• Gruppenkommandeur is a Luftwaffe position (not rank), that is the equivalent of a commander of a group or wing in other air forces. A Gruppenkommandeur...
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  • controller's hut. Hartmann was assigned to III. Gruppe of JG 52, led by Gruppenkommandeur (group commander) Major Hubertus von Bonin, and placed under the experienced...
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    Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 (NJG 3) was a Luftwaffe night fighter-wing of World War II. NJG 3 was formed on 29 September 1941 in Stade from Stab./Zerstörergeschwader...
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  • Nachtjagdgeschwader 4 (NJG 4) was a Luftwaffe night fighter-wing of World War II. NJG 4 was formed on 18 April 1941 in Metz. The unit's objective was to...
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    14-LHauptmann Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Jagdgeschwader 54 12 March 1942 KIA 8 October 1943 9 Herbert Ihlefeld Luftwaffe 14-LHauptmann Gruppenkommandeur of the...
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    as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 839th Oak Leaves on 17 April 1945 as Major and Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Nachtjagdgeschwader...
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    Staffelkapitän of the 6./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. According to Scherzer as Gruppenkommandeur of the IV./Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 According to Scherzer as Staffelkapitän...
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    Swords (one of only 160 awarded) on 25 November. Rudel was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of III. Gruppe on 22 February 1944. On 20 March, Rudel performed a...
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  • December over a Spitfire south of Tebourba On 5 December, his acting Gruppenkommandeur (group commander) Oberleutnant Adolf Dickfeld submitted Bühligen for...
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    Thionville, were jumped by four Bf 109Es from III./JG 53, with their Gruppenkommandeur, Spanish Civil War ace Captain Werner Mölders, in the lead. Mölders...
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