Nachtjagdgeschwader 3

Nachtjagdgeschwader 3
Active 1941 – 1945
Country Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
Branch Air Force
Type Night Fighter
Role Air superiority
Size Air Force Wing
Engagements World War II
Insignia
Identification
symbol
Geschwaderkennung of
L1 (inherited from LG 1), later D5

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 26.

Commanding officers

Kommodore

Gruppenkommandeure

Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 from 9./NJG 3

I. Gruppe

II. Gruppe

III. Gruppe

IV. Gruppe

Surviving aircraft

Two aircraft that served with NJG 3 are displayed together at the Royal Air Force Museum London, one of the two sites of the Royal Air Force Museum. These are Messerschmitt Bf 110 G Werk Nr. 730301, which was surrendered to the British at the end of the war in 1945, and Junkers Ju 88 R-1, Werk Nr. 360043,[1] which came into British hands in 1943. Both aircraft are almost unique - each is one of only two intact survivors of their type.

References

Citations
Bibliography
  • Hinchliffe, Peter (1998). Luftkrieg bei Nacht 1939–1945 [Air War at Night 1939–1945] (in German). Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-613-01861-7. 
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