter Oper.Clasps

Known Aircraft: Bf 110G-2 WNr 6392 (lost 9/43)

Remarks: KIA 26 September, 1943 near Kertsch, when he collided with a crashing Russian DB-3 AC, and his parachute failed to open. His R/O, Alexander Wegerhoff survived by parachuting. In addition to his aerial victories, he was credited with another 15 AC on the ground, 4 tanks and 200 vehicles. All victories in the East, 21 were Night victories. His first known victory, a Soviet Seversky on 8 July, 1942, a Fw at the time. A 2nd, an I-18 on 25 February, 1943. A 3rd & 4th, an MBR-2 and a DB-3 N of Kortsch on 12 March, 1943. Nos 5 & 6, An SB-2 and a Yak-4 the night of 26-27 April, 1943. Three PS-84's and an SB-2 the night of 15-16 May, 1943. Two Soviet Boston's the night of 16-17 June, 1943. A PS-84 SE of Taman on 1 July, 1943. An R-5 at Krimskaya on the night of 27-28 July, 1943. Three R-5's in the Krimskaya area on the night of 31 July, 1943. Two Bostons and an I-18 on 17 September, 1943. An I-18 on 18 September, 1943. An MBR-2 in the Nevel area on 26 September, 1943, the day he was KIA. Buried in the cemetery at Kertsch.

Josef Kociok was born in Alt-Schalkendorf, High Silesia on 26 of April of 1918. He started his military career in the autumn of 1940 with 7./ZG 76 , besed in Stavanger-Sola, Norway.

In 24th April 1941 III./ZG76 was renamed in II./SKG210. And soon was engaged in the “Barbarossa Operation”, started 22.06.41. With his Staffel, now named 4./SKG 210, Kociok would mainly execute missions against airfields, vehicles, trains, tanks, Flak and anti-tank gun positions, and also attacks against the Soviet infantry. On 30.06. 41 he scored his first aerial victory. 04.02.42 his Staffel was again renamed: now into 4./ZG 1. By his performance in combat missions, Kociok was decorated with the Ehrenpokal on 01.06.1942. On 14.12. 42 he reseived Deutschen Kreuz in Gold for the successful actions over Kuban area.

At the same time, he specialized himself in missions of night hunt for the Soviet night bombers, as Po-2 and R-5. This ltlle biplanes gived great trouble to German Army, attacking different targets near frontline at night, making impossible the well rest of German soldiers. The most successful Po-2 unit was “Womens” 46th Guards Taman' Night Bomber Regiment. Soviet statistics show this unit to have flown about 23,672 sorties and the unit was credited with dropping 3,000 tons of bombs. (Please note that the maximum bomb load of a Po-2 plane was only 300 kg!).

As a counter-measure, Fliegerkorps IV organized an improvised night-fighter unit of 10(Nachtjagd)./ZG1. Operating with the support of searchlights, the Bf 110s of this unit took a heavy toll of the slow and brittle Po-2 biplanes once they encountered them in the air. The Po-2 aircraft was easily set on fire by either the antiaircraft or machine-gun tracers, and the plane was almost always doomed. The crew could not escape, because parachutes were not provided until the summer of 1944.

In early 1943, he was transferred to 10(Nachtjagd)./ZG1.

At this time he had: 12 aerial victoryes plus 15 aircraft, 4 tanks, 141 railroad wagons, 80 motor vehicles, 4 locomotives, 2 bridges and 1 Flak position destroyed on the ground.

When on 31 of July of 1943 Oberfeldwebel Josef Kociok as awarded with the Ritterkreuz, he had 15 night vistoryes in addition to day victoryes on his score.

On 31.07.43 during a single night he destroyed four Po-2s from 46th Guards Taman' Night Bomber Regiment in a row. Serafima Amosova, pilot of one of the survived Po-2's, witnessed this event: 'One night, as our aircraft passed over the target, the searchlights came on, the antiaircraft guns were firing, and then a green rocket was fired from the ground. The antiaircraft guns stopped, and a German fighter plane came and shot down four of our aircraft as each one came over the target. Our planes were burning like candles. We all witnessed this scene. When we landed and reported that we were being attacked by German fighters, they would not let us fly again that night. We lived in a school building with folding wooden beds. You can imagine our feelings when we returned to our quarters and saw eight beds folded, and we knew they were the beds of our friends who perished a few hours ago.'

