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commanders. Adolf Galland. Josef Priller. Jagdgeschwader 26 (JG 26) Schlageter was a German fighter - wing of World War II. It was named after Albert Leo Schlageter, a World War I veteran, Freikorps member, and posthumous Nazi martyr, arrested and executed by the French for sabotage in 1923.
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Jagdgeschwader 26 (JG 26) Schlageter was a German fighter - wing of World War II. It was named after Albert Leo Schlageter, a World War I veteran, Freikorps member, and posthumous Nazi martyr, arrested and executed by the French for sabotage in 1923. The wing fought predominantly against the Western Allies.
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The I. and II. Gruppe of JG 26 was formed 1 May 1939 in Odendorf and Bönninghardt from I. and II./Jagdgeschwader 132 (JG 132). Initially they had a strength of three squadrons per Gruppe, but in 1943 they had their strength increased to four. The III. Gruppe was formed 23 September 1939 in Werl from parts of I. and II./JG 26. It too saw its strengt...
Campaign in the West
JG 26 took part in the Battle of France from 10 May 1940 onwards, flying the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter. To help with identification the unit had the undernoses of their aircraft painted yellow. Some aircraft had their entire cowling thus painted. JG 26 claimed 160 French and British aircraft shot down, for relatively light losses of 17 pilots killed. After the fall of France JG 26 took part in the Battle of Britain, located in the Pas de Calais region. In late August it was becoming appare...
The Abbeville boys
Although JG 26 was not known by specific name to their opponents, JG 26 built a fearsome reputation among Allied aircrews. The skill and determination of the Luftwaffe fighter units when attacking United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) bomber formations led the Allied bomber crews to become wary whenever any yellow-nosed Bf 109 or Fw 190 aircraft attacked them. Because some elements of the unit was located in Abbeville-Drucat the Allies dubbed any yellow-nosed Bf 109 or Fw 190 aircraft who agg...
Mediterranean
In February 1941, 7./JG 26[Notes 1] under Hpt Joachim Müncheberg operated in the Mediterranean theatre against Malta from bases in Sicily. The unit was to achieve success out of all proportion to its moderate size, claiming 52 victories over the island's defenders without losing a single Bf-109E. Müncheberg claimed almost half of the victories. In addition to flying missions over Malta, 7. JG 26 also flew over Yugoslavia in support of the German invasion of the Balkans. On 7 May 1941, Müncheb...
Although many Luftwaffe records were lost at the end of the war, research suggests that JG 26 claimed around 2,700 aircraft shot down, with 763 pilots killed (631 in action, 132 in accidents). Some 67 were shot down and became prisoners.
Obst Eduard Ritter von Schleich, 1 November 1938 – 9 December 1939Maj Hans Hugo Witt, 14 December 1939 – 23 June 1940Maj Gotthard Handrick, 24 June 1940 – 21 August 1940Obstlt Adolf Galland, 22 August 1940 – 5 December 1941I. Gruppe JG 26
1. Maj Gotthard Handrick, 1 May 1939 – 23 June 1940 2. Hptm Kurt Fischer, 24 June 1940 – 21 August 1940 3. Hptm Rolf Pingel, 22 August 1940 – 10 July 1941 4. Maj Johannes Seifert, 11 July 1941 – 31 May 1943 5. Hptm Fritz Losigkeit, 1 June 1943 – 22 June 1943 6. Hptm Karl Borris, 23 June 1943 – 14 May 1944 7. Hptm Hermann Staiger, 15 May 1944 – 31 July 1944 8. Maj Karl Borris, 1 August 1944 – 7 May 1945
II. Gruppe JG 26
1. Hptm. Werner Palm, 1 May 1939 – 27 June 1939 2. Hptm Herwig Knüppel, 28 June 1939 – 19 May 1940 3. Hptm Karl Ebbighausen, 20 May 1940 – 31 May 1940 4. Hptm. Erich Noack, 1 June 1940 – 24 July 1940 5. Hptm Karl Ebbighausen, 25 July 1940 – 16 August 1940 6. Hptm Erich Bode, 17 August 1940 – 3.10.40 7. Hptm Walter Adolph, 4 October 1940 – 18 September 1941 8. Hptm Joachim Müncheberg, 19 September 1941 – 21 July 1942 9. Hptm Conny Meyer, 22 July 1942 – 2 January 1943 10. Maj Wilhelm-Ferdinand...
III. Gruppe JG 26
1. Hptm Walter Kienitz, 23 September 1939 – 31 October 1939 2. Maj Ernst Freiherr von Berg, 1 November 1939 – 5 June 1940 3. Maj Adolf Galland, 6 June 1940 – 20 August 1940 4. Maj Gerhard Schöpfel, 21 August 1940 – 5 December 1941 5. Hptm Josef Priller, 6 December 1941 – 10 January 1943 6. Hptm Friedrich Geißhardt, 11 January 1943 – 6 April 1943 7. Hptm Kurt Ruppert, 7 April 1943 – 13 June 1943 8. Hptm Rolf Hermichen, 15 June 1943 – 4 July 1943 9. Maj Klaus Mietusch, 5 July 1943 – 17 Septembe...
JG 26 had its hands full as the Allied invasion of Normandy loomed, with British and American tactical bombers, all heavily escorted by the latest model Spitfires and P-51s, pounded German transportation lines and defenses. The Luftwaffe also continued to use Fw-190s in the fighter bomber role against England.
Zerstörergeschwader 26 (ZG 26) "Horst Wessel" was a Luftwaffe heavy fighter wing of World War II. Formed on 1 May 1939, ZG 26 was initially armed with the Messerschmitt Bf 109 single-engine interceptor due to production shortfalls with the Messerschmitt Bf 110 Zerstörer-class aircraft.
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Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 26 was a "hunting group" (i.e., fighter squadron) of the Luftstreitkräfte, the air arm of the Imperial German Army during World War I. As one of the original German fighter squadrons, the unit would score 177 verified aerial victories, including four observation balloons destroyed.
Nov 20, 2013 · JG26: Top Guns of the Luftwaffe. Donald Caldwell. Frontline Books, Nov 20, 2013 - History - 440 pages. “This unique, impressive study presents a history in microcosm of the entire...
