 On 24 April 1942, KG 55 came under the command of VIII "Fliegerkorps".The bomber wing was immediately transferred to the Crimea.In December 1941 Soviet forces landed in the Crimea near Kerch, and KG 55, along with KG 27, KG 55, and KG 100, was dispatched to assist "Luftflotte" 4 and the 11th Army to destroy the Soviet beachhead in April 1942.