''Jagdfliegerführer'' 3 (Jafü 3)
[A Jagdfliegerführer, or Jafü, was the commander of the Fighter forces of a ''Luftflotte''. For more details see Luftwaffe Organization
] was formed December 21, 1939 in
Wiesbaden
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. On September 6, 1943 redesignated
Jagdfliegerführer 5, 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-
Guipavas 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, 5 June 1940 – 30 April 1941
* Generalmajor
Max Ibel, 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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Military units and formations established in 1939
Military units and formations disestablished in 1943