This is the order of battle for the Leningrad Strategic Defensive covering the period 10 July to 30 September 1941.
Soviet Union [ ] Fronts and Fleets [ ] Northern Front [ ] The Northern Front was active from 10 July to 23 August 1941 when the command was divided into the Karelian and Leningrad Fronts . Operated in Estonia.
Composition as of 1 July 1941:[1]
23rd Army (Defending the approaches north of Leningrad)16th Rifle Division 70th Rifle Division 177th Rifle Division 191st Rifle Division 1st Mountain Rifle Brigade
8th Rifle Brigade
Separate Kursantska Rifle Brigade
21st Fortified Region
22nd Fortified Region
573rd Gun Artillery Regiment
519th High-Power Howitzer Artillery Regiment
541st Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK)
577th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK)
20th Mortar Battalion
47th Mortar Battalion
2nd PVO Corps
Vyborg PVO Brigade Region
Pskov PVO Brigade Region
Luga PVO Brigade Region
Svir PVO Brigade Region
Murmansk PVO Brigade Region
6th Pontoon-Bridge Regiment
12th Engineer Regiment
29th Engineer Regiment
39th Fighter Aviation Division
41st Bomber Aviation Division
1st Mixed Aviation Division
2nd Mixed Aviation Division
3rd Mixed Aviation Division
4th Mixed Aviation Division
5th Mixed Aviation Division
55th Mixed Aviation Division 3rd PVO Fighter Aviation Division
54th PVO Fighter Aviation Division
14th Bomber Aviation Regiment
Composition as of 1 August 1941[1]
8th Army 23rd Army (Defending the approaches north of Leningrad)Luga Operational Group Kingisepp Defense Sector 265th Rifle Division 272nd Rifle Division 281st Rifle Division 1st Guards Leningrad People's Militia Division
2nd Guards Leningrad People's Militia Division
3rd Guards Leningrad People's Militia Division
4th Guards Leningrad People's Militia Division
8th Rifle Brigade
22nd Fortified Region
29th Fortified Region
Krasnogvardeisk Fortified Region
2nd PVO Corps
Svir PVO Brigade Region
7th PVO Fighter Aviation Corps
seven Fighter Aviation Regiments
39th Fighter Aviation Division
2nd Bomber Aviation Division
41st Bomber Aviation Division
1st Mixed Aviation Division
The Leningrad Front (Russian: Ленинградский фронт) was first formed on 23 August 1941, by dividing the Northern Front into the Leningrad Front and Karelian Front, during the German approach on Leningrad. The Front participated through the ed of the operation. It operated from the Gulf of Finland to Lake Ilmen and in Estonia until 27 August.
Composition on 1 September 1941:[1]
8th Army 23rd Army (Defending the approaches north of Leningrad)42nd Army 48th Army 55th Army Kopor Operational Group Southern Operation Group 10th Rifle Division 16th Rifle Division 115th Rifle Division (minus 708th Rifle Regiment)4th Guards Leningrad People's Militia Division
1st Rifle Division (NKVD) 8th Rifle Brigade
3rd Rifle Regiment (1st Guards Leningrad People's Militia Division)
22nd Fortified Region
29th Fortified Region
101st Howitzer Artillery Regiment
108th High-Power Artillery Regiment (RVGK)
16th Mortar Battalion
20th Mortar Battalion
27th Antiaircraft Battalion
2nd PVO Corps
Svir PVO Brigade Region
1st Tank Division (minus 24th Tank and 1st Motorized Rifle Regiments)48th Tank Battalion
53rd Engineer Battalion
54th Engineer Battalion
21st Pontoon-Bridge Battalion
7th PVO Fighter Aviation Corps
eleven Fighter Aviation Regiments
8th Fighter Aviation Division
39th Fighter Aviation Division
2nd Mixed Aviation Division
Composition on 1 October 1941:[2]
8th Army 23rd Army (Defending the approaches north of Leningrad)42nd Army 54th Army 55th Army Nevskaya Operational Group 111th Rifle Division 177th Rifle Division 235th Rifle Division 3rd Rifle Brigade
8th Rifle Brigade
9th Rifle Brigade
10th Rifle Brigade
11th Rifle Brigade
290th Fortified Region
108th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK)
541st Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK)
1st Howitzer Artillery Regiment (- 2nd Battalion)
24th Antitank Artillery Regiment
Mortar Battalion (unnumbered)
53rd Engineer Battalion
54th Engineer Battalion
106th Motorized Engineer Battalion
41st Pontoon-Bridge Battalion
42nd Pontoon-Bridge Battalion
7th PVO Fighter Aviation Corps
five Fighter Aviation Fighter Regiments
2nd Mixed Aviation Division
8th Fighter Aviation Division
39th Fighter Aviation Division
65th Assault Aviation Regiment
175th Assault Aviation Regiment
116th Reconnaissance Squadron
19th Corrective Aviation Squadron
50th Corrective Aviation Squadron
101st Corrective Aviation Squadron
90th Bomber Aviation Division (Headquarters)
91st Mixed Aviation Division (Headquarters)
92nd Aviation Division (Headquarters)
The Northwestern Front was involved in the operation for the entire duration. It operated in the area from Pskov to Novorzhev , then south and southeast of Lake Ilmen.
