Jagdfliegerführer 5 (Jafü 5) was formed September 6, 1943 in Bernay from Jagdfliegerführer 3, subordinated to 5. Jagd-Division. The headquarters was located...

units as part of the Second World War's Luftwaffe Organization. A Jagdfliegerführer, or Jafü, was the commander of the Fighter forces of a Luftflotte...

October 1942, he became Jagdfliegerführer 3 on the Western Front. On 6 September 1943 he was appointed as Jagdfliegerführer 5, responsible for the tactical...

Jagdfliegerführer 3 (Jafü 3) was formed December 21, 1939 in Wiesbaden. On September 6, 1943 redesignated Jagdfliegerführer 5, reformed again on December...

(headquarters unit) of Jagdfliegerführer Norwegen was detached and formed the Geschwaderstab of JG 5. At the same time a new Stab of Jagdfliegerführer Norwegen was...

various tactical targets in France on 15 June. To counter this attack, Jagdfliegerführer 5 dispatched the German fighters at dawn. Priller and his wingman,...

Jagdfliegerführer Norwegen was a formation of the German Luftwaffe based in Occupied Norway during World War II. It was named for the "Fighter Leader...

JaFü DISTELFINK was integrated with Jagdfliegerführer 5 at Bernay in Eure, la Basse- Normandie, itself subordinate to 5. JägerDiv Fliegerdivisionen (headquartered...

September 1943 the unit redesignated Jagdfliegerführer 4 and reformed again in September 1943 from Stab/Jagdfliegerführer Deutsche Bucht. The headquarters...

Jagdfliegerführer Bretagne (Fighter Leader Brittany) was formed September 1943 in Rennes from Jagdfliegerführer 4, subordinated to the II. Jagdkorps....

Jagdfliegerführer 4 was formed April 1, 1943 in Rennes subordinated to the Luftflotte 3. On September 6, 1943 the unit redesignated Jagdfliegerführer...

Jagdfliegerführer Sizilien (Chief of Fighter Aviation Sicily) was part of Luftflotte 2 (Air Fleet 2), one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe...

details see Luftwaffe Organization References Jagdfliegerführer Ostpreußen @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht Jagdfliegerführer Ostpreussen @ The Luftwaffe, 1933-45...

1944. The unit was known as Jagdfliegerführer Rumänien until 7 February 1944, when it was redesignated Jagdfliegerführer Balkan. It then was reformed...

II. It was formed on December 21, 1939 in Jever. Jagdfliegerführer 1 was redesignated Jagdfliegerführer Mitte on April 1, 1941. The headquarters was located...

Organization References Oberitalien.htm Jagdfliegerführer Oberitalien @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht Jagdfliegerführer Oberitalien @ The Luftwaffe, 1933-45...

Jagdfliegerführer Ostmark (Fighter Leader Ostmark) was formed September 6, 1943 in Vienna, subordinated to 7. Jagd-Division. The headquarters was located...

1941 fighter forces in Norway came under the separate command of Jagdfliegerführer Norwegen. Total forces amounted to three fighter groups and one bomber...

appointed Jagdfliegerführer 2, the commander of fighter aircraft in Luftflotte 2. On 1 August 1942, he was transferred to Luftgaustab z.b.V. Afrika. On 5 April...

Junck inherited Jagdfliegerführer 3 which defended air space to the west of the Seine. Karl-Bertram Döring commanded Jagdfliegerführer 1 covering the Netherlands—each...

command Jagdgeschwader 5 (JG 5—5th Fighter Wing) in Norway and Northern Russia. From June 1943 to June 1944 he was Jagdfliegerführer Ostmark. Then as an...

by these commanders were a He 111 P-4 (VG+ES), fully equipped (armed with 5 × MG 15 and 1 × MG 17, capacity to load 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) of bombs in belly...

more details see Luftwaffe Organization References Jagdfliegerführer Ungarn @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht Jagdfliegerführer Ungarn @ The Luftwaffe, 1933-45...

of the day, he had assembled a force comprising 12 Messerschmitt Bf 110s, 5 Heinkel He 111s, a communications flight with light aircraft, a section of...

mission retreated from Iraq. Later in the war, Junck led forces as Jagdfliegerführer Deutsche Bucht (Fighter Leader German Bight) in the Baltic campaign...

March 1941 – 5 January 1942 Generalmajor Wolfgang von Wild (acting), 30 October 1941 – 5 January 1942 General der Flieger Ulrich Kessler, 5 January 1942...

air operations and support activities. However a Fighter leader (Jagdfliegerführer) was in charge of all the fighter operations and reported to the chief...

Division), Jagdkorps (Fighter Corps), Jagddivision (Air Division), or Jagdfliegerführer (Fighter Air Command). Each formations would have attached to it a...

Geschwaderkommodore of JG 1, Schumacher was appointed Jagdfliegerführer Norwegen on 1 August 1941. On 5 January 1942, he relinquished command of JG 1 to Major...

information was relayed further to other Luftwaffe units, including Jagdfliegerführer Rumänien. The American leaders were unaware that the Germans knew...