• 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...
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  • Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 (NJG 2) was a German Luftwaffe night fighter and night intruder wing during World War II. Night fighter operations did form part...
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  • 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...
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  • handguns C9 LMG, Canadian light machine gun C9, an ID for the German Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 air squadron in World War II C9, a note five octaves above Middle...
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  • 1943 from the II.(Eis)/Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 while II. Gruppe was formed in July 1944 from three Staffeln of Nachtjagdgeschwader 200. Gruppenkommandeure...
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  • 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)...
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  • aerial victories. Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein was appointed to command Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 (NJG 2) in January 1944, and was killed in action on the night...
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  • Messerschmitt Bf 110 heavy fighter. In October 1941, he transferred to Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1—1st Night Fighter Wing) where he became a night fighter...
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    victories. He was promoted to Major and tasked with leading Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 (NJG 5) in January 1944, before he and his crew were killed in a flight...
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    nightfighters of the Fourth Group of the 5th Night Fighter Wing (IV./Nachtjagdgeschwader 5), flying a mix of Junkers Ju 88 and Dornier Do 217 aircraft, to...
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  • pilot. In 1942, he was posted to Nachtjagdgeschwader 4 (NJG 4—4th Night Fighter Wing) and to Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 (NJG 5—5th Night Fighter Wing) in 1943...
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  • 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 –...
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    Luftwaffe Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 Nachtjagdgeschwader 4 Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 Nachtjagdgeschwader 6 Nachtjagdgeschwader 100 Kampfgeschwader...
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  • 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...
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  • Gruppenkommandeur (group commander) of the newly formed II. Gruppe of Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 (NJG 5—5th Night Fighter Wing). The Gruppe was equipped with Messerschmitt...
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  • unit became the nucleus of the newly created night fighter wing Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. He claimed his first nocturnal aerial victory on the night of...
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    to Scherzer on 29 October 1944 as Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Nachtjagdgeschwader 5. According to Scherzer as leader of the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 121...
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    Führer-Flak-Abteilung (Luftwaffe). According to Scherzer as pilot in the 1./Nachtjagdgeschwader 100. According to Scherzer as chief of the 1./Panzer-Jagd-Abteilung...
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    /Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. According to Scherzer as Gruppenkommandeur of the IV./Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 According to Scherzer as Staffelkapitän in the III./Jagdgeschwader...
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    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...
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    disbanded in April 1945. The remnants of NJGr 10 were absorbed by Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 (5th Night Fighter Wing). Its main task was to explore new and revised...
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  • NJG 1. Due to a redesignation, this squadron became the 5. Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 (NJG 5—5th Night Fighter Wing) on 1 December 1942. Promoted to...
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  • D5 (redirect from D-5)
    Citroën D5 Dauair (IATA code D5) Dublin 5, an Irish postal district Identification symbol for Nachtjagdgeschwader 3, a Luftwaffe night fighter-wing of World...
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  • 1943 Messerschmitt Bf 109G Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1) March–May 1944 Messerschmitt Bf 110 Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 (NJG 5) 4 May–August 1944 Messerschmitt...
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    to Scherzer on 29 October 1944 as Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Nachtjagdgeschwader 5. According to Scherzer as a pilot in the 9./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet"...
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  • Oberleutnant. 3./NJG 1 was re-designated 5./NJG 5 (Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 (Night Fighter Wing 5) and formed into I./NJG 5 (I. Gruppe). The organisation was attached...
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    (IG)/Infanterie-Regiment 490. According to Scherzer on 2 July 1944. According to Scherzer on 5 April 1944. According to Scherzer as Ia (operations officer) of the 22. Infanterie-Division...
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    Cross Recipients (AKCR). According to Scherzer as leader of the III./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. According to Scherzer as gun leader of the 14./Grenadier-Regiment...
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  • Bremen. Hoffmann was appointed Staffelkapitän of 4. Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 (NJG 5—5th Night Fighter Wing) on 11 February 1943. Hoffmann then served...
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    1940. According to Scherzer as radio/wireless operator in the III./Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 on 25 November 1944. According to Scherzer as pilot and observer...
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