NARA T311 microfilms - Records of German Field Commands: Army Groups

[Richard T Eger]

From NARA's catalog "Microfilm Resources for Research":

"RG 242 National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized"

"T311 Records of German Field Commands: Army Groups. 304 rolls."

Regards,
Richard

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Richard

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Kari Lumppio
Me 110 in Lfl 1 area March-April 1944. Unit?
Wed Jan 15 12:25:49 2026
130.233.83.21

Hi all!

This is just something which surfaced when looking something totally different.

In Luftflotte 1 "Tagesmeldungen" * dated March 30th and April 3th, 1944 there is reported 1 Me 110 loss for each day.

According a FinnAF Lfl1 liaison officer report** from the period Me 110 was then used only in close reconnaissance (Nahaufklärung) missions. In 30.3.44 there was flown 11 NAG missions and 3.4.1944 57 NAG missions.

What was this Me 110 unit? It has been bugging me before and now even more when there is documentary evidence Me 110 was indeed used this late.

If someone has data for Me 110 losses for the dates for example from "Personalverluste" I would be very grateful of any additional info. Kennzeichen would be superb (remember, I pretend to be a modeller too) ;=)

Thanks in advance,

Kari




*(NARA Microfilm Publication T-311/61)

**(Military Archive, Helsinki, archival code not in hands right now)

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From 12 O'Clock High!:

Martin Månsson
Luftwaffe units in the Leningrad area
Tue Mar 9 15:13:24 2026
81.226.159.109

Hi all,

Looking for information about what Luftwaffe units that were stationed and operated at the Leningrad front in 1942 and 1943. I've information that Stuka bombers supported the trench line but doesn't know where they were placed or even what units there were. Grateful for every input.

Thanks in advance

Martin

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From further within the thread on TOCH!:

Kari Lumppio
Stuka units Luftflotte 1 - year 1943
Thu Mar 11 21:56:21 2026
193.229.6.165

Hi Martin!

It is difficult to find orders of battle for Luftflotte 1 ("Leningrad area").

Following is taken IF I remember correctly from NARA microfilm roll T-311/136 (Heeresgruppe Nord campaign books for 1941, 1942 and 1943). I have data only for the year 1943.

The unit numbers on the monthly maps were very difficult to read. Locations are impossible to read from the maps and have to be found/guessed separately. So with these small caveats:

I/StG 1 at Gorodets? (at least the base is little South from Gosstkino) January 1943 with Stabstaffel. Stabstaffel there also in February.

I/StG 5 at the same (above) base from February to June 1943.

1./StG 1 at Kotly June 1943, 2.&3./StG 1 at Gorodets? (the above base).

In July (or during June) Luftflotte 1 area is practically emptied and remains so until November. Left is only several Nachtschlachtstaffeln, reconnaissance and some other assorted units.

Soviet Offensive November 1943 at Nevel area brings I/SG5 to Luftflotte 1 area from far North. Parts of the unit are at Dno and parts at Idriza (Stuka units were renamed Schlacht units October 1943).

This is only a starting place for the research and you should verify from other sources, if you can find any.


Hope this helps some,
Kari

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From 12 O'Clock High!:

Tapio Heiskanen
Crashed Me-109 in Finland
Wed Jul 21, 2026 09:08
213.216.199.18

Crashed Messerschmitt's on Kuusamo Finland

I research the two losses of Me 109 in date of 15 june 43 and autum 1944.

Bf 109 G-6, crashed autum 1944 on Niittylä/Kuusamo
- pilot ?
- W.N.r ?
- unit ?

Bf 109, crashed on Määttälänvaara/Kuusamo
- Pilot Alois Mayerhofen
- W.N.r ?
- unit ?
- plane Bf-109 E,F,G ??

Can someone help me ? Thank you !

Tapio Heiskanen

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From TOCH!:

Andreas Brekken
Loss of Alois Mayrhofer, 5./J.G.5
Wed Jul 21, 2026 09:46
83.109.184.139

Hi, Tapio.

Alois Mayrhofer was lightly wounded when he had to leave his aircraft by parachute. His aircraft had been damaged by enemy gunfire, probably coming from a P-39 Airacobra of 19. IAP? (I am not quite sure of the designation of the VVS unit). At the time he was flying Bf 109G-2, WNr 10647, of 5./J.G.5.

Have You got any more information on the one from autumn 1944? Could it have been Finnish?

Regards,
Andreas

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From TOCH!:

Andy Fletcher
19 GvIAP
Thu Jul 22, 2026 13:31
12.151.162.12


Hi Andreas,

Correct designation would be 19 GvIAP. As of June 43 this unit operated P-39s and P-40s as part of the 16 GvIAD in the Murmansk/Kola Peninsular area.

