Geschwader and sometimes a fourth or even a fifth gruppe was added to single engine fighter geschwader. On several occasions, day fighter Geschwader or...
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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...
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languages, equivalent air force units equivalent to a US wing include: Geschwader in the German Luftwaffe; Aviatsionniy Polk (Aviation Regiment) in Russia;...
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Glossary of German military terms (redirect from Geschwader)
Geschütz – cannon, gun. Geschützführer – gun captain / commander / layer. Geschwader – originally and literally a naval "squadron" and, therefore, equivalent...
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DAG 2200 Wolke chaff launcher. S61—S65 were part of the 2. Schnellboot Geschwader (Fast attack craft squadron), and S66—S70 belonged to the 7. Schnellbootgeschwader...
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September 1939. By the summer of 1939, the Luftwaffe had twenty-eight Geschwader (wings). The Luftwaffe also operated a paratrooper force known as the...
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(PAA) include Marine heavy helicopter squadrons (16 CH-53s), Marine light/attack helicopter squadrons (18 AH-1s and 9 UH-1s), and Marine attack squadrons...
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Adolf to continue flying. The expansion of the Luftwaffe and his own Geschwader (wing) flooded the administration officers and Galland's medical report...
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Squadron Escadron (France) Staffel (Germany) Wing (RAF) Group (USAAF/USAF) Geschwader (Germany) Régiment/Escadre (France) Aviation regiment (USSR/Russia) Group...
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platoon, regimental headquarters company; armory section, Marine aviation logistics squadron. In Marine aircraft squadrons, section is also used to designate...
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Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918. Oxford: Grub Street. ISBN 978-0-948817-19-9. Franks, Norman;...
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June 1917) At various times, several different German military aviation Geschwader (literally "squadrons"; equivalent to Commonwealth air force "groups"...
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Street – Carmerstraße 2nd Battle Squadron of the High Seas Fleet – II. Geschwader der Hochseeflotte 3rd wireless telegraphy officer – III. FT Offizier;...
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Chief of Operations: KptzS Magnus von Levetzow 3rd Battle Squadron (III. Geschwader) (battleships) Konteradmrial Paul Behncke Flag lieutenant: Korvettenkapitän...
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ECR variants. Originally Tornados equipped five fighter-bomber wings (Geschwader), with one tactical conversion unit and four front-line wings, replacing...
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Lüder Arenhold (category German marine artists)
was a German marine painter who was best known for his reconstruction paintings and drawings of the Reichsflotte and the Preußische Marine. Arenhold probably...
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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...
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Flaggleutnant to Vice Admiral Hugo von Pohl, commander of the I. Marine-Geschwader. Saalwächter was promoted to Kapitänleutnant on 10 April 1911 and...
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Lexikon der Wehrmacht. Retrieved 1 December 2016. Im Dezember flog das Geschwader weiter Einsätze gegen alliierte Schiffe in der Adria und den Hafen von...
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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...
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Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918, pp. 222-223 Jagdgeschwader Nr II Geschwader 'Berthold' (Aviation Elite Units): Greg Vanwyngarden...
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its 90 Heinkel He 111 bombers—to take off from three bases near Bremen. Geschwader commander Oberst Walter Lackner led ⅔ of his wing on to a course that...
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held the position of Geschwaderkommodore of the JG 53 "Pik As" fighter Geschwader (wing). Hans Klein was born in Stettin, when it was still within the Kingdom...
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units. The Luftwaffe also intended to equip two fighter and two bomber Geschwader ("wings") with a simplified single-seat version of the F-4E Phantom which...
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Adm: Admiral BCS: Battle Cruiser Squadron BS: Battle Squadron (German: Geschwader) Cdre: Commodore (German: Kommodore) CS: Cruiser Squadron DF: Destroyer...
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fighter units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914-1918. Grub Street. ISBN 0-948817-73-9. Richthofen's Circus':...
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accidents, and one taken prisoner of war. Jasta 56 began at Paderborn's Geschwader School on 20 October 1917, but was not officially established until 1...
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ISBN 978-1-84176-726-0. VanWyngarden, Greg; Dempsey, Harry (2005). Jagdgeschwader Nr II: Geschwader Berthold. Oxford UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-727-7. Portals:...
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ISBN 978-1-908117-37-3. VanWyngarden, Greg (2005). Jagdgeschwader Nr II: Geschwader Berthold. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-727-7. VanWyngarden...
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Airfield) 208th and 238th flights Montecorvino Airfield II/Zerstörer-Geschwader 1 (Me-110 G2) Vibo Valentia Airfield I/Jagdgeschwader 53, (Bf 109 G6)...
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