{"id":92,"date":"2012-03-14T15:55:03","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T14:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chronicles-of-the-luftwaffe.de\/?page_id=92"},"modified":"2018-03-29T15:08:20","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T14:08:20","slug":"jagdflieger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.chronicles-of-the-luftwaffe.de\/?page_id=92","title":{"rendered":"Jagdflieger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:en-->The fighter units of the Luftwaffe can roughly be divided into three distinct categories: <em>Tagjagdgeschwader<\/em>, <em>Nachtjagdgeschwader<\/em> and <em>Zerst\u00f6rergeschwader<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>Tagjagdgeschwader<\/h2>\n<p>Bluntly spoken, the <em>Tagjagdgeschwader<\/em> &#8211; or just <em>Jagdgeschwader (JG) <\/em>&#8211; is what almost everyone understands if the topic comes to discussing fighter wings. They are &#8211; with no disrespect intended &#8211; the &#8220;regular&#8221; fighter wings. The typical planes of these units have been the Messerschmitt Bf 109, Focke Wulf Fw 190 or Messerschmitt Me 262.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jagdgeschwader 1 &#8220;Oesau&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Jagdgeschwader 2 &#8220;Richthofen&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Jagdgeschwader 3 &#8220;Udet&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Jagdgeschwader 4<\/li>\n<li>Jagdgeschwader 5 &#8220;Eismeer&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Jagdgeschwader 6 &#8220;Horst Wessel&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Jagdgeschwader 7<\/li>\n<li>Jagdgeschwader 10<\/li>\n<li>Jagdgeschwader 11<\/li>\n<li>Jagdgeschwader 25<\/li>\n<li>Jagdgeschwader 26 &#8220;Schlageter&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Jagdgeschwader 27<\/li>\n<li>Jagdverband 44<\/li>\n<li>Jagdgeschwader 50<\/li>\n<li>Jagdgeschwader 51 &#8220;M\u00f6lders&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Jagdgeschwader 52<\/li>\n<li>Jagdgeschwader 53 &#8220;Pik As&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Jagdgeschwader 54 &#8220;Gr\u00fcnherz&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Jagdgeschwader 76<\/li>\n<li>Jagdgeschwader 77 &#8220;Herz As&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Jagdgeschwader 200<\/li>\n<li>Jagdgeschwader 300, 301, 302 &#8220;Wilde Sau&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Jagdgeschwader 400<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Nachtjagdgeschwader<\/h2>\n<p>The <em>Nachtjagdgeschwader (NJG)<\/em> have been the night fighter wings of the <em>Luftwaffe<\/em>&#8211; specialized in night-time operations against the allied bomber force.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nachtjagdgeschwader 1<\/li>\n<li>Nachtjagdgeschwader 2<\/li>\n<li>Nachtjagdgeschwader 3<\/li>\n<li>Nachtjagdgeschwader 4<\/li>\n<li>Nachtjagdgeschwader 5<\/li>\n<li>Nachtjagdgeschwader 6<\/li>\n<li>Nachtjagdgeschwader 7<\/li>\n<li>Nachtjagdgruppe 10<\/li>\n<li>Nachtjagdgeschwader 11<\/li>\n<li>Nachtjagdgeschwader 100<\/li>\n<li>Nachtjagdgeschwader 200<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Zerst\u00f6rergeschwader<\/h2>\n<p>The <em>Zerst\u00f6rergeschwader (ZG)<\/em> &#8211; which literally translates into &#8220;Destroyer wing&#8221; &#8211; have been the heavy fighter wings of the <em>Luftwaffe<\/em>. These units (usually) have been flying planes that have been designed to carry heavier weapons and heavier armor and\/or operate on long-distance missions. In the Luftwaffe, the Zerst\u00f6rergeschwader usually operated aircrafts such as the Messerschmitt Bf 110, Me 210 and Me 410.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zerst\u00f6rergeschwader 1<\/li>\n<li>Zerst\u00f6rergeschwader 2<\/li>\n<li>Zerst\u00f6rergeschwader 26<\/li>\n<li>Zerst\u00f6rergeschwader 76<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<p>[1]: Wolfgang Dierich: &#8220;Die Verb\u00e4nde der Luftwaffe 1935 &#8211; 1945&#8221; (ISBN: 3-87943-437-9)<!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fighter units of the Luftwaffe can roughly be divided into three distinct categories: Tagjagdgeschwader, Nachtjagdgeschwader and Zerst\u00f6rergeschwader. Tagjagdgeschwader Bluntly spoken, the Tagjagdgeschwader &#8211; or just Jagdgeschwader (JG) &#8211; is what almost everyone understands if the topic comes to discussing &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chronicles-of-the-luftwaffe.de\/?page_id=92\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-92","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P26prQ-1u","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chronicles-of-the-luftwaffe.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chronicles-of-the-luftwaffe.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chronicles-of-the-luftwaffe.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chronicles-of-the-luftwaffe.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chronicles-of-the-luftwaffe.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.chronicles-of-the-luftwaffe.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":865,"href":"http:\/\/www.chronicles-of-the-luftwaffe.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92\/revisions\/865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chronicles-of-the-luftwaffe.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}