In September of 1943, NachtJagdStaffel./ZG1 officially was redesignated as 5./NJG200. With this Staffel Kociok scored his last 6 victoryes – 2 Boston Mk.III bombers and Yak-7 in one mission on 17.09.43. On 18.09.43 he scored Yak-7, and later – 2 MBR-2 flying boats – on 24.09.43 and 26.09.43.

However, in the night of 26/27 of September of 1943, he engaged Il-4 bomber in a combat over Kertch (East Crimea, attacked it from close distanse. Il-4 was hit, but Kociok could not break off and rammed his burning victim. He ordered to his bordfunker Feldwebel Wegerhoff to jump, and decided to bellyland his heavy damaged Bf110G-2 (W.Nr. 6392). Unfortunatly, it was impossible, and Kociok used his parashute at least.

But his parachute failed to open.

Josef Kociok was credited with 33 victories having flown over 200 missions. He recorded 21 victories as night victoryes. He flew in following units: 7./ZG 76, 4./SKG210, 4./ZG 1, 10(Nachtjagd)./ZG1, 5./NJG200

He was posthumously promoted to the rank of Leutnant.

Asisbiz database list of 22 aerial victories out of 33 for Josef Kociok

Date Pilot Name Unit Enemy A/C Type Height Time Location
Thursday, February 25, 1943 Josef Kociok 10.(N)/ZG1 I-18 80m 09:35 66 835
Friday, March 12, 1943 Josef Kociok 10.(N)/ZG1 MBR-2 3200m 21:43 North of Kortsch
Friday, March 12, 1943 Josef Kociok 10.(N)/ZG1 DB-3 3000m 21:45 North of Kortsch
Monday, April 26, 1943 Josef Kociok 10.(N)/ZG1 SB-2   22:25 59 593 Briefbuch Nr keine
Monday, April 26, 1943 Josef Kociok 10.(N)/ZG1 Yak-4   22:30 59 623 Briefbuch Nr keine
Saturday, May 15, 1943 Josef Kociok 10.(N)/ZG1 PS-84 1000m 21:39 34 Ost/59 392
Saturday, May 15, 1943 Josef Kociok 10.(N)/ZG1 PS-84 1200m 21:41 34 Ost/59 399
Saturday, May 15, 1943 Josef Kociok 10.(N)/ZG1 SB-2 3500m 22:05 34 Ost/59 365
Saturday, May 15, 1943 Josef Kociok 10.(N)/ZG1 PS-84 3000m 22:54 34 Ost/59 311
Wednesday, June 16, 1943 Josef Kociok 10.(N)/ZG1 A-20 Boston 3000m 21:20 66 881 Briefbuch Nr keine
Wednesday, June 16, 1943 Josef Kociok 10.(N)/ZG1 A-20 Boston 4500m 21:00 66 364 Briefbuch Nr keine
Thursday, July 01, 1943 Josef Kociok 10.(N)/ZG1 PS-84 1000m 21:00 SE Taman’
Tuesday, July 27, 1943 Josef Kociok 10.(N)/ZG1 R-5 1200m 21:20 Krimskaya
Saturday, July 31, 1943 Josef Kociok 10.(N)/ZG1 R-5 1200m 21:15 Krimskaya
Saturday, July 31, 1943 Josef Kociok 10.(N)/ZG1 R-5   22:00 Raum Krimskaya
Saturday, July 31, 1943 Josef Kociok 10.(N)/ZG1 R-5   22:05 Raum Krimskaya
Friday, September 17, 1943 Josef Kociok 5./NJG200 A-20 Boston 2000m 14:00 76 62
Friday, September 17, 1943 Josef Kociok 5./NJG200 A-20 Boston 2000m 14:01 76 62
Friday, September 17, 1943 Josef Kociok 5./NJG200 I-18 2000m 14:04 76 62
Saturday, September 18, 1943 Josef Kociok 5./NJG200 I-18 50m 10:05 76 53
Friday, September 24, 1943 Josef Kociok 5./NJG200 MBR-2 1500m 01:48 66 89
Sunday, September 26, 1943 Josef Kociok 5./NJG200 MBR-2 1500m 20:20 66 852

The Bf 110D was a long range version of the Bf 110C. It was developed in part to deal with the long distances involved in the campaign in Norway, and also to give it a longer effective range as an anti-shipping aircraft. It operated against the last British and French positions in the far north of Norway, and was also used in long range raids against northern Britain, although only made one daylight raid.

