and Moscow. On 1 July II Gruppe flew against the airfield at Novgorod with ZG 26 but could only destroy four aircraft on the ground for the loss of one Ju 88 to the 6 IAP. Its pilot Bodo Lehr died, drowning in lake Ilmen. In August I./KG 76 carried out attacks in the Lake Ilmen area on the second day. It also bombed targets in and around Novgorod on 14 August. On 26 August Byegunitsi. II./KG 76 transferred to Korovye Selo on 23–25 July, south of Pskov. It bombed targets in the Kamenka area on 31 July. III. Gruppe supported the drive to Leningrad, Novgorod and Lake Ladoga from 19 to 20 July. It bombed Krasnogvardeisk. Along with KG 4 and KG 77, KG 76 conducted a seven-hour rolling attack on Northwestern Front forces in the Staraya Russa area which eliminated resistance there. In September KG 76 was reassigned to Luftflotte 2. III. Gruppe was moved to Orsha. II. Gruppe also supported the advance to Leningrad until 27 September. It moved to Orsha on 29 September. I Gruppe followed suit on the same day. In the days following KG 76 shifted its support to Army Group Centre during Operation Typhoon that led to the Battle of Moscow. I./KG 76 bombed Moscow several times, from 10 November 1941 onwards. I./KG 76 was put under the command of Fliegerkorps VIII, and then withdrawn for re-equipment in January 1942. 's losses during Barbarossa were light for II./KG 76. II./KG 76 losses amounted to just 2 per week, including damaged machines. Crimean, Black Sea and Caucasus Stab KG 76 remained in the East tactically renamed Gefechtsverband Bormann. It commanded formations from KG 54, KG 76 and KG 77. It fought the Red Army counter-attack which began on 5 December 1941 and on defensive operations from 9 November 1941 to April 1942. II. Gruppe was sent to East Prussia to rest and refit. It began returning a staffel at a time. It took part in the Battles of Rzhev from 29 to 30 December 1941. In 1941 II./KG 76 suffered the loss of one to two aircraft per week. On 1 January 1942 it operated in the Staritsa. It participated in unspecified operations at Torzhok northwest of Kalinin on 2 January. Rzhev was bombed on the 24 January and it carried out attacks in the area of Yukhnov on the 29th day. The group