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commanders. Bruno Loerzer. 2nd Air Corps ( II. Fliegerkorps) was formed on 11 October 1939 in Frankfurt am Main from the 2. Flieger-Division. During Operation Barbarossa and from 22 June to 12 November 1941, the Corps flew over 40,000 day and night sorties, dropping 23,150 tons of bombs and claiming 3,826 Soviet aircraft destroyed as well as ...
- 11 October 1939 – April 1945
- Nazi Germany
The Second Air Force (2 AF; 2d Air Force in 1942) is a USAF numbered air force responsible for conducting basic military and technical training for Air Force enlisted members and non-flying officers. In World War II the CONUS unit defended the Northwestern United States and Upper Great Plains regions and during the Cold War , was Strategic Air ...
- 13,900 Airmen
- Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, U.S.
Jul 31, 2016 · 1) 1st Infantry Division (Würzburg) already in theater (since 1945) as an occupation unit. The other four divisions - 4th Infantry Division (Frankfurt), 28th Infantry Division (Augsburg), 43rd Infantry Divisions (Göppingen) and 2nd Armored Division (Bad Kreuznach) - arrived as part of the Troop Augmentation program in 1951.
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Insignia. Abbreviation. A.O.K. 2. The 2nd Army ( German: 2. Armee / Armeeoberkommando 2 / A.O.K. 2) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I. It was formed on mobilization in August 1914 from the III Army Inspection. [1] The army was disbanded in 1919 during demobilization after the war. [2]
- A.O.K. 2
- German Empire
- 2 August 1914 – 13 January 1919
- Army
Jan 18, 2023 · During Operation Barbarossa and from 22 June to 12 November 1941, the Corps flew over 40,000 day and night sorties, dropping 23,150 tons of bombs and claiming 3,826 Soviet aircraft destroyed as well as 789 tanks, 614 artillery pieces, 14,339 vehicles, 240 enemy field positions, 33 bunkers, 159 trains and 304 locomotives along with relentless ...
Notable. commanders. Bruno Loerzer. II. Fliegerkorps [Notes 1] (2nd Air Corps) was formed 11 October 1939 in Frankfurt am Main from the 2. Flieger-Division. The Corps was relocated to the Mediterranean theatre of operations on 15 November 1941.