Messerschmitt Bf 110D-1/R-1

This was the first attempt at producing a long range version of the Bf 110. It had a massive 1200 litre/ 198 gallon external belly tank below the fuselage. This had a massive impact on the aircraft's performance. Only the second rate nature of most of the allied aircraft in Norway, where the D-1 first served, saved it from disaster. The D-1/R-1 entered service in May 1940.

Messerschmitt Bf 110D-1/R2

The large belly tank on the D-1/R-1 made it very vulnerable to allied fighters. Accordingly, on the R2 the fixed tank was replaced by two 900 litre/ 198 imperial gallon drop tanks, carried under the outside wings. This gave the aircraft an even longer range, but improved the performance, and allowed for the jettisoning of the tanks when needed.

Messerschmitt Bf 110D-2

The D-2 carried both the ETC 500 bomb rack, capable of taking two 1102 lb/ 500 kg bombs, and two wing mounted 66 imperial gallon drop tanks.

Messerschmitt Bf 110D-3

The D-3 was a long range shipping patrol version. It could carry two drop tanks, of either the 900 litre/ 198 gallon size or the 300 litre/ 66 gallon size. It could also take the ETC 500 bomb rack. Space was made in the fuselage for a two man life raft, in case the aircraft was shot down while far out to sea.

Combat Record

Norway

The Bf 110D-1 first saw combat in Norway, where its increased range was essential for operations against the last British and French forces in the far north at Narvik. The first unit to be equipped with the D-1 was I./ZG 76. That unit was moved to Trondheim on 18 May, from where it launched long range attacks on Narvik. This was a four and half hour round trip, over 800 miles.

Battle of Britain

One of the most famous incidents involving the Bf 110D was the raid on the north of England launched from Norway on 15 August 1940, during the Battle of Britain. Goring was confident that the R.A.F. had been forced to move its entire fighter force south to deal with the attacks coming from France, and so on 15 August launched raids further north expecting to find little or no resistance. Instead, the raiders discovered No. 72 Squadron's Spitfires, withdrawn from the battle over Kent to recover. Six Bf 110Ds were shot down, as were eight He 111 bombers. No more daylight raids were launched from Norway.

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Much of the appeal of the Bf-110C-4 is the variety of formulated color schemes. The original camouflage pattern, which was the livery of the aircraft from its introduction until mid-1940, is represented in Cliffs of Dover by the Haifischgruppe from 6./ZG 76 (ZG76_II, but without the shark's mouth). It is a splinter pattern of black green RLM 70 (schwarzgrun) over dark green RLM 71 (dunkelgrun) that extended almost completely down the sides of the fuselage, where it merged with the under-carriage in light blue RLM 65 (hellblau).

But the contrast between the two darker colors was not sufficiently distinct, and just before the Battle of Britain a new splinter scheme was introduced in which RLM 70 was replaced by gray green RLM 02 (grau). The demarcation line was raised higher on the fuselage and the sides given a random pattern of blotches in RLM 71 or RLM 02. This is the scheme represented by RLM02_71_65 (hence the name) and ZG26, which has the white nose used at the end of the Battle to provide quicker aircraft recognition. About the same time, a variation was introduced: gray-green (RLM 02) continued to be used on the upper surface, but the light-blue RLM 65 of the under-carriage was extended, without the mottled pattern, up the sides of the fuselage. This scheme is represented by ZG26_III_Stab.