Composition on 1 July 1941:[1]
8th Army 11th Army 27th Army 29th Rifle Corps
170th Rifle Division 22nd Rifle Corps
180th Rifle Division 182nd Rifle Division 23rd Rifle Division 25th Fortified Region
41st Fortified Region
45th Fortified Region
46th Fortified Region
48th Fortified Region
270th Corps Artillery Regiment
614th Corps Artillery Regiment
615th Corps Artillery Regiment
11th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
103rd Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
247 Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
10th PVO Brigade
12th PVO Brigade
14th PVO Brigade
Riga PVO Brigade Region
Estonian PVO Brigade Region
Kaunas PVO Brigade Region
21st Mechanized Corps
42nd Tank Division 185th Motorized Division 4th Pontoon-Bridge Regiment
30th Pontoon-Bridge Regiment
6th Mixed Aviation Division
7th Mixed Aviation Division
8th Mixed Aviation Division
57th Mixed Aviation Division
Composition on 1 August 1941:[1]
11th Army 27th Army Novgorod Operational Group 5th Airborne Corps
9th Airborne Brigade 10th Airborne Brigade 201st Airborne Brigade 41st Cavalry Division (Forming)9th Antitank Brigade
10th Antitank Brigade
270th Corps Artillery Regiment
448th Corps Artillery Regiment
110th High-Power Howitzer Artillery Regiment
402nd High-Power Howitzer Artillery Regiment
429th High-Power Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK)
11th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
19th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
10th PVO Brigade
Riga PVO Brigade Region
Estonian PVO Brigade Region
Kaunas PVO Brigade Region
1st Mechanized Corps
3rd Tank Division 12th Mechanized Corps
23rd Tank Division 28th Tank Division 125th Tank Regiment 25th Engineer Battalion
110th Motorized Engineer Battalion
50th Pontoon-Bridge Battalion
55th Pontoon-Bridge Battalion
56th Pontoon-Bridge Battalion
57th Pontoon-Bridge Battalion
4th Mixed Aviation Division
6th Mixed Aviation Division
57th Mixed Aviation Division
Composition on 1 September 1941:[1]
11th Army 27th Army 34th Army Novgorod Operational Group 33rd Rifle Division 84th Rifle Division 54th Cavalry Division 310th Rifle Division (Under command of the Northwestern direction)10th Antitank Brigade
402nd High-Power Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK)
429th High-Power Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK)
171st Antitank Artillery Regiment
759th Antitank Artillery Regiment
19th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
111th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
239th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
246th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
250th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
Riga PVO Brigade Region
Estonian PVO Brigade Region
Kaunas PVO Brigade Region
34th Motorcycle Regiment
25th Engineer Battalion
50th Pontoon-Bridge Battalion
55th Pontoon-Bridge Battalion
56th Pontoon-Bridge Battalion
57th Pontoon-Bridge Battalion
6th Mixed Aviation Division
415th Fighter Aviation Regiment
Composition on 1 October 1941[2]
11th Army 27th Army 34th Army Novgorod Operational Group 25th Cavalry Division 46th Cavalry Division 54th Cavalry Division 10th Antitank Brigade
171st Antitank Artillery Regiment
759th Antitank Artillery Regiment
3rd Guards Mortar Regiment
Riga PVO Brigade Region
Estonian PVO Brigade Region
Kaunas PVO Brigade Region
11th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
29th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
239th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
246th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
250th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
125th Tank Brigade 87th Tank Battalion
110th Tank Battalion
112? Tank Battalion (source is unclear)
112? Tank Battalion (source is unclear)
116th Tank Battalion
34th Motorcycle Regiment
57th Pontoon-Bridge Battalion
