[155] Of the remaining seven, five were to support the Kriegsmarine in the Battle of the Atlantic under the command of Fliegerführer Atlantik (Flying Leader Atlantic). [219] The diversion of resources extended to anti-aircraft artillery.
That year 3,915 night bombing sorties were flown, costing 191 aircraft—March being the worst month with 38. [35] Sperrle's men routed eight battalions of infantry and large numbers of tanks in the close air support and interdiction role. Bombers attached to the air fleet led attacks on Birmingham, part of 357-strong force. Loerzer and V. Fliegerkorps, under Greim, also bombed road traffic around Charleville-Mézières. Fliegerkorps, under Sperrle's command at Soissons, 90. [205] Sperrle's headquarters remained in Paris. The air fleet's Order of battle had been stripped of almost all of the combat units it held in March 1939. An additional 100 followed by June 10. [133] 503 tons of high explosive and oil bombs were dropped by the 449 crews that claimed to have hit the target. Luftflotte 3's units won a significant victory over Fighter and Bomber Command. Born in 1885 Sperrle joined the Imperial German Army in 1903. Armee. [139] Plymouth was bombed on five of the eight nights from 21–30 April by 120, 125, 109, 124 and 162 aircraft. Around 12,000 incendiary bombs and 160 tons of high-explosive bombs were dropped.
Fliegerkorps flew 1,770 missions, Richthofen's command flew 360. [241] The American air command suffered a 10–15 percent monthly attrition rate from April to July 1944. Fliegerkorps evacuated their Atlantic base at Mont-de-Marsan, despite contrary order's from Sperrle's staff once the German Western Front began to collapse. Albert Kesselring commanding Luftwaffengruppenkommando 2, was given half of the 2,400 aircraft supporting the invasion and the responsibility of supporting three field armies. [43] The first meeting secured Austrian Nazi Dr Arthur Seyss-Inquart as Interior Minister. ULTRA at Bletchley Park intercepted Richthofen's signals and ten aircraft were dispatched to bomb the building, which was hit but caused little damage. He then joined the Reichswehr. Sperrle's command in the south was Fliegerdivision 2 commanded by Johannes Fink. The Luftwaffe's saving grace was that the British, French and Czech air forces were in slighly worse condition in 1939. Hugo Sperrle hatte mehrfach gewarnt, es gäbe mehr britische Jäger, als man annähme. From mid-1941 his air fleet became the sole command in the west. Republican commander Adolfo Prada later stated the bombing had buried entire units in rubble. [206], On the same date the Combined Bomber Offensive began around the clock bombing of German-occupied Europe—the defence of these regions became known as the Defence of the Reich. Er kam dabei zum 8. Of the 1,500 vehicles used, there were 100 types creating a maintenance nightmare. 1913 zur Kriegsakademie kommandiert.
[196] The aerial component of Anton was Operation Stockdorf. [2] Sperrle was assigned to the 8th Württemberg Infantry Regiment ("Großherzog Friedrich von Baden" Nr. 11 Group RAF. Sperrle lost only seven crews, reflecting the parlous state of RAF night fighter defences. Sperrle was appointed as commanding officer of Luftwaffengruppenkommando 3 (Air Force Group Command 3) the forerunner of Luftflotte 3 (Air Fleet 3) in February 1938. The anti-shipping effort was a failure. [64], Weiss' Flakkorps repulsed the RAF ASSAF attacks against the German advance, inflicting a 56 percent loss rate. [239] Most of the 670 aircraft that reinforced Sperrle were used up as air bases were under constant attack and the anti-shipping effort failed. The Heinkel He 51 was not up to the job, Sperrle requested Berlin send modern aircraft.
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