 For the duration of the war, KG 55 flew 54,272 combat operations, dropped 60,938 metric tons of bombs, carried 7,514 metric tons of supplies from 1 September 1939 to 1 October 1944.The "Geschwader" lost 710 men killed in action and 747 missing.On 1 April 1934 a unit called the "Hanseatische Fliegerschule" e. V. was formed, initially based at Fassberg.