unit on the Eastern Front, II./SG 2 took part in the 6-month Crimean campaign during 1944, and in addition to its usual ground-attack work flew numerous interception sorties, claiming some 247 Soviet aircraft shot down. By May 1944 the depleted II./SG 2 withdrew to Romania. By April 1945 Stab and II./SG 2 were based at Kummer, in northern Bohemia, while I./SG 2 was in Austria, and III./SG 2 near Prague. At the end of the war, the commanding officer and a few other pilots flew their aircraft west and surrendered to the American forces. The transport column traveling on roads was destroyed. Commanding officers Oberstleutnant Hans-Karl Stepp, 18 October 1943 – 30 September 1944 Oberstleutnant Hans-Ulrich Rudel, 1 October 1944 – 8 February 1945 Major Friedrich Lang (acting), 9 February 1945 – 13 March 1945 Oberstleutnant Kurt Kuhlmey (acting), 14 March 1945 – 20 April 1945 Oberst Hans-Ulrich Rudel, April 1945 – 8th of May 1945 Bibliography . Luftwaffe Wings Military units and formations established in 1943 Military units and formations disestablished in 1945