- Göring—Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe—ordered the 2.
Jagddivision and the 3.
Jagddivision to
prepare their units for a large-scale
ground attack operation...
-
Unternehmen Bodenplatte (Operation
Baseplate or
Operation Ground Plate),
launched on 1
January 1945, was an
attempt by the
Luftwaffe to
cripple Allied...
-
Luftflotte 3 (Air
Fleet 3) was one of the
primary divisions of the
German Luftwaffe in
World War II. It was
formed on 1
February 1939 from Luftwaffengruppenkommando...
- (Air Corps),
Fliegerdivision (Air Division),
Jagdkorps (Fighter Corps),
Jagddivision (Air Division), or Jagdfliegerführer (Fighter Air Command). Each formations...
- The wing
could be
subordinated to a Fliegerkorps,
Fliegerdivision or
Jagddivision (Flying Corps,
Division and
Fighter Division) all of
which were subordinated...
- of
Fifteenth bombers targeting Budapest.
Other fighter units of the 7
Jagddivision could only
reach the
target area if
given amply warning and Rödel's Geschwader...
- contain:
Jagddivision 1
Jagdgeschwader 3
Jagdgeschwader 300 Zerstörergeschwader 26
Jagdgeschwader 302
Jagddivision 2
Jagdgeschwader 54
Jagddivision 3 Jagdgeschwader...
-
directed en m****e into the
bomber stream by
running commentaries from the
Jagddivision. Once in the stream,
fighters made
radar contact with bombers, and attacked...
-
Oberst Gustav Rödel, 1
February 1945 – May 1945 Lw.Sanitäts-Abt./2.
Jagddivision (1 May 1942 – 8 May 1945) Jagdfliegerführer 2 (1
December 1943 – 31 December...
-
raised to use the
Wilde Sau
tactic under the new
Fighter Division 30 (30.
Jagddivision),
which was
commanded by Herrmann. On the
night of 3/4 July 1943, 653...
