Schlachtgeschwader 151

Geschwaderkommodoren:

• Oberst Karl Christ, 18 Oct 1943 - 6 Dec 1944
• Oberst Helmut Bruck, 7 Dec 1944 - 31 Mar 1945
• Maj Karl Henze, 1 Apr 1945 - 25 Apr 1945

Stab:

Formed 18 Oct 1943 in Agram from Stab/St.G.151.

Airfields and Air Base Locations
Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
Oct 1943 - 28 Jan 1944	Agram		Ju 87
29 Jan 1944 - Jan 1945	Pardubitz		Ju 87, Fw 190
Jan 1945 - Apr 1945	Bayreuth-Bindlach		Ju 87, Fw 190

I. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Hptm Karl Schrepfer, 18 Oct 1943 - 19 May 1944
• Hptm Erich Bunge, 13 Jul 1944 - 23 Oct 1944
• Hptm Hubert Pölz, 24 Oct 1944 - 25 Apr 1945

Formed 18 Oct 1943 in Pancevo from I./St.G.151 with:

Stab I./SG151 from Stab I./St.G.151
1./SG151 from 1./St.G.151
2./SG151 from 2./St.G.151
3./SG151 from 3./St.G.151

On 17 Aug 1944 3./SG151 became 5./SG151, and was reformed Oct 1944 in (?).

Airfields and Air Base Locations
Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
18 Oct 1943 - ?.44	Pancevo		Ju 87
?.44 - Sep 1944	Alibunar		Ju 87, Fw 190
Sep 1944 - 22 Jan 1945	Oels		Fw 190
23 Jan 1945 - 31 Jan 1945	Steinau		Fw 190
1 Feb 1945 - Feb 1945	Schonfeld-Seifersdorf		Fw 190
Feb 1945 - 25 Apr 1945	Grove/Denmark		Fw 190

* 1./151 at Agram, 18 Oct 1943 - ?.44; 2./151 at Agram (18 Oct 1943 - Jan 1944), Alibunar (Jan 1944 - Feb 1944), Pancevo (Feb 1944 - ?.44) and Alibunar (?.44 - Aug 1944); 3./151 at Agram (18 Dec 1943 - ?.44), Alibunar (?.44 - 16 Aug 1944), reformed in (?), and at Bayreuth-Bindlach (?.45 - 19 Apr 1945).

II. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Hptm Heinrich Heins, 18 Oct 1943 - 3 Sep 1944
• Hptm Hans Steinwachs, 4 Sep 1944 - 14 Feb 1945
• Maj Ottmar Willmann, Feb 1945 - Feb 1945
• Maj Franz Kieslich, Feb 1945 - Apr 1945

Formed 18 Oct 1943 in Agram from IV./St.G.151 with:

Stab II./SG151 from Stab IV./St.G.151
4./SG151 from 4./St.G.151
5./SG151 from 7./St.G.151
6./SG151 from 8./St.G.151

On 17 Aug 1944 5./SG151 became 7./SG151, and was reformed from 3./SG151; 6./SG151 became 11./SG151, and was reformed Oct 1944 in Agram.

Airfields and Air Base Locations
Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
18 Oct 1943 - Feb 1944	Agram*		Ju 87
Feb 1944 - 31 Mar 1944	Gross Beckerek*		Ju 87, Fw 190
1 Apr 1944 - ?.44	Neusatz*		Ju 87, Fw 190
?.44 - Jan 1945	Liegnitz*		Fw 190
Jan 1945 - 9 Feb 1945	Finsterwalde*		Fw 190
10 Feb 1945 - Mar 1945	Furstenwalde*		Fw 190
Mar 1945 - 25 Apr 1945	Ingolstadt-Manching*		Fw 190

* 4./SG151 at Agram (Oct 1943 - Oct 1944), Finsterwalde (Oct 1944 - Feb 1945), Furstenwalde (Feb 1945 - Feb 1945), Ingolstadt-Manching (Feb 1945 - Apr 1945) and Wörding (Apr 1945 - 25 Apr 1945)

* 5./SG151 at Agram (Oct 1943 - 28 Jan 1944), Pardubitz (29 Jan 1944 - 17 Aug 1944), Alibunar (17 Aug 1944 - Oct 1944), Bekes (Oct 1944 - ?.44), Liegnitz (?.44 - 9 Feb 1945) and Finsterwalde (10 Feb 1945 - Apr 1945)

* 6./SG151 at Agram (Oct 1943 - 28 Jan 1944), Pardubitz (29 Jan 1944 - 17 Aug 1944), Agram? (Oct 1944 - ?.44) and Ingolstadt-Manching (?.44 - 19 Apr 1945).

III. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Hptm Hanschke(?), 18 Oct 1943 - Mar 1944
• Hptm Egon Stoll-Berberich, Mar 1944 - 25 Apr 1945

Formed 18 Oct 1943 in Pancevo from III./St.G.151 with:

Stab III./SG151 from Stab III./St.G.151
7./SG151 from 5./St.G.151
8./SG151 from 6./St.G.151

On 17 Jul 1944 9./SG151 was formed from Fliegerstaffel Ritter.

In Aug 1944 8./SG151 became ?./SG151, and was reformed from Umschulstaffel G.d.S.

III./SG151 was disbanded 25 Apr 1945.

