On 20 November II./KG 55 bombed Soviet armour near Kletskaya northwest of Stalingrad. It attacked targets in the Cherny-Sevskaya region on 26 November. It operated from Pitomnik Airfield until 29 November and over Pitomnik on 7 December. There are no recorded losses after this date suggesting records were lost or it was re-equipping. On 20 November KG 55 lost "Gruppenkommandeur" Hans-Joachim Gabriel in operations over the city. He was the only commander of the group to be killed in action. "Major" Heinz Höfer. III./KG 55 began supply missions on 30 December, to Pitomnik. It evacuated the field on 2 January and flew its last supply operation on 18 January, and withdrew to Stalino on 2 February 1943.