Schnellkampfgeschwader 210

The Fast Combat Squadron 210 ( SKG 210) squadron identifier S9, was a squadron of the Air Force in World War II. The preparation was carried out on 24 April 1941 in Merville. Beginning of 1942 were the two groups of the squadron, the major component of the secondary presentation of the Destroyer Squadron 1 (ZG 1).

The squadron participated in the first phase of the eastern campaign and was instrumental in the initial collapse of the Russian defense. It mainly low-level attacks on airfields, anti-aircraft and artillery positions, tank deployments and rail transport were flown. On the eastern front, the squadron between 22 June and 22 September 1941, lost a total of 57 Bf 110 with simultaneous destruction of 519 Soviet aircraft, 83 tanks and about 1,700 vehicles of all kinds

Commodore

Structure

Group I

The group I of the squadron emerged from the established on July 1, 1940 Test Section 210, which had flown numerous attacks on southern England. The heavy losses of the test group meant that these had to be October 1940 drawn for a few weeks to brush off the insert. After the attacks until it was renamed I. / SKG 210, which took place on 24 April 1941, continued. After the start of Operation Barbarossa, the eastern campaign, the group flew on the Eastern Front center as part of Army Group in association with Guderian's armored units to Moscow as well as in the winter defensive battles 1941/1942.

Commanders

Group II

The group II was from the III. Group of the destroyer squadron 76 erected in the spring of 1941 in Stavanger -Sola and flew from June as part of the Eastern campaign, together with the staff group in Army Group North to Leningrad. As of September 1941, she was transferred to the central portion of the front, where they strengthened the Group I of their squadron. The only commander was Captain Rolf Kaldrack, who led the group on April 24, 1941 to February 3, 1942.

Known squadron members

• Arved Crüger, (1911-1942), fell in 1942 as Wing Commander in the Mediterranean and was the husband of actress Carola Höhn