User:Hammersfan/Channel Dash order of battle
German Forces
[edit]Naval forces
[edit]- Commander, Navy Group West - Generaladmiral Alfred Saalwächter
- Fleet Commander - Admiral Otto Schniewind
- Commander, Battleships - Vizeadmiral Otto Ciliax
- Scharnhorst (Flagship) - Kapitän zur See Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann[1]
- Gneisenau - Kapitän zur See Otto Fein[2]
- Prinz Eugen - Kapitän zur See Helmuth Brinkmann[3]
- Commander, Destroyers - Kapitän zur See Erich Bey[4]
- Z 29 (Flagship) - Fregattenkapitän Curt Rechel[5]
- 5th Destroyer Flotilla - Kapitan zur see Fritz Berger[6]
- Z 4 Richard Beitzen (Flagship) - Fregattenkapitän Hans von Davidson[7]
- Z 5 Paul Jacobi - Korvettenkapitän Hermann Schlieper[8]
- Z 7 Hermann Schoemann - Korvettenkapitän Heinrich Wittig[9]
- Z 14 Friedrich Ihn - Korvettenkapitän Günther Wachsmuth[10]
- Z 25 - Korvettenkapitän Heinz Peters[11]
- Commander, Battleships - Vizeadmiral Otto Ciliax
- Fleet Commander - Admiral Otto Schniewind
- Torpedo boat and Fast boat flotillas
- 2nd Torpedo Boat Flotilla - Korvettenkapitän Heinrich Erdmann[12]
- 3rd Torpedo Boat Flotilla - Korvettenkapitän Hans Wilcke[13]
- 5th Torpedo Boat Flotilla - Korvettenkapitän Moritz Schmidt[14]
- 2nd S-boot Flotilla - Kapitänleutnant Klaus Feldt[15]
- 4th S-boot Flotilla - Kapitänleutnant Niels Bätge[16]
- 6th S-boot Flotilla - Korvettenkapitän Albrecht Obermeier[17]
- Minesweeping forces
- Minesweeping West - Kapitän zur See Friederich Ruge
- 1st Minesweeping Flotilla
- 2nd Minesweeping Flotilla
- 4th Minesweeping Flotilla
- 5th Minesweeping Flotilla
- 12th Minesweeping Flotilla
- Minesweeping North - Konteradmiral Eberhard Wolfram
- 1st Minesweeping Flotilla
- 5th Minesweeping Flotilla
- 2nd R-boot Flotilla
- 3rd R-boot Flotilla
- 4th R-boot Flotilla
Air forces
[edit]- Commander, Luftflotte 3 - Generalfeldmarschall Hugo Sperrle
- Fighter force - Generalleutnant Adolf Galland
- Jagdgeschwader 1 - Major Erich von Selle[18]
- I/JG.1
- II/JG.1
- Jagdgeschwader 2[note 1] - Oberstleutnant Walter Oesau[19]
- I/JG.2
- II/JG.2
- III/JG.2
- Jagdgeschwader 26 - Major Gerhard Schöpfel[20]
- I/JG.26
- II/JG.26
- III/JG.26
- Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 - Oberst Wolfgang Falck[21]
- II/NJG.1
- Jagdgeschwader 1 - Major Erich von Selle[18]
- Fliegerkorps IX - General der Flieger Joachim Coeler
- Kampfgeschwader 2 - Oberstleutnant Georg Pasewaldt[22]
- II/KG.2
- III/KG.2
- Aufklärungsgruppe 123 - Major Gerhard Kopper[23]
- 3.(F)/123
- Küstenfliegergruppe 106 - Major Friedrich Schallmeyer[24]
- 1./106
- 2./106
- 3./106
- Küstenfliegergruppe 506 - Hauptmann Ernst-Heinrich Thomsen[25]
- 1./506
- 2./506
- 3./506
- Kampfgeschwader 2 - Oberstleutnant Georg Pasewaldt[22]
Allied Forces
[edit]Naval forces
[edit]- Commander-in-Chief, Dover - Vice-Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay
- 16th Destroyer Flotilla - Captain John Wright
- HMS Mackay - Captain Wright[26]
- HMS Whitshed - Lt Commander William Juniper[27]
- HMS Walpole - Lt Commander John Eadon[28]
- HMS Worcester - Lt Commander Colin Coates[29]
- 21st Destroyer Flotilla - Captain Mark Pizey
- HMS Campbell - Captain Pizey[30]
- HMS Vivacious - Lt Commander Robert Alexander[31]
- Motor Torpedo Boats
- Submarines
- HMS Sealion - Lt Commander George Robson Colvin
Air forces
[edit]- Fleet Air Arm
- 825 Naval Air Squadron - Lt Commander Eugene Esmonde
- Royal Air Force
- Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, RAF Coastal Command - Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferté
- 16 Group - Air Commodore Ivor Lloyd
- 233 Squadron - Wing Commander Eric Clarke
- 407 Squadron RCAF - Wing Commander Alan Brown
- 18 Group - Air Vice Marshal Albert Durston
- 42 Squadron - Wing Commander Mervyn Williams
- 19 Group - Air Commodore Geoffrey Bromet
- 86 Squadron - Wing Commander CJP Flood
- 217 Squadron - Wing Commander Samuel Boal
- 224 Squadron - Wing Commander TC Curnow
- 16 Group - Air Commodore Ivor Lloyd
- Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, RAF Bomber Command - Air Vice Marshal John Baldwin
- 2 Group - Air Vice Marshal Alan Lees
- 88 Squadron - Wing Commander James Pelly-Fry
- 110 Squadron
- 226 Squadron - Wing Commander Wilfred Surplice
- 402 Squadron RCAF - Squadron Leader Robert Morrow
- 5 Group - Air Vice Marshal John Slessor
- 35 Squadron - Wing Commander John Whitworth
- 40 Squadron - Wing Commander Peter Heath
- 207 Squadron - Wing Commander Francis Jeffs
- 241 Squadron - Wing Commander John Barker
- 455 Squadron RAAF - Wing Commander Grant Lindeman
- 2 Group - Air Vice Marshal Alan Lees
- Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, RAF Fighter Command - Air Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas
- 11 Group - Air Vice Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory
- 3 Squadron - Squadron Leader Russell Aitken
- 11 Squadron - Wing Commander Anthony Smyth
- 64 Squadron - Squadron Leader Bryan Wicks
- 65 Squadron - Squadron Leader Humphrey Gilbert
- 72 Squadron - Squadron Leader Brian Kingcome
- 91 Squadron - Squadron Leader Robert Oxspring
- 118 Squadron - Squadron Leader John Carver
- 124 Squadron - Squadron Leader Raymond Duke-Woolley
- 137 Squadron - Squadron Leader Humphrey Coghlan
- 234 Squadron - Squadron Leader Frank Birchfield
- 602 Squadron - Squadron Leader Brendan Finucane
- 607 Squadron - Squadron Leader Noel Mowat
- 401 Squadron RCAF - Squadron Leader Alfred Douglas
- 411 Squadron RCAF - Squadron Leader Robert Newton
- 452 Squadron RAAF - Squadron Leader Keith Truscott
- 485 Squadron RNZAF - Squadron Leader Edward Wells
- 11 Group - Air Vice Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Land forces
[edit]- 540 Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 290 Coast Battery - Major Guy Huddlestone
Notes
[edit]- ^ The HQ of JG.2 had direct responsibility for a squadron of fighter-bombers
References
[edit]- ^ "Schlachtschiff »Scharnhorst«". Lexikon der Wehrmacht (in German). Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Schlachtschiff »Gneisenau«". Lexikon der Wehrmacht (in German). Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Schwerer Kreuzer »Prinz Eugen«". Lexikon der Wehrmacht (in German). Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Führer der Zerstörer (F.d.Z.)". Lexikon der Wehrmacht (in German). Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Z29". The Kriegsmarine Encyclopedia. German Naval History. 9 July 2005. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "5. Zerstörer-Flottille". Lexikon der Wehrmacht (in German). Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Z4 Richard Beitzen". The Kriegsmarine Encyclopedia. German Naval History. 21 May 2004. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Z5 Paul Jakobi". The Kriegsmarine Encyclopedia. German Naval History. 26 May 2004. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Z7 Hermann Schoemann". The Kriegsmarine Encyclopedia. German Naval History. 30 June 2004. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Z14 Friedrich Ihn". The Kriegsmarine Encyclopedia. German Naval History. 4 November 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Z25". The Kriegsmarine Encyclopedia. German Naval History. 15 May 2005. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "2nd Torpedo Boat Flotilla". armedconflicts.com. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "3rd Torpedo Boat Flotilla". armedconflicts.com. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "5th Torpedo Boat Flotilla". armedconflicts.com. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "2. Schnellbootflottille". Lexikon der Wehrmacht (in German). Retrieved 9 June 2024.
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- ^ "6. Schnellbootflottille". Lexikon der Wehrmacht (in German). Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Jagdgeschwader 1 "Oesau"". The Luftwaffe 1933-1945. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen"". The Luftwaffe 1933-1945. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter"". The Luftwaffe 1933-1945. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Nachtjagdgeschwader 1". The Luftwaffe 1933-1945. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Kampfgeschwader 2 "Holzhammer"". The Luftwaffe 1933-1945. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Aufklärungsgruppe 123". The Luftwaffe 1933-1945. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "Küstenfliegergruppe 106". The Luftwaffe 1933-1945. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "Küstenfliegergruppe 506". The Luftwaffe 1933-1945. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "HMS Mackay". V & W Destroyer Association. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "HMS Whitshed". V & W Destroyer Association. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "HMS Walpole". V & W Destroyer Association. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "HMS Worcester". V & W Destroyer Association. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Admiral Sir Charles Thomas Mark Pizey, 1899-1993". Royal Museums Greenwich. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Channel Dash". V & W Destroyer Association. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
Bibliography
[edit]- Busch, Fritz-Otto (1956). The Drama of the Scharnhorst: Holocaust at Sea. New York: Rinehart. OCLC 1277226.
- Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
- Williamson, Gordon (2003). German Battleships 1939–45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-498-6.