67th Sapper Battalion
492nd Sapper Battalion
494th Sapper Battalion
6th Mixed Aviation Division
SOURCE:[3]
Battleship squadron
battleship Marat Jean-Paul Marat )
battleship Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya October Revolution )
destroyer leader Leningrad (named after the city of Leningrad)
destroyer leader Minsk [ru ] (named after the capital of Belarus)
1st destroyer division/1 Flotilla
cruiser Kirov
destroyer Gnevny
destroyer Gordy
destroyer Grozyashchiy
destroyer Smetlivyi
destroyer Steregushchiy [ru ] 2nd destroyer division/2 Flotilla
Serdityy Silnyi Stoikiy Storozhevoy 3rd destroyer division/3 Flotilla
Karl Marx Volodarsky Lenin Yakov Sverdlov Artyom [ru ] Engels Kalinin [ru ]
Guard division/Naval Guards Squadron
Burya Sneg Taifun Tsiklon Tucha Vihr Minesweeper Task Group
Minesweepers T201 T202 T203 T204 T205 T206 T207 T208 T209 T210 T211 T212 T213 T214 T215 T216 T217 T218
15 auxiliary minesweepers
1st submarine brigade/1 Submarine Battle Fleet
S1 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S101 S102 L3 M71 M77 M78 M79 M80 M81 M83 Lembit Kalev Ronis Spidola 2nd submarine brigade/2 Submarine Battle Fleet
SC309 SC310 SC311 SC317 SC318 SC319 SC320 SC322 SC323 SC324 M90 M94 M95 M96 M97 M98 M99 M102 M103
Support vessels
Polyarnaya Zvezda (Polar Star)Oka (named after the river of Oka ) Training Task Group of the Navy
M72 M73 M74 M75 M76 SC303 SC304 K3 K21 K22 K23 L1 L2 S11 S12 SC405 SC406 Training Task Group
SC301 SC302 SC305 SC306 SC307 SC308 P1 P2 P3
Red Army [ ] The 8th Army was involved in the operation for the entire period. First operating in Estonia, then divided into two parts, one the Tallinn area and the other in the Narva - Kingisepp , the army ended the operation in the area which would become the Oranienbaum Bridgehead .
The 11th Army was involved in the operation for the entire period. It led the defense of the areas west and southwest of the Lake Ilmen retreating to the area south and then southeast of the lake.
The 27th Army was involved in the operation for the entire period. Led the defense in the area from Slavkovich - Novorzhev , retreating towards Kholm and then further to the north shore of Lake Seliger .
Composition on 1 July 1941:[1]
24th Rifle Corps
181st Rifle Division 183rd Rifle Division 67th Rifle Division 3rd Rifle Brigade
5th Airborne Corps
9th Airborne Brigade 10th Airborne Brigade 201st Airborne Brigade 613th Corps Artillery Regiment
402nd High-Power Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK)
111th Antiaircraft Battalion
25th Engineer Regiment
Composition on 1 August 1941:[1]
65th Rifle Corps
5th Rifle Division 23rd Rifle Division 33rd Rifle Division 188th Rifle Division 84th Rifle Division 21st Mechanized Corps
42nd Tank Division 46th Tank Division 185th Motorized Division 160th Sapper Battalion
238th Sapper Battalion
239th Sapper Battalion
Composition on 1 September 1941:[1]
5th Rifle Division 23rd Rifle Division 181st Rifle Division 185th Rifle Division 188th Rifle Division 256th Rifle Division 37th Rifle Regiment (NKVD)
613th Corps Artillery Regiment
134th Motorized Engineer Battalion
67th Sapper Battalion
160th Sapper Battalion
188th Sapper Battalion
339th Sapper Battalion
4th Mixed Aviation Division
28th Fighter Aviation Regiment
268th Fighter Aviation Regiment
Composition on 1 October 1941:[2]
23rd Rifle Division 33rd Rifle Division 181st Rifle Division 183rd Rifle Division 1291st Rifle Regiment (4th Rifle Division )
613th Corps Artillery Regiment
111th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
28th Tank Division 110th Motorized Engineer Battalion
134th Motorized Engineer Battalion
67th Sapper Battalion
160th Sapper Battalion
188th Sapper Battalion
491st Sapper Battalion
4th Mixed Aviation Division
The army's involvement began in early August 1941 near Staraya Russa and to the south. The army eventually retreated to the area east of Demyansk.