Another type of camouflage appeared during the Battle, however, that is not exemplified in Cliffs of Dover. Instead of green, three shades of gray were used: RLM 74 (dunkelgrau, RLM 75 (mittelgrau, and RLM 76 (lichtgrau) on the underside in a mottled array of more-or-less dense patches. By 1941, these colors were used in a splinter pattern: RLM 74 against a background of RLM 75 on the upper surface, with the same colors mottled on the sides of the fuselage, and RLM 76 on the under-carriage. It is an attractive if somewhat subdued scheme and virtually identical to its green counterpart, although difficult to discern in photographs of the time (at least, on the Bf-110).

An example of this new gray pattern is 2N + AP from 9./ZG 76, which crash landed in Britain on August 16, 1940. Interestingly, the letter "P" has been retained as part of the fuselage code, which properly should have been changed to "T" when the plane was re-designated from 6./ZG 1. Three small wasps (Wespen) decorate the nose.

Although not as flamboyant as Necke's 6./ZG76, this is a satisfying skin, given how relatively few examples of historical types there are from which to work. One first must find a Bf-110C-4, then one that flew in the Battle of Britain and in the color scheme being illustrated. Ideally, there also should be more than a single example so as to allow a proper comparison. It is a process that quickly reduces the number of planes from which to chose, especially since there was only one theater of operations: aerial combat over southeastern England from July through October 1940.

But such a narrow moment need not be a limitation. One can fly a plane in virtually any livery. And, if I don't look down upon the broad, sunlit uplands of the English countryside, I can imagine myself over Russia or the Mediterranean, perhaps next time in a sand-colored Bf-110C-4 that took part in the Libyan campaign.

csThor - I disagree about RLM 74 and 75 being used before 1941. The combination was not specified by RLM before early 1941 and was introduced into the production process in April of the year. During the BoB a number of Zerstörer units still used aircraft with the standard 1939 camouflage pattern (RLM 70/71 over RLM 65 with low demarcation line - as you said) while new aircraft were already painted in the 1940 standard camouflage pattern (RLM 71/02 over RLM 65 with high demarcation line and fuselage mottling). Any other "grey" schemes were most probably mixed from whatever was available - JG 26 is a prime example for this practice.

Given the muddle in the literature, I was obliged to hedge my remarks.

In the preface to The Messerschmitt Bf 110 in Color Profile 1939-1945, Vasco and Estanislau say that "During the middle of 1941, culminating in an official instruction in November, new colours for the camouflage started to appear. The lighter and greyish RLM 74 and 75 would replace the previous dark greenish colours. For the undersides, a lighter RLM 76 blue would replace the previous RLM 65. However, it is not uncommon to clearly see both camouflages on different aircraft together in the same photograph. As a result, especially during this period, many times it was impossible to distinguish which of the two colour combinations the aircraft was painted in." They then describe the 2N+AP, based on a photograph of the downed aircraft dated August 16, 1940 on which I based my skin, as follows: "The lighter colour on the fuselage sides, becoming more prevalent on a lot of Bf 110s as the Battle of Britain progressed, is evident on this machine."

Breffort and Jouineau (Me 110 from 1939 to 1945) embrace the same seeming contradiction. In a discussion of Bf-110 camouflage they say that "It was at the beginning of 1941 that a new type of camouflage (the so-called 'type 5') appeared on the Luftwaffe's daytime fighters consisting of three shades of grey (RLM 74 Dunkelgrau, RLM 75 Mittelgrau on the upper surfaces and RLM 76 Lichtgrau underneath, with more or less dense patches (RLM 74, 75 or 02) often being added on the fuselage sides and the fins. These three colours were painted according to a single scheme and as with the previous one, comprised dark (RLM 74) sharp-angled patches on a middle grey (RLM 75) background."

But they, too, illustrate the same 2N+AP (which is why it always is better to have at least two examples before skinning) for "summer 1940." Another Bf-110 from July 1940 "sports the later type of camouflage which appeared on the Bf 110s during the Battle of Britain, and was made up of three shades of grey (RLM 74, 75 and 76) with the sides covered in more or less dense patches."

Here, then, we have the new scheme of RLM 74, 75, and 76 being introduced either at the beginning (as you say) or the middle of 1941 but illustrations showing these colors in use by the summer of 1940, which is why I used the phrase "by 1941."

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