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Ergänzungs-Jagdgeschwader
A Ergänzungs-Jagdgeschwader (EJG) were Luftwaffe replacement training units which were part of a larger operational Jagdgeschwader. The Germans were sometimes forced to undertake operations and training simultaneously. In 1944, the Luftwaffe formed two of these units, EJG 1 and EJG 2, by combining various training and experimental units. Its commanders included Viktor Bauer and Werner Andres. Ergänzungs-Jagdgeschwader 1 The ''Geschwader'' EJG 1 was formed in early 1944 from ''Ergänzungs-Jagdgruppe West'', ''Ergänzungs-Jagdgruppe Nord'' and ''Ergänzungs-Jagdgruppe Ost''. The ''Stab (Luftwaffe designation), Geschwaderstab'' (headquarters unit) was based in Mirosławiec, Märkisch Friedland, present-day Mirosławiec in Poland, while the ''Organization of the Luftwaffe (1933–1945)#Staffel, Staffeln'' (squadrons) were based on airfields in Pomerania, Brandenburg, Lusatia, Lausitz, present-day Lusatia, and Silesia. Initially, the unit was conceived as a training un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Bär
Heinz "Pritzl" Bär (; 25 May 1913 – 28 April 1957) was a German Luftwaffe flying ace who served throughout World War II in Europe. Bär flew more than one thousand combat missions, and fought in the Western, Eastern and Mediterranean theatres. On 18 occasions he survived being shot down, and according to records in the German Federal Archives, he claimed to have shot down 228 enemy aircraft and was credited with 208 aerial victories, 16 of which were in a Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter. Sources credit him with 220 – 96 on Eastern Theatre and 124 on Western Theatre – up to 222 aerial victories may also be possible. Bär, a native of Saxony, joined the Reichswehr in 1934 and transferred to the Luftwaffe in 1935. Serving first as a mechanic, then as a pilot on transport aircraft, he was informally trained as a fighter pilot. He claimed his first aerial victory in September 1939 on the French border. By the end of the Battle of Britain, his tally of victories had incre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagdgeschwader
Jagdgeschwader were the series of fighter wings of initially, the German Empire's '' Luftstreitkräfte'' air arm of the ''Deutsches Heer'', then the successor fighter wings of the Third Reich's original '' Luftwaffe'' air arm of its combined Wehrmacht armed forces (1935-45), and after 1949, the fighter wings of the air arm of the current Federal German Republic's '' Bundeswehr'' armed forces, the Luftwaffe. *Jagdgeschwader 1 **Royal Prussian Jagdgeschwader I (World War I) ** Jagdgeschwader 1 ''Oesau'' (Luftwaffe) * Jagdgeschwader 2 ''Richtofen'' *Royal Prussian Jagdgeschwader II (World War I) * Jagdgeschwader 3 ''Udet'' * Jagdgeschwader III (World War I) *Royal Bavarian Jagdgeschwader IV (World War I) *Jagdgeschwader 5 ''Eismeer'' *Jagdgeschwader 26 ''Schlageter'' * Jagdgeschwader 27 ''Afrika'' * Jagdgeschwader 50 * Jagdgeschwader 51 ''Mölders'' * Jagdgeschwader 52 * Jagdgeschwader 53 ''Pik As'' *Jagdgeschwader 54 ''Grünherz'' * Jagdgeschwader 71 ** Taktisches Luftwaffenge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