Composition on 1 September 1941:[1]
163rd Rifle Division 245th Rifle Division 257th Rifle Division 259th Rifle Division 262nd Rifle Division 25th Cavalry Division 3rd Motorized Rifle Regiment
264th Corps Artillery Regiment
270th Corps Artillery Regiment
108th Tank Battalion
112th Tank Battalion
47th Engineer Battalion
238th Sapper Battalion
299th Sapper Battalion
57th Mixed Aviation Division
Composition on 1 October 1941:[2]
163rd Rifle Division 188th Rifle Division 245th Rifle Division (minus 1042nd Rifle Regiment)257th Rifle Division 259th Rifle Division 262nd Rifle Division 270th Corps Artillery Regiment
429th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK)
19th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
46th Motorcycle Battalion
85th Tank Battalion
103rd Tank Battalion
108th Tank Battalion
238th Sapper Battalion
299th Sapper Battalion
469th Sapper Battalion
7th Mixed Aviation Division
The army took part in the operation from 9–30 September 1941. Conducted combat operations in the approaches to Leningrad from the Gulf of Finland to the city of Pushkin.
Composition on 1 September 1941:[1]
2nd Guards Leningrad People's Militia Division
3rd Guards Leningrad People's Militia Division (minus 2nd Rifle Regiment)Krasnogvardeisk Fortified Region 51st Corps Artillery Regiment
690th Antitank Artillery Regiment
Mixed Artillery Regiment
704th Artillery Regiment (198th Motorized Division )
42nd Pontoon-Bridge Battalion
106th Motorized Engineer Battalion
Composition on 1 October 1941:[2]
13th Rifle Division 44th Rifle Division 56th Rifle Division 189th Rifle Division 21st Rifle Division (NKVD) 6th Naval Infantry Brigade
7th Naval Infantry Brigade
268th Machine-Gun Artillery Battalion
282nd Machine-Gun Artillery Battalion
291st Machine-Gun Artillery Battalion
14th Antitank Brigade
28th Corps Artillery Regiment
47th Corps Artillery Regiment
51st Corps Artillery Regiment
73rd Corps Artillery Regiment
101st Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGJ)
704th Artillery Regiment
296th Antitank Artillery Battalion
1st Separate Mortar Battalion
2nd Separate Mortar Battalion
3rd Separate Mortar Battalion
Separate Guards Mortar Battalion
51st Tank Battalion
29th Sapper Battalion
456th Sapper Battalion
The army was involved in the operation from 10 August to 14 September 1941 when the army was disbanded. The army operated in the area west of the Lake Ilmen.
Composition on 1 September 1941:[1]
128th Rifle Division 311th Rifle Division 1st Mountain Rifle Brigade
170th Separate Cavalry Regiment
531st Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK)
21st Tank Division 109th Motorized Engineer Battalion
12th Sapper Battalion
The army was involved in the operation from 26 August to the turn of the Volkhov River north of Novogorod .
The army was formed on 5 September 1941 with the mission of securing the shores of Lake Ladoga to prevent the Germans from encircling Leningrad. The army participated in the operation to the end.
Composition on 1 October 1941:[2]
3rd Guards Rifle Division 4th Guards Rifle Division 128th Rifle Division 286th Rifle Division 294th Rifle Division 310th Rifle Division 1st Mountain Brigade
881st Artillery Regiment (RVGK)
882nd Artillery Regiment (RVGK)
2/5th Guards Mortar Regiment
4/4th Guards Mortar Regiment
21st Tank Division 16th Tank Brigade 122nd Tank Brigade 5th Motorized Engineer Battalion
135th Motorized Engineer Battalion
136th Motorized Engineer Battalion
3rd Reserve Aviation Group
four Fighter Aviation Regiments
three Bomber Aviation Regiment
one Assault Aviation Regiment The army was formed on 1 September 1941 and operated in the area from Pushkin to the bend of the Neva River through the end of the operation.
