bomber Geschwader, an Ergänzungsgruppe (training group) might be attached to a Geschwader as the fifth Gruppe and designated 'V' (Roman numeral 5). Although...

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...

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...

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

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...

Delta (OF-5) Group Groupe aérien (no longer used) Brigade Aérienne ÷ Brigata aerea OF-5, or OF-6 Wing Group Wing Escadre Escadre Geschwader (OF-5) Stormo...

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

Fliegerkorps X, a formation comprising four bomber and one fighter wings (Geschwader) together with air support forces. With the conclusion of the Norwegian...

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...

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

Adolf to continue flying. The expansion of the Luftwaffe and his own Geschwader (wing) flooded the administration officers and Galland's medical report...

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...

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...

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

Gruppe = equivalent to a USAAF Group. JG = Jagdgeschwader = Fighters. Geschwader = equivalent to a USAAF Wing. JGr = Jagdgruppe = Fighters. KG = Kampfgeschwader...

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

temporary Fliegergeschwader 100 at the time of the Munich Crisis. The Geschwader (wing) had been created as an emergency measure, equipped with obsolete...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

Osterkamp briefly led the Geschwader again during Mölders' convalescence. On 7 August 1940, Mölders returned to the Geschwader without medical clearance...

Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 5 July 2015. "Lufttransportgeschwader 62" (in German). Federal Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 5 December 2019. "Transall-Absturz...

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

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...

completing the pilot's training course, Göring was assigned to Jagdstaffel 5. Seriously wounded in the hip in aerial combat, he took nearly a year to recover...