{"id":254,"date":"2012-04-08T20:54:10","date_gmt":"2012-04-08T19:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chronicles-of-the-luftwaffe.de\/?page_id=254"},"modified":"2018-03-29T15:08:20","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T14:08:20","slug":"kampfgeschwader-100-wiking-i-kg-100-eastern-front-1942","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.chronicles-of-the-luftwaffe.de\/?page_id=254","title":{"rendered":"Kampfgeschwader 100 “Wiking” – I.\/KG 100 – Eastern Front (1942)"},"content":{"rendered":"

On January 12, 1942 the I.\/KG 100<\/em> was move from their locations in Germany back to the Eastern Front, this time to the southern part. 28 Heinkel He 111 H-6 where moved to Focsani<\/a> in Romania. In early 1942, targets where Soviet shipping in the Black Sea and the city of Sevastopol<\/a>. As the front moved east, so did the Geschwader.<\/p>\n

By January 24th, 1942, the I.\/KG 100<\/em> was relocated to the airfield at Kirovograd<\/a> in the central Ukraine just to be moved again just five days later, on January 29th, to the town of Saki (Saky)<\/a> on the Crimea. From February 1942 to May 1942, I.\/KG 100<\/em> was occupied supporting the fighting om the Crimean peninsula – mainly missions against Sevastopol and the Kerch peninsula.<\/p>\n

As the fighting on the Crimean peninsula ceased, the I.\/KG 100<\/em> continued to move eastwards – first to the airfield of Samorsk<\/em> on the eastern Crimea, then on to Kotelnikovo<\/a>. From here, I.\/KG 100<\/em> was supporting the Battle for Stalingrad – today known as Volgograd<\/a>. By the end of 1942 and into January 1943, I.\/KG 100<\/em> continued the support for the encircled 6. Armee<\/em> in Stalingrad, bringing in supplies and evacuating the wounded. \"\"<\/a>By end of January 1943, the battle for Stalingrad was over – and the I.\/KG 100<\/em> was withdrawn to Lemberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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