4 February 1944

Ultra VL 5659
Serviceability OC Fighters [Jafü] Balkans on fourth:

III./JG 77: aircraft 39 (36), crews 55 (38)

10./JG 301: aircraft unknown, crews 20 (16)

2./NJG 100: 12 (7), 12 (9)

IV./NJG 6: 20 (17), unknown

Close Ops Schwarm Galatz: 2 (1), 4 (4)

1. Rumanian Night Fighter Staffel: 6 (2), 16 (9)

(Comment: from now on interpretation of units tentative, figures hard. All units Rumanian)

VII. Gruppe JG 1 comprising:

53 Fighter Staffel: 4 (1), 4 (4)

57 Fighter Staffel: 8 (5), 11 (9)

58 Fighter Staffel: 6 (5), unknown

I. Gruppe: JG 2 comprising:

43 Fighter Staffel: 8 (slight indications 8), unknown

63 Fighter Staffel: 14 (12), 11 (10)

64 Fighter Staffel: 18 (13), 12 (10)

51 Fighter Staffel: 11 (10), 8 (8)

52 Fighter Staffel: 9 (9), 8 (8)

VI. Gruppe JG 2 comprising:

59 Fighter Staffel: 12 (11), 9 (9)

61 Fighter Staffel: unknown (12), 12 (12)

62 Fighter Staffel: 11 (11), 11 (11)

6 April 1944

Report signed (Roman) I/TG5 on 6/4:-

Up to 6/4, the following Me.323 have arrived here: X1B, F, L, K, P, R, T, U.

Note: On 7/4 (Roman) I/TG5 first addressed at ZILISTEA.

16 April 1944

KV 2001 Communication of 16 [April 1944] from Fliegerkorps I to Jafü Fliegerkorps I Mamaia mentioned seven Fw 190 for I./SG 10 ready for collection at Focsani-North. (Comment: I./SG 10 operated in Lebedin area on 1 Februay 1944 with 52 Fw 190 sorties).

17 April 1944

KV 1545 Following transfers had taken place by 17th ... 13.(Pz.)/SG 9 to Bacau.

17 April 1944

KV 2204 Orders to Operations Staff Crimea on 17th: 10(Pz.)/SG 3 to transfer to Roman, repeat, Roman on 18th after surrender of Ju 87 D-5 bombers. (Comment: Staffel arrived Karankut on 10th with 11 aircraft, of which six were cannon-carrying aircraft).

18 April 1944

KV 2063 Now known that 10.(PZ.)/SG 9 to transfer on 18th to Chisinau. (Comment: moved to Crimea on 8th).

22 April 1944

KV 2735 (a) 10.(Pz.)/SG 3 addressed at Mamaia on 22nd; (b) on 21st, six Ju 87 and five Hs 129 were reported as having landed at Mamaia. (Comment: no direct evidence that aircraft in para. (b) belong to unit in para. (a). Compare KV 2204 for order for transfer of this unit to Roman on 18th).

25 April 1944

KV 3626
Fliegerkorps I informed on 25th April of following locations:

(a) Rumanian units: two bomber Staffeln at Ciocarlia. One recce Staffel at Podresti (Bucharest). One sea recce Staffel at Mamaia. One sea recce Staffel at Valcov (comment: 4524/2934 East). One fighter Gruppe, one bomber Staffel at Janka (comment: 52 kilometres south of Galatz) with part detachment of one at Jebrieni (comment: 4532/2935 East).

(b) Bulgarian recce Staffel at Varna.

7 May 1944

KV 3252
OKL orders I./JG 53 to Otopani (altered on 8th to Targsoroul Nou near Ploesti); KV 3187 places I./JG 53 in Northern Italy on the 6th.

9 May 1944

KV 3362
11.30 [GMT]: 18 Bf 109s (black, white and yellow Staffel markings) left (strong indications Bologna) for Neubiberg. (Comment: (a) see KV 3187 for Stab, 2. and 3./JG 53 at Bologna on 6th; (b) KV 3252 orders on 8th for transfer of I./JG 53 to Targsoroul Nou).

10 & 14 May 1944

Two daily operations reports from Luftflotte 4.

13 May 1944

First few lines of a communication dated 13/5:

1)

TG5. is to report at once when AR.232 L5 CR took off for FINSTERWALDE.

2)

2) If a/c is u/s a substitute must be provided. The flight is of the greatest operational importance.... (rest not seen)

NOTE: Detachment of an Ar.232 from ZILISTEA to FINSTERWALDE for KG200 ordered on 11/5.

continued on next page...