• 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 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • part of the Defense of the Reich campaign by the Luftwaffe. Nachtjagdgeschwader 7 (NJG 7), a Ju 88G night fighter unit was formed at the base in February...
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    /SS-Grenadier-Regiment (motorized) 10. According to Scherzer as pilot in the I./Nachtjagdgeschwader 7. Roland von Hößlin, in connection with the 20 July plot, a failed...
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  • Nachtjagdgeschwader 100 (NJG 100) was a Luftwaffe night fighter-wing of World War II. The Geschwader did not have a Stab and no Geschwaderkommodore. It...
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    Petlyakov Pe-8 (redirect from Tupolev TB-7)
    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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  • 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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  • Major Wilhelm Herget, Gruppenkommandeur (Group Commander) of I./Nachtjagdgeschwader 4 (Night Fighter Wing 4). Herget and his crew bailed out and the...
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    pilot in the 7./Nachtjagdgeschwader 4. According to Scherzer as Oberleutnant. According to Scherzer as pilot in the 7./Nachtjagdgeschwader 6. According...
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  • in the 1./Nachtjagdgeschwader 4 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 June 1944 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitän of the 1./Nachtjagdgeschwader 4 For a list...
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  • German Junkers Ju 88 night-fighter—flown by Hauptmann Heinz Rökker of Nachtjagdgeschwader 2, caught fire and began to spiral out of control. Because his parachute...
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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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    operations, transferred to the Netherlands, re-designated 9. Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 (NJG 3), and employed in night operations. As Bomber Command's...
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    training at various pilot and fighter-pilot schools, he was posted to Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1—1st Night Fighter Wing), operating on the Western Front...
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    of three He 219s at the Grove base of the 1st Night Fighter Wing (Nachtjagdgeschwader 1) in Jutland, Denmark starting on 16 June 1945. These aircraft were...
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    Luftwaffe Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 Nachtjagdgeschwader 4 Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 Nachtjagdgeschwader 6 Nachtjagdgeschwader 100 Kampfgeschwader...
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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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    /Aufklärungs-Abteilung 97. According to Scherzer as air gunner in the Stab IV./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. Roberts Gaigals' nomination had been finalized by the Heerespersonalamt...
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    not 7 October 1942 as stated by Fellgiebel. According to Scherzer on 5 February 1943. According to Scherzer as pilot in the 4./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. According...
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    and Adjutant of the II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 German Cross in Gold on 21 August 1942 as Oberleutnant in the 7./Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 Flight training in the...
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    the 8./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2. According to Scherzer as pilot in the III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 3. According to Scherzer as commander of the 7. Flieger-Division...
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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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    Service Cross Luftflotte 4 – Jagdfliegerführer Rumänien Otopeni IV./Nachtjagdgeschwader 6 – Ziliștea, with Bf 110 11./NJG6 – Otopeni 12./NJG6 (Escadrila...
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  • formed II. Gruppe (2nd group) of Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1—1st Night Fighter Wing) was created from I. Gruppe of ZG 76 on 7 September 1940. In consequence...
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    bomber wing was a Kampfgeschwader (KG), a night fighter wing was a Nachtjagdgeschwader (NJG), a dive bomber wing was a Stukageschwader (StG), and units...
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    increasing numbers of de Havilland Mosquito night fighters and bombers. Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1) and NJG 3 kept a pair of Fw 190s on standby to supplement...
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    SN-2 had used, as the B-1a/U1 version. Serving with 10. Staffel Nachtjagdgeschwader 11, near Berlin, these few aircraft (alongside several single-seat...
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