Nachtjagdgeschwader 3
Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 | |
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Active | 1941 – 1945 |
Country | Nazi Germany |
Branch | Air Force |
Type | Night Fighter |
Role | Air superiority |
Size | Air Force Wing |
Engagements | World War II |
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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
- Major Johann Schalk, 1 December 1941 – 1 August 1943
- Oberst Helmut Lent, 1 August 1943 – 7 October 1944
- Oberst Günther Radusch, 12 November 1944 – 8 May 1945
Gruppenkommandeure
I. Gruppe
- Hauptmann Günther Radusch, 7 October 1940 – 2 October 1941
- Hauptmann Hans-Dietrich Knoetzsch, 3 October 1941 – 30 September 1942
- Major Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld, 1 October 1942 – 31 May 1943
- Hauptmann Erhard Peters, 1 June 1943 – 14 August 1943
- Hauptmann Walter Mylius, 15 August 1943 – 13 December 1943
- Hauptmann Paul Szameitat, 14 December 1943 – 2 January 1944
- Major Werner Husemann, 4 January 1944 – 8 May 1945
II. Gruppe
- Hauptmann Günther Radusch, 3 October 1941 – 1 August 1943
- Major Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, 15 August 1943 – November 1943
- Hauptmann Paul Szameitat, December 1943 – 14 December 1943
- Major Klaus Havenstein, 15 December 1943 – September 1944
- Hauptmann Hüschens, September 1944 – February 1945
III. Gruppe
- Oberstleutnant Heinz Nacke, 1 November 1941 – 21 April 1943
- Hauptmann Walter Mylius, 22 April 1943 – 14 August 1943
- Hauptmann Rudolf Sigmund, 15 August 1943 – 4 October 1943
- Major Walter Barthe, 15 October 1943 – 8 May 1945
IV. Gruppe
- Major Erich Simon, 1 November 1942 – 7 October 1943
- Hauptmann Albert Schulz, 8 October 1943 – January 1944
- Hauptmann Franz Buschmann, January 1944 – July 1944
- Hauptmann Heinz Ferger, July 1944 – November 1944
- Major Berthold Ney, November 1944 – 4 March 1945
- Hauptmann Freidrich Tober, 5 March 1945 – 8 May 1945
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
- ↑ Simpson, Andrew. "INDIVIDUAL HISTORY MESSERSCHMITT Bf110G - 4/R6 W/NR.730301 AIR MINISTRY 34; 8479M MUSEUM ACCESSION NUMBER 78/AF/954" (PDF). Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- 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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