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)...

at various pilot and fighter-pilot schools, he was posted to Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1—1st Night Fighter Wing), operating on the Western Front, in November...

Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 (NJG 2) was a German Luftwaffe night fighter and night intruder wing during World War II. Night fighter operations did form part...

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...

HMS Quilliam (G09), a 1941 British Royal Navy Q class destroyer Nachtjagdgeschwader 1, from its historic Geschwaderkennung code with the Luftwaffe in...

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...

missions before he was transferred to the newly established Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1), a night-fighter wing. Lent claimed his first nocturnal victory...

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 –...

Reserves and Staffelkapitän of the 6./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. According to Scherzer as a pilot in the II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 6. According to Scherzer as Staffelkapitän...

(platoon leader) in the 1./Aufklärungs-Abteilung 97. According to Scherzer as air gunner in the Stab IV./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. Roberts Gaigals' nomination...

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...

German Cross in Gold on 31 August 1943 as Hauptmann in the 11./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold with Pennant (18 May...

units. By October 1940 Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1—1st Night Fighter Wing) comprised three Gruppen, while Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 (NJG 2—2nd Night Fighter...

Luftwaffe Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 Nachtjagdgeschwader 4 Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 Nachtjagdgeschwader 6 Nachtjagdgeschwader 100 Kampfgeschwader...

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...

appointed Staffelkapitän (squadron leader) and transferred to Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1—1st Night Fighter Wing) in August 1943. Drewes was born on 20...

unit became the nucleus of the newly created night fighter wing Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. He claimed his first nocturnal aerial victory on the night of 9/10...

the Reserves. According to Scherzer on 24 June 1944 in the Stab/Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 [for his achievements as a radio/wireless operator with Geschwaderkommodore...

/Sturzkampfgeschwader 76. According to Scherzer as Staffelkapitän of the 10./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. The brackets around the doctor title [Dr.] denote that the academic...

Scherzer as Staffelkapitän of the 2./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. According to Scherzer as pilot in the 3./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2. According to Scherzer as Gruppenkommandeur...

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...

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...

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 pilot...

Walther-Peer Fellgiebel. According to Scherzer as Staffelkapitän of the 4./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 According to Scherzer as commander of the I.(gepanzert)/Panzergrenader-Regiment...

in the 4./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. According to Scherzer as Oberleutnant of the Reserves and Staffelkapitän of the 6./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. According...

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 the...

Jagdgeschwader (day fighter wings) and the night fighters of Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (Night Fighter Wing 1), were swiftly to prepare aircraft for the next sortie...

was also a squadron commander in the prestigious Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1—Night Fighter Wing 1), the most successful night fighter interceptor unit...

Falck as Geschwaderkommodore and tasked him with creation of Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1—1st Night Fighter Wing). The emblem of the night fighter force...

separate enactments. The first enactment, Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 instituted the Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz), the Knight's Cross...