The Luftwaffe at Kursk

4 July 1943

Luftflotte 6, in support of Army Group Center
Unit	Aircraft	Airfield
I, III, IV/JG 51	Fw 190A-4/5	Orel
15.(span.)/JG 51	Fw 190A	Seschtschinskaja
I/JG 54	Fw 190A-2	Orel
II/KG 4	He 111H-16	Seschtschinskaja
III/KG 4	He 111H-16	Karatchev
II, III/KG 51	Ju 88A-4	Bryansk
I, III/KG 53	He 111H-16	Olsufjevo
IV/NJG 5	Bf 110G	Seschtschinskaja?
I, II, III/StG 1	Ju 87D	Orel
10. (Pz.)/StG 2	Ju 87G	Orel
I/ZG 1	Bf 110G	Bryansk
Luftflotte 4, in support of Army Group South
II/JG 3	Bf 109G-4	Kharkov-Roganj
III/JG 3	Bf 109G-4	Besonovka
I/JG 52	Bf 109G	Besonovka
III/JG 52	Bf 109G	Ugrim/Mikoyanovka?
III/KG 1	Ju 88A-4	Bryansk or Seschtschinskaja?
I, II/KG 3	Ju 88A-4	Seschtschinskaja?
I, II/KG 27	He 111H-16	Dnepropetrovsk
III/KG 27	He 111H-16	Kharkov-Voitschenko
II, III/KG 55	He 111H-16	Kharkov/Stalino
14. (Eis.)/KG 55	He 111H/Ju 88C-6	Poltava
I/KG 100	He 111H-6/11/16	Poltava
1., 2., 3., 5., 6./SchG 1	Fw 190A/F	Besonovka
7./SchG 1	Hs 123A	Varvarovka or Besonovka
Pz.Jä.St./JG 51, 8. (Pz)/SchG 1	Hs 129B	Mikoyanovka or Varvarovka
4. (Pz)/SchG 1, 4. (Pz), 8. (Pz)/SchG 2	Hs 129B	Varvarovka
I, II, III/StG 2	Ju 87D	Krestowoi
I, II, III/StG 77	Ju 87D	Bogodukhov?
2. repülodandár (Hungarian)
5/I vadászosztály	Bf 109F-4/G-2	Kharkov-Voitschenko
3/1. bombázó-század	Ju 88A-4	Kharkov

Strengths:

The Fw 190s of the northern wing totalled 140 of which 88 were serviceable on 10 July.
There were 80 Hs 129s present of which 68 were serviceable before the battle began. II and III/JG 3 had a total of 73 Bf 109Gs on 1 July.

Notes:

The Hungarians numbered only one bomber and two fighter squadrons, excluding reconnaissance units. Some sources credit II/JG 54 flying from Orel with Bf 109Gs as being present. One source has 15. (span.)/JG 51 flying Bf 109s during the battle. Much thanks to Pawel Burchard for correcting my initial version.

A German ground OB in German.

Return to Axis Aerial Orders of Battle