''Jagdfliegerführer'' 3 (Jafü 3)
[A Jagdfliegerführer, or Jafü, was the commander of the Fighter forces of a ''Luftflotte''. For more details see ]Luftwaffe Organization
The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German ''Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' of the Imperial Army and the '' Marine-Fliegerabtei ...
was formed December 21, 1939 in
Wiesbaden
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. On September 6, 1943 redesignated
Jagdfliegerführer 5
''Jagdfliegerführer'' 5 (Jafü 5)A Jagdfliegerführer, or Jafü, was the commander of the Fighter forces of a ''Luftflotte''. For more details see Luftwaffe Organization was formed September 6, 1943 in Bernay, Eure, Bernay from Jagdfliegerführer ...
, reformed again on December 27, 1943, but was disbanded in January 1944. The headquarters was located at Wiesbaden and from July 1940 in
Deauville
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, from February 21, 1942 at
Brest
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Places
*Brest, Belarus
**Brest Region
**Brest Airport
**Brest Fortress
* Brest, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria
* Břest, Czech Republic
*Brest, France
** Arrondissement of Brest
**Brest Bretagne Airport
** Château de Brest
*Br ...
-
Guipavas
Guipavas (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The writer Maurice Polard (born 1932) is from Guipavas.
The city is divided into two major parts: the west, known as the dynamic core of the city and s ...
and from March 1942 again at Deauville.
Commanding officers
Fliegerführer
* Generalmajor Dipl.Ing.
Hans Klein, 21 December 1939 – 7 March 1940
* Oberst Gerd von Massow, 8 March 1940 – 5 June 1940
* Oberst
Werner Junck
Werner Junck (28 December 1895 – 6 August 1976) was a German general in the Luftwaffe during World War II and commander of Fliegerführer Irak. He claimed five aerial victories during World War I.
Origin
Werner Junck was born in Magdeburg, th ...
, 5 June 1940 – 30 April 1941
* Generalmajor
Max Ibel
Max Ibel (1 January 1896 – 19 March 1981) is credited as one of the creators of the Luftwaffe. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Career
Max Ibel was born in 1896 in Munich and joined the Army as a cadet in July ...
, 6 June 1941 – 31 December 1941
* Major Karl Hentschel, December 1941 – October 1942
* Major
Gordon Gollob, 15 October 1942 – 6 September 1943
References
Notes
References
Jagdfliegerführer 3 @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht
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Luftwaffe Fliegerführer
Military units and formations established in 1939
Military units and formations disestablished in 1943