bomber Geschwader, an Ergänzungsgruppe (training group) might be attached to a Geschwader as the fifth Gruppe and designated 'V' (Roman numeral 5). Although...

the rest of the war away from their parent Geschwader. In mid-1943, half of the 70 to 80 fighters of JG 5, contained in I Gruppe were based above the...

87 D-5 Stuka dive bombers II./JG 54: 29–62 Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-6 fighters I./SG 5: 16 Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F-3 and F-8 jabos at Alakurtti. I./NaGr 5: 1–8...

Geschütz – cannon, gun. Geschützführer – gun captain / commander / layer. Geschwader – originally and literally a naval "squadron" and, therefore, equivalent...

languages, equivalent air force units equivalent to a US wing include: Geschwader in the German Luftwaffe; Aviatsionniy Polk (Aviation Regiment) in Russia;...

pattern. In such cases, the group is equivalent to a US wing, a German Geschwader or a French escadron. During the early stages of World War I in France...

Squadron Escadron (France) Staffel (Germany) Wing (RAF) Group (USAAF/USAF) Geschwader (Germany) Régiment/Escadre (France) Aviation regiment (USSR/Russia) Group...

September 1939. By the summer of 1939, the Luftwaffe had twenty-eight Geschwader (wings). The Luftwaffe also operated a paratrooper force known as the...

escadrons are the equivalent of the German language terms Gruppe and Geschwader; and the English language terms "wing" and "group" (the definitions of...

were most experienced. A fourth wing, aside from smaller units such as StG 5, 76 and 151, was formed to increase dive bomber capability and organisation...

Leck to Oldenburg. Both formations were merged to form Fighter-Bomber Geschwader 43 due to the change in the mission's mission (the aircraft were no longer...

Jagdgeschwader 52 (JG 52) was a German World War II fighter Geschwader (wing) that exclusively used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 throughout the war. The unit...

Adolf to continue flying. The expansion of the Luftwaffe and his own Geschwader (wing) flooded the administration officers and Galland's medical report...

Osterkamp briefly led the Geschwader again during Mölders' convalescence. On 7 August 1940, Mölders returned to the Geschwader without medical clearance...

week of May 1942. It did so as the Luftwaffe's only close-air support geschwader (wing). The Ju 87 groups carried out close support operations early in...

equipped with Dornier Do 217, Junkers Ju 188 and Junkers Ju 88 bombers. The Geschwader bombed Britain, the Eastern Front, North Africa, Italy and Normandy. While...

Gruppe = equivalent to a USAAF Group. JG = Jagdgeschwader = Fighters. Geschwader = equivalent to a USAAF Wing. JGr = Jagdgruppe = Fighters. KG = Kampfgeschwader...

trainer aircraft and night reconnaissance squadrons using the Polikarpov R-5 aircraft. The Rifle and Tank Corps air squadron had 12 reconnaissance aircraft...

J-29F fighter bombers 2. Staffel/JaBo-Geschwader (2. Sta/Jabogeschw; "Jagdbombergeschwader"): A-O red tailcodes; 5 J-29F fighter bombers, 10 J-29F reconnaissance...

at the edge of the Nossentiner Hutter village. The crash zones are about 5 km apart and both aircraft were unarmed. Black-Red-Golden MiG-29 from Laage...

Fliegerkorps X, a formation comprising four bomber and one fighter wings (Geschwader) together with air support forces. With the conclusion of the Norwegian...

escorted by JG 27 Bf 109s, StG 77s 52 Ju 87s targeted RAF Warmwell. The Geschwader failed to find its target, dropping its bombs at random. The other Ju 87...

Geschwader (wings), Gruppen (groups) and regiments of the Bundeswehr Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 51 "Immelmann" Anti aircraft...

Geschwader (wings), Gruppen (groups) and regiments of the Bundeswehr Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 51 "Immelmann" Anti aircraft...

served with two other Geschwader (Wings). Jagdgeschwader 26's I. Gruppe was deployed briefly to the front, and Jagdgeschwader 5 (JG 5—5th Fighter Wing) served...

Geschwader (wings), Gruppen (groups) and regiments of the Bundeswehr Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 51 "Immelmann" Anti aircraft...

temporary Fliegergeschwader 100 at the time of the Munich Crisis. The Geschwader (wing) had been created as an emergency measure, equipped with obsolete...

Jagdgeschwader 53 - or as it was better known, the "Pik As" (Ace of Spades) Geschwader - was one of the oldest German fighter units of World War II with its...

the 5. Luftwaffendivision from 1963 to 1971 were: Radarführungskommando 3, Fürstenwalde Jagdgeschwader 73, Rostock-Laage Airport FlakRak Geschwaders 51...

Herbert Ihlefeld led the Geschwader. The formation was mixed; Stab., (headquarters flight or Stabschwarm, attached to every Geschwader), I. and II./JG 1 operated...