The Brabant village Oisterwijk and Operation Market-Garden

Fliegerhorst Gilze-Rijen, deel VI

       Airfield during the war

Photo’s from Fliegerhorst Gilze-Rijen

Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur E 7/I

Kommandeure;

· Hptm Fridolin Herrmann,        ?      - 21.06.’40

· Maj Johannes Neuber,     01.08.’40 - 19.10.’40

· Obstlt Joachim Lueder,    19.10.’40 - 13.07.’42

· Maj Erich Kroll,               13.07.’42 -  ?  10.’42

 

Formed on 26.08.’39 in Powunden as Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur E Powunden.

In 03.’40 renamed to Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur E 7/I.

In 10.’42 renamed to Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur A 201/VI.

   Service;

       1939/’40 in Powunden

    06.’40 - 10.’42 at Gilze-Rijen (Holland)

 

Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur A 201/VI

Kommandeure;

· Maj Erich Kroll,               ? 10.’42 - 22.04.’43

· Obstlt Ernst Gunczy,      22.04.’43 - 01.04.’44

 

Formed on 10.’42 at Gilze-Rijen from Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur E 7/I.

On 01.04.’44 renamed to Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur E (v) 207/XI.

   Service;

10.42 - 04.44 at Gilze-Rijen (Holland)

 

Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur E (v) 207/XI

Kommandeure;

· Obstlt Ernst Gunczy, 01.04.’44 - ?

·  ?

 

Formed on 01.4.’44 at Gilze-Rijen from Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur A 201/VI.

Disbanded; 03.’45.

 

Attached units;

  · Platzkommando Woensdrecht (formed 01.4.’44 from Fliegerhorst-Kommandantur 35/VI disbanded 09.44)

   Service;

04.’44 - 9.’44 at Gilze-Rijen (Holland) with Platzkommando Woensdrecht                                      

09.’44 - 3.’45 in Freckenhorst (Luftgau III)

Uffz Helmut Baehner with his Ju 88 C R4 + EM, Gilze-Rijen, 1941.
Do.17, Z-7 'Kauz I', of I./NJG 2, Gilze-Rijen, 1940.
Do.17, Z-7 'Kauz I', of I./NJG 2, Gilze-Rijen, 1940.
A part of the engine of Ju.88, C-2 W.Nr. 0732 that
 crashed after taking off from Gilze-Rijen on April 18, 1941. The entire crew (Uffz. Willi Keller, Gefr. Gerhard Wawra and Uffz. Helmut Heese) perished in this crash.  
The Ju 88, C-4 of the commander of I./NJG 2, Hptm Karl Hülshoff, guarded by a centrie on airfield Gilze-Rijen.
Hptm Karl Hülshoff (in the middle) with his two crew members (Ofw. Willi Meyer and Ofw. Paul Licht)
 and two mechanics posing infront of his Ju.88, C-4.
Junkers Ju.88,C-4 W.Nr. 0359 R4 + MK of 2./NJG 2 on Gilze-Rijen in May, 1941.
 The crew members from left to right: Ofw. Hermann Sommer (19 victory’s), Fw. Otto Glaß, Ofw. Johan Reinnagel.
Junkers Ju.88, C-2 W.Nr. 0779 R4 + LH of 1./NJG 2 on September 15,  1941 damaged on a field in the vicinity of airfield Gilze-Rijen.
A Ju.88, C-4 of I./NJG 2 after a forced landing in the vicinity of airfield Gilze-Rijen.
Left to right Rössel, Major Franz Schönberger Commandant van Kampfgeschwader 2, (May 22, 1944 - Juli 27, 1944), Linnenberger, Schulze.
After Maj. Heyse, that was killed during a fight in the night of  November 23, 1940, Hptm Karl Hülshoff took over command of I./NJG 2. He was the commander from November 24, 1940 until October 31, 1941. He had four victories in the Fernnachtjagdivision and by the end of the war his total victory’s counted 11.
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Front units on Gilze-Rijen:

 

Stab / Nachtjagdgeschwader 2

I. / Nachtjagdgeschwader 2

II. / Nachtjagdgeschwader 2

III. / Nachtjagdgeschwader 2

I. / Kampfgeschwader 30

II. / Kampfgeschwader 30

III. / Kampfgeschwader 30

I. / Kampfgeschwader 2

II. / Kampfgeschwader 2

III. / Kampfgeschwader 2

II. / Kampfgeschwader 40

II. / Kampfgeschwader 76

II. / Kampfgeschwader 51

9. / Kampfgeschwader 3

II. / Lehrgeschwader 1

1. / Minensuchgruppe 1

II. / Luftnachrichten-Regiment 211

The German commanders of Gilze-Rijen

Fliegerhorst Gilze-Rijen, deel VI