Nachtjagdgeschwader 100

Nachtjagdgeschwader 100
Active	1943 – 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Air Force
Type	Night Fighter
Role	Air superiority
Size	Air Force Wing
Engagements	World War II

Nachtjagdgeschwader 100 (NJG 100) was a Luftwaffe night fighter-wing of World War II. The Geschwader did not have a Stab and no Geschwaderkommodore. It had two Gruppen (groups), operating separately. The I. Gruppe of NJG 100 was formed in early 1943 from the II.(Eis)/Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 while II. Gruppe was formed in July 1944 from three Staffeln of Nachtjagdgeschwader 200.

Commanding officers

Gruppenkommandeure

I. Gruppe

• Major Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, 1 August 1943 – 5 August 1943
• Major Rudolf Schoenert, 5 August 1943 – 31 December 1943
• Major Alois Lechner, 1 January 1944 – 23 February 1944
• Hauptmann Kurt Bonow, 23 February 1944 – May 1944
• Hauptmann Theodor Bellinghausen, May 1944 – 8 July 1944
• Hauptmann August Fischer, 8 July 1944 – 8 May 1945

II. Gruppe

• Hauptmann Ulrich von Meien, 2 July 1944 – 21 October 1944
• Major Paul Zorner, 20 July 1944 – 8 May 1945

External Links

• References to the Nachtjagdgeschwader in European newspapers

References

• 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.