Composition on 1 September 1941:[1]
70th Rifle Division 90th Rifle Division 168th Rifle Division 237th Rifle Division 1st Leningrad People's Militia Division (minus 3rd Rifle Regiment)
4th Leningrad People's Militia Division
2nd Rifle Regiment (3rd Leningrad People's Militia Division)
Slutsk-Kolpino Fortified Region
14th Antitank Brigade
24th Corps Artillery Regiment (minus 1st Battalion)
47th Mortar Battalion
84th Tank Battalion
86th Tank Battalion
Composition on 1 October 1941:[2]
70th Rifle Division 86th Rifle Division 90th Rifle Division 125th Rifle Division 168th Rifle Division 268th Rifle Division 55th Rifle Regiment, 17th Rifle Division
Slutsk-Kolpinsky Fortified Region
24th Corp Artillery Regiment
16th Mortar Battalion
47th Mortar Battalion
84th Tank Battalion
86th Tank Battalion
2nd Sapper Battalion
367th Sapper Battalion
Leningrad People's Militia [ ] See Leningrad Narodnoe Opolcheniye Army for details on Leningrad's Militia units. In late September 1941 the divisions were incorporated into the Red Army.
Operational Groups [ ] Luga Operational Group/Southern Operational Group [ ] Took part in the fighting from mid-July in Luga through 16 September when the group was disbanded in Leningrad.
Composition on 1 August 1941:[1]
41st Rifle Corps
111th Rifle Division 177th Rifle Division 235th Rifle Division 1st Rifle Regiment (3rd Leningrad People's Militia Division)
260th Machine-Gun Artillery Battalion
262nd Machine-Gun Artillery Battalion
541st Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK)
Luga PVO Brigade Region
24th Tank Division 259th Sapper Battalion
Composition on 1 September 1941:[1]
41st Rifle Corps
111th Rifle Division 177th Rifle Division 235th Rifle Division 260th Machine-Gun Artillery Battalion
262nd Machine-Gun Artillery Battalion
274th Machine-Gun Artillery Battalion
Antitank Artillery Regiment (Major Bogdanov)
Luga PVO Brigade Region
24th Tank Division 24th Pontoon-Bridge Battalion
259th Sapper Battalion
Kopor Operational Group [ ] Composition on 1 September 1941:[1]
1st Guards Leningrad People's Militia Division
2nd Leningrad People's Militia Division
522nd Rifle Regiment (191st Rifle Division )
519th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (RVGK)
24th Tank Regiment (1st Tank Division )
295th Sapper Battalion Nevskaya Operational Group [ ] Composition on 1 October 1941:[2]
115th Rifle Division 1st Rifle Division (NKVD) 4th Naval Infantry Brigade
1st Fighter Battalion
4th Fighter Battalion
5th Fighter Battalion
230th Artillery Regiment (71st Rifle Division )
1/577th Howitzer Artillery Regiment
24th Antitank Artillery Battalion
20th Mortar Battalionn
107th Tank Battalion
21st Pontoon-Bridge Battalion Novogorod Operational Group [ ]
Composition on 1 August 1941:[1]
16th Rifle Corps (headquarters used to form 48th Army on 7 August)
70th Rifle Division 128th Rifle Division 237th Rifle Division 1st Leningrad People's Militia Division
1st Mountain Rifle Brigade
21st Tank Division
Composition on 1 September 1941:[1]
305th Rifle Division 448th Corps Artillery Regiment
Separate Mortar Battalion
8th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
3rd Tank Division 28th Tank Division 50th Engineer Battalion
Composition on 1 October 1941:[2]
180th Rifle Division 185th Rifle Division 305th Rifle Division Mixed Rifle Regiment
264th Corps Artillery Regiment
448th Corps Artillery Regiment
Mortar Battalion (unnumbered)
8th Antiaircraft Battalion
242nd Antiaircraft Battalion
3rd Tank Division 25th Engineer Battalion
50th Engineer-Bridge Battalion
55th Engineer-Bridge Battalion
56th Engineer-Bridge Battalion
German [ ] Presents the largest and units of the German armed forces. It should be borne in mind that the operation involved a variety of specialist, such as artillery and self-propelled artillery (including the provision of OKH), Samokatnaya, rail, engineering, combat engineers, pontoon bridge, part of the army air defense and air defense and the Luftwaffe.
