Geschütz – cannon, gun. Geschützführer – gun captain / commander / layer. Geschwader – originally and literally a naval "squadron" and, therefore, equivalent...

Geschwader and sometimes a fourth or even a fifth gruppe was added to single engine fighter geschwader. On several occasions, day fighter Geschwader or...

Geschwader Fledermaus (Bat squadron) is an East German film. It was released in 1958. Wolfgang Heinz – General Lee Christine Laszar – Flessy Günther Simon...

Göring became JG I's third and last commander of the war on 14 July. The Geschwader moved again on 19 July to Soissons, claiming its 500th victory on 25 July...

languages, equivalent air force units equivalent to a US wing include: Geschwader in the German Luftwaffe; Aviatsionniy Polk (Aviation Regiment) in Russia;...

September 1939. By the summer of 1939, the Luftwaffe had twenty-eight Geschwader (wings). The Luftwaffe also operated a paratrooper force known as the...

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...

Squadron Escadron (France) Staffel (Germany) Wing (RAF) Group (USAAF/USAF) Geschwader (Germany) Régiment/Escadre (France) Aviation regiment (USSR/Russia) Group...

Detachment Kuhlmey (German: Gefechtsverband Kuhlmey) was a temporary unit of Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe during World War II. The unit was commanded by Oberstleutnant...

escadrons are the equivalent of the German language terms Gruppe and Geschwader; and the English language terms "wing" and "group" (the definitions of...

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...

affect the fighters in particular. By 14 September, the Luftwaffe's Bf 109 Geschwader possessed only 67% of their operational crews against authorised aircraft...

adjutant made the recommendation. In the Luftwaffe the lowest level was the Geschwader and in the Kriegsmarine the respective flotilla was authorized to make...

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...

until the end in 1990s (See also: Mercenaries in popular culture: Films) Geschwader Fledermaus (Bat Squadron) (1957) Cerný prapor (The Black Battalion/Das...

2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014. "Richthofen nach 33 Monaten wieder ein Geschwader" (in German). German Air Force. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016. German...

commander of Jagdgeschwader 1 beside his Fokker D VII (F) 5125/18. He holds a walking stick Geschwader Stock that had been owned by Manfred von Richthofen....

fighter bomber squadron (2. Staffel/JaBo-Geschwader).  Austria Austrian Air Force 1. Staffel/JaBo-Geschwader (1. Sta/Jabogeschw; "Jagdbombergeschwader"):...

wings of the Luftwaffe Sturzkampf- geschwader 1 2 3 5 51 76 77 101 102 151 160 162 163 165 167 168 Schlacht- geschwader 1 2 3 4 5 9 10 77 101 102 103 104...

Squadron Escadron (France) Staffel (Germany) Wing (RAF) Group (USAAF/USAF) Geschwader (Germany) Régiment/Escadre (France) Aviation regiment (USSR/Russia) Group...

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...

ECR variants. Originally Tornados equipped five fighter-bomber wings (Geschwader), with one tactical conversion unit and four front-line wings, replacing...

Herbert Ihlefeld led the Geschwader. The formation was mixed; Stab., (headquarters flight or Stabschwarm, attached to every Geschwader), I. and II./JG 1 operated...

Luftflotte 4's (Air Fleet 4) 8th Air Corps for support. It consisted of nine Geschwader (Wings) containing 600 aircraft, all coming under the command of Generaloberst...

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...

Stukageschwader 2 was transferred to the Eastern Front. On 26 June 1941, Stuka Geschwader 2 attacked 60 Soviet tanks south of Grodno, and later discovered that...

unit on 22 July 1958, was phased out of service on 13 July 1966, the Geschwader having accumulated over 80,000 flight hours with the planes. Eleven months...

Prien, Jochen (1997). Jagdgeschwader 53 A History of the "Pik As" Geschwader March 1937 – May 1942. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Military History...

June 1917) At various times, several different German military aviation Geschwader (literally "squadrons"; equivalent to Commonwealth air force "groups"...

Geschwader (wings), Gruppen (groups) and regiments of the Bundeswehr Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 51 "Immelmann" Anti aircraft...