The Transportgeschwader 5 was disbanded in 1944.

The wreck of a Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant belonging to 3./TG 5 was found off Sardinia in September 2012, it had been on its way to Pistoia from Sardinia on 26 July 1943 when it was shot down by a Bristol Beaufighter.

Commanders

Oberst Gustav Damm (? 1943 - ?)
Oberst Guido Neundlinger (? 1944 - ? 1944)

Sources used

Research by Gareth Collins

Reference material on this unit

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