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    Flyer Command Iraq (German: Fliegerführer Irak) was a unit of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) dispatched to Iraq in May 1941 as part of a German mission...
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    reconnaissance group in Iraq that was to precede Fliegerführer Irak. He was also tasked with integrating Fliegerführer Irak with Iraqi forces in operations against...
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  • to precede "Flyer Command Iraq" (Fliegerführer Irak). He was also given the task of integrating Fliegerführer Irak with Iraqi forces in operations against...
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    friendly with Germany. The bulk of the German "Flyer Command Iraq" (Fliegerführer Irak) arrives in Mosul to support the Iraqi government of Rashid Ali. 14...
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    Jagdfliegerführer 3 (Jafü 3—Fighter Flying Leader) in France, to Iraq to form Fliegerführer Irak (Flying Command Iraq). The operation was a disaster an ended on 1...
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  • to be known as "Airplane Commander for Iraq" (Fliegerführer Irak). The aircraft of Fliegerführer Irak were to have Iraqi markings and they were to operate...
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  • British under the command of the German Fliegerführer Irak. May 29 Surviving elements of Fliegerführer Irak depart Iraq. German dive-bombers attack a...
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  • "Flyer Command Iraq" (Fliegerführer Irak) of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) started to arrive. The aircraft of Fliegerführer Irak started to fly sorties...
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    Anglo-Iraqi War, German and Italian aircraft of "Flyer Command Iraq" (Fliegerführer Irak) stopped to refuel in the Vichy French-controlled Mandate of Syria...
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  • Junck commanded Fliegerführer Irak in Iraq. He reported directly to Lieutenant General Hans Jeschonnek in Germany. Fliegerführer Irak arrived in Iraq...
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  • committed "Flyer Command Iraq" (Fliegerführer Irak) to support the rebels in the Anglo-Iraqi War. Fliegerführer Irak comprised one squadron (staffel)...
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  • Organization. A Jagdfliegerführer, or Jafü, was the commander of the Fighter forces of a Luftflotte. Notes References Fliegerführer @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht...
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  • Flugbereitschaft der Fliegerkorps Tunis Fliegerführer 1 (Nord) Fliegerführer 2 (Mitte) Fliegerführer 3 (Süd) Fliegerführer Gabes General der Deutschen Luftwaffe...
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    to refuel in Syria. Marked as Iraqi aircraft, Axis aircraft under Fliegerführer Irak landed in Syria en route to the Kingdom of Iraq during the Anglo-Iraqi...
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  • to 30 May 1941. The German government dispatched an aviation unit, Fliegerführer Irak, and Italy send limited assistance, but both were too late and far...
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    1944 as Generalmajor and commanding general of the II. Jagdkorps Fliegerführer Irak Special Staff F Obermaier 1989, p. 141. Franks et al 1993, p. 139...
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    Germans assembled a Luftwaffe task force under Iraqi colours called Fliegerführer Irak ("Flyer Command Iraq") which from 14 May operated out of Mosul. Before...
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    Fliegerführer Atlantik (German: Flyer Command Atlantic) was a World War II Luftwaffe naval air command for anti-maritime transport, anti-submarine, anti-surface...
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    110s to the Iraqi Nationalist cause as part of "Flyer Command Iraq" (Fliegerführer Irak). The German machines reached Iraq in the first week of May 1941....
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    111s to the Iraqi Nationalists cause under "Flyer Command Iraq" (Fliegerführer Irak). Painted in Iraqi markings their stay was very brief. Due to the...
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  • element of the column was attacked by a lone Heinkel He 111 bomber of Fliegerführer Irak (Air Commander Iraq). The British thought at first that the Iraqis...
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    named after its commander Oberst Werner Junck and later renamed to Fliegerführer Irak (Flyer Command Iraq), to fly to Iraq. There, German forces under the...
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  • Herget was transferred to Sonderkommando Junck, also referred to as Fliegerführer Irak , a Luftwaffe task force under the command of Oberst (Colonel) Werner...
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    Luftwaffe Fliegerführer Fliegerführer Fliegerführer 1 2 3 4 5 6 200 Afrika Albanien Arad Atlantik Eismeer Angriffsführer England Graz Irak Kreta Kroatien...
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  • Jagdfliegerführer Ungarn (category Luftwaffe Fliegerführer)
    Luftwaffe Fliegerführer Fliegerführer Fliegerführer 1 2 3 4 5 6 200 Afrika Albanien Arad Atlantik Eismeer Angriffsführer England Graz Irak Kreta Kroatien...
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  • Jagdfliegerführer 4 (category Luftwaffe Fliegerführer)
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  • Jagdfliegerführer Ostpreussen (category Luftwaffe Fliegerführer)
    Luftwaffe Fliegerführer Fliegerführer Fliegerführer 1 2 3 4 5 6 200 Afrika Albanien Arad Atlantik Eismeer Angriffsführer England Graz Irak Kreta Kroatien...
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  • Jagdfliegerführer Bretagne (category Luftwaffe Fliegerführer)
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  • Jagdfliegerführer 3 (category Luftwaffe Fliegerführer)
    Luftwaffe Fliegerführer Fliegerführer Fliegerführer 1 2 3 4 5 6 200 Afrika Albanien Arad Atlantik Eismeer Angriffsführer England Graz Irak Kreta Kroatien...
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  • Jagdfliegerführer 5 (category Luftwaffe Fliegerführer)
    Luftwaffe Fliegerführer Fliegerführer Fliegerführer 1 2 3 4 5 6 200 Afrika Albanien Arad Atlantik Eismeer Angriffsführer England Graz Irak Kreta Kroatien...
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