Data on 8 August 1941.
Participated throughout the operation. Led offensive in Estonia, along the eastern shore of Lake Peipsi , then advanced on Leningrad from the south-west and west.
The XXXXII Army Corps was transferred to the 18th Army on 18 July 1941.
XXXXII Army Corps
61st Infantry Division 217th Infantry Division XXVI Army Corps
93rd Infantry Division 254th Infantry Division 291st Infantry Division Participated in the operation from 10 July to 18 September 1941. The unit was the main striking force for the German forces attack towards Leningrad. The LVI Motorized Corps advanced towards Luga, bypassing the city to the north, breaking through Soviet positions south of Kingisepp , Krasnogvardeisk , and reached the Pulkovo Heights . On 15 September the main forces of the group begin its redeployment from the Leningrad axis to the Moscow axis.
The L Army Corps was transferred to the group on 14 August 1941.
XXXXI Corps (mot.)
1st Infantry Division 1st Panzer Division 6th Panzer Division 8th Panzer Division 36th Infantry Division (mot.) LVI Motorized Corps
269th Infantry Division SS Police Division 3rd Infantry Division (mot.) XXXVIII Corps
58th Infantry Division L Army Corps (from 14 August 1941)
269th Infantry Division SS Polizei Division Participated in the operation for the entire period. Originally moving in the area south of Lake Ilmen, the army's right flank was engaged against the Western Front . After regrouping the army advanced north and south of Lake Ilmen on the Novgorod-Chudovo -Leningrad and Staraya Russa-Kholm -Demyansk axis.
XXVII Army Corps
96th Infantry Division 121st Infantry Division 122nd Infantry Division SS Totenkopf Division I Army Corps
11th Infantry Division 21st Infantry Division 126th Infantry Division II Army Corps
12th Infantry Division 32nd Infantry Division 123rd Infantry Division X Army Corps
30th Infantry Division 290th Infantry Division Part of the group was involved in operations from 24 August to the end of the operation at Leningrad (XXXIX Motorized Corps) and from 30 August to 24 September 1941 in the Demyansk direction (LVII Motorized Corps).
XXXIX Motorized Corps
12th Panzer Division 18th Motorized Division 20th Motorized Division LVII Motorized Corps
19th Panzer Division 20th Panzer Division Data as of 3 August 1941.[4]
2.(F)/ObdL Wekusta (2nd Squadron, Long-Range reconnaissance Luftwaffe High Command)1 KGr z.b.V. 106 (1st Transport Squadron, 106th Military Transport Group) Took part in the entire operation. Reinforces by Kampfgeschwader 4 on 6 August 1941.
5th Squadron, 122nd Intelligence Group
Kampfgeschwader 1 - He 111 H, Ju 88 A (Group 2 and 3)Kampfgeschwader 76 - Ju 88AKampfgeschwader 77 - Ju 88ASturzkampfgeschwader 77 - Ju 87 B, Bf 110 Zerstörergeschwader 26 - Bf 110 (Group 1 and 2)Jagdgeschwader 54 - Bf 109 FJagdgeschwader 53 - Bf 109F (Group 2 only)The 8th Fliegercorps took part in the operation from late July to 20 September 1941.
2nd Squadron, 11th Intelligence Group
1st Transport Squadron, 4th Transport Group
Kampfgeschwader 2 - Do 17 Z (Group 1)Kampfgeschwader 3 - Do 17Z (Group 3)Schnellkampfgeschwader 210 Bf 110 (Group 2)Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 Ju 87B (Group 1, 3)Lehrgeschwader 2 Bf 109E, Hs-123 (2nd and 10th Squadron)Jagdgeschwader 27 - Bf 109F, Bf 109E (Group 3 only)Jagdgeschwader 52 - Bf 109F (Group 2 only)Reconnaissance Group East [ ] 125th Naval Intelligence Group
Kampfgruppe 806 - Ju 88A
Jagdgeschwader 54 - Bf 109E (only 1 staffel)References [ ]