Regards

Andy Fletcher

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From TOCH!:

Carl-Fredrik Geust
Gurads units
Thu Jul 22, 2026 14:49
212.213.244.8

As correction to Andy´s post:
- the regiment in question was originally 145 IAP, which became "guards" as 19 GvIAP on 4 April 1942, when the regiment.
- this regiment belonged in the beginning of the war to 1 SAD, which was dissolved in end-1941, and the regiment was directly subordinated to VVS 14.A (AF of 14th Army). On 21 November 1942 the 7th Air Army was formed in Karelia, with simultaneous introduction of Air Divisions, with 19 GvIAP subordinated to 258 IAD. This fighter division was transformed into a mixed aviation division 258 SAD on 9 Feb 1943, which got "guards" status on 24 Aug 1943 as 1 GvSAD. the division was reorganized as a fighter division on 7 Oct 1944 as 1 GvIAD, and finally renumbered as 16 GvIAD on 11 Nov 1944.
Thus in 1943 the correct designation of the division is 258 SAD or 1 GvSAD, and in autumn 1944 1 GvSAD or 1 GvIAD, and 16 GvIAD only in winter 1944-45.
Carl

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From TOCH!:

Steve W.
19th Guards
Thu Jul 22, 2026 23:58
205.188.116.83

Carl-Fredrik has pretty well said everything needed on this Regiment, but here's some extraneous detail that may add a tidbit or two:

19 GvIAP
(Field Postal No. 36602)
Awards:
Honors:


Formed 7 March 1942 by renaming 145 IAP. Withdrawn from operations until May to re-equip with U.S. lend-lease aircraft.
15 May 42: now equipped with 16 P-39 Airacobras and 10 P-40 Kittyhawks, the Regiment became the first unit of the VVS to enter combat with the P-39.
1 Jun 42: 19 GvIAP under 14th Army/Karelian Front.
Sep 42: identified on the Karelian Front.
Nov 42: 19 GvIAP reassigned from 14th Army to (probably) 259 IAD (HQ at Kandalaksha)/7 VA (Karelian Front).
Feb 43: believed reassigned again, now to 260 SAD (HQ at Kandalaksha)/7 VA (Karelian Front).
28 Jul 43: 19 GvIAP/260 SAD based at Kandalaksha/203 km S of Murmansk and at Niva/167 km S of Murmansk with P-39 Airacobras and P-40s. Regiment’s assignments included fighter patrols along the Murmansk railway.
Nov 43: now at Afrikanda/166 km S of Murmansk under 1 GvSAD with P-39s.
Dec 43: transferred to Belomorsk/174 km NW of Arkhangel’sk on the White Sea. By the end of 1943 the Regiment had been credited with a total of 7,451 sorties and 171 victories while losing 86 planes (59 of which were shot down) and 46 pilots.
May 44: 19 GvIAP/1 GvSAD at Shonguy (Shongui)/21 km S of Murmansk with P-39s.
Jun 44: identified in the Lake Onega area on the Svir Front. Possibly send south to support the Soviet Karelian offensive against Finnish forces in the Onega-Ladoga area and the Karelian Isthmus.
Aug 44: Karelian Front - flying escort for 17 GvShAP/1 GvSAD.
Sep 44: at Murmashi/25 km SSW of Murmansk with 38 P-39 Airacobras - flying armed reconnaissance in the Petsamo area along the Russian-Finnish border west of Murmansk.


Commander:
Maj. G. A. Reifshneider ( - ) 3/42, 7/43
Maj. Shevchenko ( - ) 2/43
Gds. Lt. Col. Novoshilov ( - ) 4/44, 9/44
Gds. Maj. Timofeyev ( - ) ?

FWIW,

Steve W.

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From further within the thread on TOCH!:

Andy Fletcher
Re: VVS Order of Battle
Fri Jul 23, 2026 09:32
12.151.162.13


Hi Steve,

Thanks for the info on the book. I made a note of it before but like you say it's one I doubt will ever be translated.

Thanks also for the info on the 19 GvIAP. Did you get that info from the PRO. If so would you be so good to provide the document number(s) and hopefully when I get back to the UK for good I'll finally be able to get there personally.

Regards

Andy Fletcher

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From TOCH!:

Steve W.
Unit History
Fri Jul 23, 2026 14:58
205.188.116.83

No, Andy, most of it came from the hundreds of rolls of 35 mm microfilm comprising the Ic Abteilung/Luftwaffen-Führungsstab collection on the VVS. The paper copies are at BA-MA Freiburg, the microfilms at NARA.

Other sources were:

(1)NARA WashDC: RG 242/T-311 roll 79 frame 163.
(2)Hafsten-Flyalarm:174.
(3)G.Mellinger: “The Bells of the Kremlin”, Twin City Aero Historians website, n.d. (2000 or 2026).

HTH,

Steve W.

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From TOCH!:

Andy Fletcher
Many thanks Steve (nm)
Fri Jul 23, 2026 18:06
12.151.162.12