Airfields and Air Base Locations
Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
18 Oct 1943 - 28 Jan 1944	Pancevo*		Ju 87
29 Jan 1944 - ?.45	Pardubitz*		Ju 87, Fw 190
?.45 - 25 Apr 1945	Bayreuth-Bindlach*		Fw 190

* 7./SG151 at Pancevo (Oct 1943 - 28 Jan 1944), Pardubitz (29 Jan 1944 - Aug 1944), Hohenmauth (Aug 1944 - Dec 1944), Bayreuth-Bindlach (Dec 1944 - ?.45) and Amberg (?.45 - 25 Apr 1945)

IV. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Hptm Karl Kennel, 17 Aug 1944 - 10 Oct 1944
• Hptm Franz Smole, 15 Oct 1944 - 23 Feb 1945
• Hptm Paul Dose, 24 Feb 1945 - 15 Apr 1945

Formed 17 Aug 1944 in Prossnitz from I./SG152 with:

Stab IV./SG151 from Stab I./SG152
10./SG151 from 1./SG152
11./SG151 from 6./SG151
12./SG151 from 2./SG152

Disbanded 15 Apr 1945, except 12./SG151 which remained until the end.

Airfields and Air Base Locations
Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
17 Aug 1944 - 23 Feb 1945	Prossnitz*		Fw 190
24 Feb 1945 - Mar 1945	Nürnberg*		Fw 190
Mar 1945 - 15 Apr 1945	Theuern bei Amberg*		Fw 190

* 11./SG151 at Neu-Ulm (Mar 1945 - 15 Apr 1945); 12./SG151 at Rahmel (17 Aug 1944 - Feb 1945) and Lübeck-Blankensee (Feb 1945 - May 1945)

13./SG151:

Staffelkapitäne:

• Hptm Heinz Weitzel, 18 Oct 1943 - 5 May 1945

Formed 18 Oct 1943 in Vel Gorica from Einsatzstaffel/St.G.151.

Airfields and Air Base Locations
Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
18 Oct 1943 - 21 Apr 1944	Vel Gorica		Ju 87D
22 Apr 1944 - 2 May 1944	Sarajevo-Butmir		Ju 87D
2 May 1944 - 12 May 1944	Lucko		Ju 87D
12 May 1944 - 24 May 1944	Gorica		Ju 87D
24 May 1944 - 4 Jun 1944	Bihac		Ju 87D
4 Jun 1944 - Aug 1944	Gross Beckereck		Ju 87D, Fw 190F
Aug 1944 - 11 Sep 1944	Skoplje		Fw 190F
12 Sep 1944 - 3 Oct 1944	Kovin		Fw 190F
Oct 1944 - 6 Jan 1945	Dombovar		Fw 190F
7 Jan 1945 - 7 Feb 1945	Werneuchen		Fw 190F, Fw 190F-8 Panzerblitz
7 Feb 1945 - Mar 1945	Finow		Fw 190F-8 Panzerblitz
Mar 1945 - Apr 1945	Berlin-Adlershof		Fw 190F-8 Panzerblitz
Apr 1945 - 5 May 1945	Auno/Denmark		Fw 190F-8 Panzerblitz

14./SG151:

Staffelkapitäne:

• Olt Hans-Werner Jurck, 15 Sep 1944 - 16 Oct 1944
• Olt Joachim Rück, 11 Nov 1944 - 19 Feb 1945
• Hptm Helmut Eberspächer, 20 Feb 1945 - 26 Mar 1945 

Formed 17 Aug 1944 in Alibunar from 3.(Pz)/SG152. Disbanded 16 Oct 1944.

Reformed 11 Nov 1944 in Berlin-Staaken from Erg.Staffel (Nacht)/KG51.

Airfields and Air Base Locations
Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
17 Aug 1944 - 16 Oct 1944	Alibunar		Ju 87G, Hs 129
11 Nov 1944 - 20 Feb 1945	Berlin-Staaken		Fw 190
21 Feb 1945 - 8 May 1945	Værløse/Denmark		Fw 190

15./SG151:

Staffelkapitäne:

• Hptm Friedrich Schmale, 6 Jul 1944 - 29 Oct 1944
• Maj Walter Endres, 24 Nov 1944 - 18 Feb 1945
• Maj Ottmar Willmann, 6 Feb 1945 - 8 May 1945

Formed 6 Jul 1944 in Hadju-Böszörmeny from 3./NSGr.3.

Airfields and Air Base Locations
Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
6 Jul 1944 - Aug 1944	Hadju-Böszörmeny		Ju 87
Aug 1944 - 5 Oct 1944	Debrechen		Ju 87
6 Oct 1944 - 25 Jan 1945	Luben		Ju 87
26 Jan 1945 - 6 Feb 1945	Döberitz		Ju 87
7 Feb 1945 - Feb 1945	Ludwigslust		Ju 87
Feb 1945 - 10 Mar 1945	Dedelsdorf		Ju 87
11 Mar 1945 - 8 May 1945	Grossenbrode		Ju 87

The primary duties of SG151 was to provide replacement crews (incl. operational training), for the frontline Schlacht units, but during the war, several combat (Einsatz) units were formed from SG151.

On 19 Mar 1944 Einsatzgruppe I./SG151 (29 aircraft) was formed at Pancevo, and Einsatzgruppe II./SG151 (20 aircraft) was formed at Gr.Beckereck (near Belgrade) for combat duties in the Balkans against Tito's partisan army. Both was disbanded Apr 1944.

In Dec 1944 an Einsatzstaffel I./SG151 was formed at Oels and Hanau for action against Russian formations at Litzmannstadt. Returned to Grove Feb 1945 and joined the rest of I./SG151.

• Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, SG151
• Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, 13./SG151
• Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, 14./SG151
• Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, 15./SG151