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    bomber Geschwader, an Ergänzungsgruppe (training group) might be attached to a Geschwader as the fifth Gruppe and designated 'V' (Roman numeral 5). Although...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • Geschütz – cannon, gun. Geschützführer – gun captain / commander / layer. Geschwader – originally and literally a naval "squadron" and, therefore, equivalent...
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  • languages, equivalent air force units equivalent to a US wing include: Geschwader in the German Luftwaffe; Aviatsionniy Polk (Aviation Regiment) in Russia;...
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  • 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...
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    Squadron Escadron (France) Staffel (Germany) Wing (RAF) Group (USAAF/USAF) Geschwader (Germany) Régiment/Escadre (France) Aviation regiment (USSR/Russia) Group...
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    September 1939. By the summer of 1939, the Luftwaffe had twenty-eight Geschwader (wings). The Luftwaffe also operated a paratrooper force known as the...
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    escadrons are the equivalent of the German language terms Gruppe and Geschwader; and the English language terms "wing" and "group" (the definitions of...
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  • 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...
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    Adolf to continue flying. The expansion of the Luftwaffe and his own Geschwader (wing) flooded the administration officers and Galland's medical report...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • trainer aircraft and night reconnaissance squadrons using the Polikarpov R-5 aircraft. The Rifle and Tank Corps air squadron had 12 reconnaissance aircraft...
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    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...
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  • Gruppe = equivalent to a USAAF Group. JG = Jagdgeschwader = Fighters. Geschwader = equivalent to a USAAF Wing. JGr = Jagdgruppe = Fighters. KG = Kampfgeschwader...
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    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...
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    Osterkamp briefly led the Geschwader again during Mölders' convalescence. On 7 August 1940, Mölders returned to the Geschwader without medical clearance...
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  • Fliegerkorps X, a formation comprising four bomber and one fighter wings (Geschwader) together with air support forces. With the conclusion of the Norwegian...
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    Geschwader (wings), Gruppen (groups) and regiments of the Bundeswehr Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 51 "Immelmann" Anti aircraft...
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    Geschwader (wings), Gruppen (groups) and regiments of the Bundeswehr Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 51 "Immelmann" Anti aircraft...
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  • 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...
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    Geschwader (wings), Gruppen (groups) and regiments of the Bundeswehr Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 51 "Immelmann" Anti aircraft...
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    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...
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    the 5. Luftwaffendivision from 1963 to 1971 were: Radarführungskommando 3, Fürstenwalde Jagdgeschwader 73, Rostock-Laage Airport FlakRak Geschwaders 51...
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    formed part of Hugo Sperrle's Luftflotte 3. The total strength of the Geschwader was 80 Ju 87s with 55 operational. First group began using airfields around...
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    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...
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  • place of filming is the "Fiala-Fernbrugg" garrison, still used by HS Geschwader 2 and FlAR2/3rd Bat. of the Austrian Army. The big rocky mountain in the...
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