12019-04-15T17:24:17-07:00Joseph Brown5eac7ef3705d9f80e567b77e809a27064bd00249316341Photo of Alexander Holle. Holle was a German Generalleutnant in the Luftwaffe's Condor Legion during the German involvement in the Spanish Civil War and World War II.plain2019-04-15T17:24:17-07:00Joseph Brown5eac7ef3705d9f80e567b77e809a27064bd00249
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1media/ES_Legion_Condor.jpg2019-04-23T02:46:47-07:00Joseph Brown5eac7ef3705d9f80e567b77e809a27064bd00249Staff of the LegionJoseph Brown4structured_gallery2019-04-23T02:54:37-07:00Joseph Brown5eac7ef3705d9f80e567b77e809a27064bd00249
1media/ES_Legion_Condor.jpg2019-04-11T22:00:35-07:00Organization of the Legion23structured_gallery2019-04-23T02:48:07-07:00This part of the exhibit looks at the organization of the Legion Condor. It shows digital photos of the planes and discusses the role that each plane played in the Legion Condor and how that changed during the Spanish Civil War.
The Condor Legion, upon establishment, consisted of the Kampfgruppe 88, with three squadrons of Ju 52 bombers, the Jagdgruppe 88 with three squadrons of Heinkel He 51 fighters, the reconnaissance Aufklärungsgruppe 88 (supplemented by the Aufklärungsgruppe See 88), an anti-aircraft group, the Flakbteilung 88, and a signals group, the Nachrichtenabteilung 88. Overall command was given to Hugo Sperrle, with Alexander Holle as chief of staff. Scheele was transferred to become a military attaché in Salamanca.
1media/ES_Legion_Condor.jpg2019-04-23T02:46:47-07:00Staff of the Legion13structured_gallery2019-05-04T22:17:15-07:00 Sperrle joined the German army in 1903 and flew combat aircraft in World War I. In 1936–37 Sperrle led the Condor Legion, the German air force unit that fought on the side of the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War. There his forces were responsible for the bombing of Guernica and other Spanish towns. At the outbreak of the World War II, he led the German Luftflotte 3 (Air Fleet 3). This unit saw no action during the Poland campaign, but was committed from May onwards in France, playing an important role as tactical bombing support unit. In July 1940, he was made a Generalfeldmarschall of the Luftwaffe during the 1940 Field Marshal Ceremony. Air Fleet 3, stationed in northern France, played a major role in the Battle of Britain from June 1940 to October 1940, and the Blitz, to May 1941.