Jagdgeschwader were the series of fighter wings of initially, the German Empire's ''

Luftstreitkräfte The ''Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte'' (, German Air Force)—known before October 1916 as (Flyer Troops)—was the air arm of the Imperial German Army. In English-language sources it is usually referred to as the Imperial German Air Service, alth ...

'' air arm of the ''Deutsches Heer'', then the successor fighter wings of the

Third Reich Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

'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 The ''Bundeswehr'' (, meaning literally: ''Federal Defence'') is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ''Bundeswehr'' is divided into a military part (armed forces or ''Streitkräfte'') and a civil part, the military part con ...

'' armed forces, the Luftwaffe. *Jagdgeschwader 1 **Royal Prussian Jagdgeschwader I (World War I) ** Jagdgeschwader 1 ''Oesau'' (Luftwaffe) *

Jagdgeschwader 2 Jagdgeschwader 2 (JG 2) "Richthofen" was a German fighter wing during World War II. JG 2 operated the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 single-seat, single-engine interceptor aircraft. Named after the famed World War I flyin ...

''Richtofen'' *Royal Prussian

Jagdgeschwader II ''Jagdgeschwader II (Fighter Wing II, or JG II)'' was the Imperial German Air Service's second fighter wing. Established because of the great success of Manfred von Richthofen's preceding ''Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War I), Jagdgeschwader I'' wing, ...

(World War I) *

Jagdgeschwader 3 ''Jagdgeschwader'' 3 (JG 3) "Udet" was a ''Luftwaffe'' fighter wing of World War II. The ''Geschwader'' operated on all the German fronts in the European Theatre of World War II. It was named after Ernst Udet, an important figure in the devel ...

''Udet'' *

Jagdgeschwader III ''Jagdgeschwader III (Fighter Wing III, or JG III)'' was a fighter wing of the Imperial German Air Service during World War I. It was founded on 2 February 1918, as a permanent consolidation of four established ''jagdstaffeln'' (fighter squadro ...

(World War I) *Royal Bavarian Jagdgeschwader IV (World War I) *

Jagdgeschwader 5 Jagdgeschwader 5 (JG 5) was a German Luftwaffe fighter wing during World War II. It was created to operate in the far north of Europe, namely Norway, Scandinavia and northern parts of Finland, all nearest the Arctic Ocean, with ''Luftflotte'' ...

''Eismeer'' *

Jagdgeschwader 26 ''Jagdgeschwader'' 26 (JG 26) ''Schlageter'' was a German fighter-wing of World War II. It was named after Albert Leo Schlageter, a World War I veteran, Freikorps member, and posthumous Nazi martyr, arrested and executed by the French f ...

''Schlageter'' *

Jagdgeschwader 27 ''Jagdgeschwader'' 27 (JG 27) "''Afrika''" was a fighter wing of the Luftwaffe during World War II. The wing was given the name "Africa" for serving in the North African Campaign predominantly alone in the period from April 1941 to Sept ...

''Afrika'' *

Jagdgeschwader 50 ''Jagdgeschwader'' 50 (JG 50), sometimes erroneously referred to as ''Jagdgruppe'' 50, was formed at Wiesbaden-Erbenheim Airfield in the in early June 1943 as ''Jagdgruppe Süd''. It only controlled two augmented '' Staffeln'' (squadrons). It w ...

Jagdgeschwader 51 ''Jagdgeschwader'' 51 (JG 51) was a German fighter wing during World War II. JG 51's pilots won more awards than any other fighter wing of the Luftwaffe, and operated in all major theatres of war. Its members included Anton Hafner, Heinz Bär ...

''Mölders'' * Jagdgeschwader 52 *

Jagdgeschwader 53 ''Jagdgeschwader'' 53 (JG 53) was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II. It operated in Western Europe and in the Mediterranean. ''Jagdgeschwader'' 53 - or as it was better known, the "Pik As" ''(Ace of Spades)'' Geschwader - was one of the ...

''Pik As'' *

Jagdgeschwader 54 ''Jagdgeschwader'' 54 (JG 54) was a Luftwaffe fighter wing during the Second World War. JG 54 flew most of its missions on the Eastern Front where it claimed more than 9,600 aircraft shot down. It was the second-highest scoring wing in the Luftw ...

''Grünherz'' * Jagdgeschwader 71 ** Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 71 "Richthofen" (Bundeswehr) **

Jagdgeschwader 71 (World War II) ''Jagdgeschwader'' 71 was a fighter wing of Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe in World War II. Bibliography * Fighter wings of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945 Military units and formations established in 1939 {{Germany-mil-unit-stub ...

*Jagdgeschwader 73 or Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 73 "Steinhoff" (Bundeswehr) *

Jagdgeschwader 77 ''Jagdgeschwader'' 77 (JG 77) ''Herz As'' ("Ace of Hearts") was a Luftwaffe fighter wing during World War II. It served in all the German theaters of war, from Western Europe to the Eastern Front, and from the high north in Norway to the Mediter ...

''Herz As'' * Jagdgeschwader 104 *

Jagdgeschwader 130 ''Jagdgeschwader'' 130 was a fighter wing of Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe 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 '' ...

Jagdgeschwader 132 ''Jagdgeschwader'' 132 (JG 132) was a fighter wing of Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe before World War II. Formed in 1934 under the cover of ''Reklamestaffel Mitteldeutschland des DLV''. In 1938, the wing was renamed ''Jagdgeschwader'' 131 and in May ...

* Jagdgeschwader 133 * Jagdgeschwader 135 * Jagdgeschwader 138 * Jagdgeschwader 141 * Jagdgeschwader 144 * Jagdgeschwader 231 * Jagdgeschwader 232 *

Jagdgeschwader 234 ''Jagdgeschwader'' 234 was a fighter wing of Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe in World War II. It operated during peacetime and conducted formation flying, simulated aerial combat, and firing on ground targets. Many of its pilots came from Jagdgruppe 88 ...

Jagdgeschwader 300 ''Jagdgeschwader'' 300 (JG 300) was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II. JG 300 was formed on June 26, 1943 in Deelen as Stab/Versuchskommando Herrmann, from July 18, 1943 as Stab/JG Herrmann and finally renamed on August 20, 1943 to St ...

Jagdgeschwader 301 ''Jagdgeschwader'' 301 (JG 301) was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II. The order to form JG 301 was issued on 26 September 1943 and formed on 1 October 1943 in Neubiberg with '' Stab'' and three ''Gruppen'' (groups) as a " Wilde Sau" (w ...

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