Arrivals and deployments

20 February 1944

Transfer from Aix les Milles, France to Italy

14.15 hrs.

2./JG 2

Fw 190s black 13 and 2 arrive in Piacenza.

15.25–
15.40 hrs.

[?] &
4./JG 2

13 Fw 190s and 7 Bf 109s arrive in Piacenza.

Note: the above Fw 190s probably include machines of 3./JG 2 since Ofw. Fritz Hartmann of 3. Staffel flew his "4" into Piacenza at 15.27 hrs.

16.25 hrs.

1./JG 2

Fw 190s white 1, 3, 6, 9 and 10 arrive in Milano-Linate.

17.00 hrs.

1./JG 2

Fw 190s white 2 and 7 arrive in Milano-Linate.

16.20 hrs.

[?] &
4./JG 2

"Me 109, 4 blue" and 3 Fw 190s arrive in Piacenza.

17.00–
17.15 hrs.

I./TGr. 5 [?]

Ju 52s 3C+FH and 3C+DH arrive in Piacenza.

Note: 3C was the code of NJG 4 so this was probably a transmission error since five days later Ju 52s with the code C3 are mentioned (see below). C3 was originally the code of Transportstaffel Fliegerdivision 2, from whose area the aircraft had just come. The code is said to have passed to I./TGr. 5 after May 1943.

21 February 1944

Regrouping in Piacenza

10.20 hrs.

1./JG 2

Fw 190s white 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9 and 10 leave Milano-Linate.

10.38 hrs.

1./JG 2

These aircraft arrive in Piacenza.

25 February 1944

Deployment to Castiglione del Lago

09.40 hrs.

3./JG 2

Fw 190s yellow 1, 13, 9, 10, 4 [Ofw. Hartmann], 8 and 7 leave Piacenza.

09.45 hrs.

2./JG 2

Fw 190s black 4, 3 and 1 leave Piacenza.

09.52–
10.44 hrs.

I./TGr. 5 [?]

Ju 52s C3+DH and C3+PH leave Piacenza.

10.15 hrs.

1./JG 2

Fw 190s white 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9 and 10 leave Piacenza.

10.50 hrs.

4./JG 2

[Bf 109s] blue 1, 4, 13, 10, 7, 14, 13 and 2 leave Piacenza.

Note: 13 is duplicated in the original decrypt, probably in error given the reported arrival of only 7 Bf 109s on 20 February (see above).

11.10 hrs.

Stab I./JG 2

Fw 190 "black double chevron" leaves Piacenza.

15.30 hrs

Stab I. &
2./JG 2

Fw 190s "double chevron", "chevron dash" and black 10 arrive in Fabrica di Roma (Castiglione del Lago informed).

27 February 1944

Late arrival

17.05 hrs.

Stab I./JG 2

Fw 190 "chevron dash", with Uffz. Koepp, arrives in Castiglione (Piacenza informed).

29 February 1944

One aircraft returns to France

10.27 hrs.

Stab I./JG 2

Fw 190 "chevron bar" arrives in Pisa-San Giusto from Castiglione del Lago.

12.35 hrs.

Stab I./JG 2

Fw 190 "chevron bar" leaves Pisa/San Giusto for Aix Les Milles.

1 March 1944

Reinforcements

13.19 hrs.

I./JG 2

LeO 451, BT+HG arrived in Piacenza from Aix les Milles.

13.30 hrs.

I./JG 2

Four Fw 190s arrive in Piacenza. Permission twice requested for these aircraft to land in Castiglione del Lago.

16.15 hrs.

2./JG 2 &
[?]

Fw 190s black 6, "G15" and double chevron arrive in Castiglione. (Aix les Milles advised at 17.10 hours)

Note: "G15" possibly denotes gelbe (yellow) 15 of 3./JG 2.

6 March 1944

Four arrivals, two departures

15.05 hrs.

1. & 3./JG 2

Fw 190s yellow 5, yellow 11, white 8 and white 4 arrive in Castiglione from Piacenza.

09.30 hrs.

Stab I./JG 2

Fw 190s "double chevron" and "chevron -" leave Castiglione for Aix-les-Milles.

16.30 hrs.

3./JG 2

Fw 190 yellow 7 arrives in Piacenza from Aix les Milles.

16.30 hrs.

?

Bf 109 yellow 6 arrives in Piacenza from Aix les Milles, crashes on landing.

Notes: (1) a Fw 190 yellow 7 had already come to Italy, so this may have been an attrition replacement; (2) it is unlikely that a Bf 109 of I./JG 2 had a yellow code so "Bf 109 yellow 6" may have been a transcription error for "Fw 190 yellow 6" (a marking not otherwise recorded) or "Bf 109 blue 6" (likewise).

Aircraft of I./JG 2 mentioned in decrypted signals, 20 February–9 April 1944

Stab I./JG 2

Fw 190 A

"Black double chevron", "double chevron", "chevron dash", "chevron bar", "chevron" and "chevron -".

Note: possibly different descriptions of three machines: "« +", "<" and < + -".

1./JG 2

Fw 190 A

White 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.

2./JG 2

Fw 190 A

Black 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 13.

3./JG 2

Fw 190 A

Yellow 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13 [and 15?].

4./JG 2

Bf 109 G-6

Blue 1, 2, 4, 7, 10, 13 and 14.