Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 (NJG 2) was a German Luftwaffe night fighter and night intruder wing during World War II. Night fighter operations did form part...

aerial victories on the Eastern Front, 21 of which were by night, claimed in 200 combat missions. His shooting down three Polikarpov Po-2s of the famed 46th...

1943 from the II.(Eis)/Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 while II. Gruppe was formed in July 1944 from three Staffeln of Nachtjagdgeschwader 200. Gruppenkommandeure...

Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1) was a German Luftwaffe night fighter-wing of World War II. NJG 1 was formed on 22 June 1940 and comprised four Gruppen (groups)...

Nachtjagdgeschwader 4 (NJG 4) was a Luftwaffe night fighter-wing of World War II. NJG 4 was formed on 18 April 1941 in Metz. The unit's objective was...

Nachtjagdgeschwader 6 (NJG 6) was a Luftwaffe night fighter-wing of World War II. NJG 6 was formed in May 1943. Major Fritz Schaffer, 10 August 1943 –...

Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 (NJG 3) was a Luftwaffe night fighter-wing of World War II. NJG 3 was formed on 29 September 1941 in Stade from Stab./Zerstörergeschwader...

Nachtjagdgeschwader 11 (NJG 11) was a Luftwaffe night fighter-wing of World War II. NJG 11 was formed on 20 August 1944 with one Gruppe (group) consisting...

Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 (NJG 5) was a Luftwaffe night fighter-wing of World War II. NJG 5 was formed on 30 September 1942 in Döberitz. On 1 October 1942...

training at various pilot and fighter-pilot schools, he was posted to Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1—1st Night Fighter Wing), operating on the Western Front...

Nahaufklärungsgruppe = Short-range/tactical Observation aircraft. NJG = Nachtjagdgeschwader = Night Fighters SAGr = Seeaufklärungsgruppe = Maritime Patrol aircraft...

Flugzeugführer (pilot) in the 3./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 German Cross in Gold on 19 September 1942 as Oberfeldwebel in the 3./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht...

/Aufklärungs-Abteilung 97. According to Scherzer as air gunner in the Stab IV./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. Roberts Gaigals' nomination had been finalized by the Heerespersonalamt...

Luftwaffe Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 Nachtjagdgeschwader 4 Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 Nachtjagdgeschwader 6 Nachtjagdgeschwader 100 Kampfgeschwader...

units. By October 1940 Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1—1st Night Fighter Wing) comprised three Gruppen, while Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 (NJG 2—2nd Night Fighter...

production standard. An unknown number of the aircraft served with Nachtjagdgeschwader 3, and a few were later used as training aircraft for jet pilots...

to Scherzer on 29 October 1944 as Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Nachtjagdgeschwader 5. According to Scherzer as leader of the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 121...

Reserves and Staffelkapitän of the 6./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (Scherzer) As a pilot in the II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 6 (Scherzer) As leader of Grenadier-Regiment...

Ju 88 of Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 met its end on 4 March 1945, known as the 'night of the intruders'. As part of Operation Gisela, a force of 200 Ju 88s of...

SN-2 had used, as the B-1a/U1 version. Serving with 10. Staffel Nachtjagdgeschwader 11, near Berlin, these few aircraft (alongside several single-seat...

increasing numbers of de Havilland Mosquito night fighters and bombers. Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1) and NJG 3 kept a pair of Fw 190s on standby to supplement...

support missions before he was transferred to the newly established Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1), a night-fighter wing. Lent claimed his first nocturnal...

Major of the Reserves. According to Scherzer as pilot in the 7./Nachtjagdgeschwader 4. According to Scherzer as chief of the general staff of Luftflotte...

were assigned to Illesheim. Nachtjagdgeschwader 6 (NJG 6), a RADAR-equipped Bf 110 night interceptor unit, was credited with 200 confirmed Allied kills. Between...

interceptor missions against the American bomber fleets. A third unit, Nachtjagdgeschwader 11 (NJG 11), flew Fw 190s and Bf 109s as night interceptors against...

G-series night fighter, it was likely built in 1944. It served with Nachtjagdgeschwader 3, the unit responsible for the night air defence of Denmark and...

/Versuchsverband O.K.L. operated Ju 388 V32, W.Nr 300 295, T9+DL. Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 operated four Ju 388J-0 nachtjager during April/May 1945, under...

bomber wing was a Kampfgeschwader (KG), a night fighter wing was a Nachtjagdgeschwader (NJG), a dive bomber wing was a Stukageschwader (StG), and units...

the Western Front was redeployed. Additional night-fighter units (Nachtjagdgeschwader) and medium bomber units (Kampfgeschwader) acted as pathfinders....

[1] often identifying them as bombers. Future ace, commander of Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 and Jagdfliegerführer Rumänien Wolfgang Falck scored his first...