Kampfgeschwader 6

Kampfgeschwader 6
Active	1942–44
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Luftwaffe
Type	Bomber Squadron
Role	Tactical and Direct Ground Support.
Size	Air Force Wing
Engagements	Battle of the Caucasus Battle of Stalingrad Operation Steinbock Operation Cobra Battle of Caen Falaise pocket
Commanders
Notable commanders	Hermann Hogeback
Insignia
Identification symbol	Geschwaderkennung of 3E

Kampfgeschwader 6 (KG 6) (Bomber Wing 6) was a Luftwaffe bomber unit during the Second World War. The unit was formed between April and September 1942 and was equipped with Dornier Do 217, Junkers Ju 188 and Junkers Ju 88 bombers.

The Geschwader bombed Britain, the Eastern Front, North Africa, Italy and Normandy.

While officially formed on or about the 1 September 1942 at Dinard/Brittany in northern France, the history of the Geschwader dates back to 11 October 1941. On that date, the Luftwaffenführungssab in Berlin ordered Luftflotte 3 in Paris to form a Stab unit for a new Kampfgeschwader which was to carry the number 6. The new bomber formation was to comprise Küstenfliegergruppe 106, Kampfgruppe 606 and stab./Küstenfliegergruppe 406, with its subordinated staffeln. The first date that KG 6 was mentioned was 30 April 1942, when Luftflotte 3 documents recorded its formation at Dinard under Fliegerführer Atlantik, but with no aircraft or aircrews. On 3 June 1942, the new unit's Geschwaderkommodore Oberstleutnant Joachim Hahn, former Kommandeur of Kampfgruppe 606, while flying a Messerschmitt Bf 108 near Dieppe, was shot down and killed by Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilots of No. 401 Squadron. In August 1942, Berlin ordered a full Geschwader to be formed, stating that the unit was to be a special bomber force to operate against key British industrial targets, as well as command and communication centres. To this end, it was to have its own pathfinder capability.

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