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    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...
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    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...
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    Scherzer as pilot in the 3./Jagdgeschwader 54. Spick 1996, p. 227. Forsyth 2008, p. 22. Held 1998, p. 48. Fraschka 1994, p. 113. Held 1998, pp. 15, 17–19...
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  • completed his fighter pilot training in 1942. He was posted to the veteran Jagdgeschwader 52 (JG 52—52nd Fighter Wing) on the Eastern Front and placed under the...
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    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...
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    was made after 8 May 1945. According to Scherzer as pilot in the I./Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen". According to Scherzer as chief of the 17.(Pionier)/Jäger-Regiment...
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  • Following flight training, he was posted to Jagdgeschwader 334 (JG 334—334th Fighter Wing) and then to Jagdgeschwader 51 (JG 51—51st Fighter Wing) on 1 May...
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    According to Scherzer on 27 July 1944 as Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Jagdgeschwader 27. According to Scherzer in the Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 2...
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    onwards). With his tally standing at 68 victories, Mölders and his unit, Jagdgeschwader 51 (JG 51), transferred to the Eastern Front in June 1941 for the opening...
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  • been appointed Gruppenkommandeur (group commander) of I. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 77 (JG 77—77th Fighter Wing) in September 1940, fought in the aerial...
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