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Jagdgeschwader 3 (JG 3) "Udet" was a Luftwaffe fighter wing of World War II. The Geschwader operated on all the German fronts in the European Theatre of World War II . It was named after Ernst Udet , an important figure in the development of the Luftwaffe, in 1942.
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- Nazi Germany
Feb 3, 2023 · 7./JG 3 and two versions of 9./JG 3. Gruppenkommandeure: Hptm Walter Kienitz, 1 Mar 1940 - 31 Aug 1940; Hptm Wilhelm Balthasar, 1 Sep 1940 - 10 Nov 1940; Hptm Walter Oesau, 11 Nov 1940 - 28 Jul 1941; Hptm Werner Andres, 1 Aug 1941 - 12 May 1942; Olt Herbert Kijewski (acting), 1 Sep 1941 - 23 Nov 1941; Maj Karl-Heinz Greisert, 18 May 1942 - 22 ...
Aug 20, 2015 · Missing In Action JG 3. A group of JG 3 pilots. Most of them would not survive the war. Here follows the list of MIA pilots of JG 3. Any question concerning this list is welcomed. If you have the answer to just one of these entries, I would be glad to include your remark and name. Ofw.
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Jagdgeschwader 3 (JG 3) Udet was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II. The Geschwader operated on all the German fronts in the European Theatre of World War II. It was named after Ernst Udet in 1942.
Campaign in the West (1940)
Jagdschwader 3 "Udet" was formed on 1 May 1939 in Bernburg/Saale from JG 231. JG 3 was one of the Luftwaffe's fighter units that took part in the Battle of France. A particularly fruitful period over France occurred from 14–17 May 1940. Allied bombers had attempted to prevent the German armour from crossing the Meuse and sent waves of inadequately protected bombers to do the job. As a result 90 Allied bombers were shot down and the 14 May became known as the "day of the fighters" within the Luftwaffe. I./JG 3 destroyed seven fighters without loss on this day. On 15 May five were destroyed, again for no losses. On 17 May an entire formation of 13 Bristol Blenheims were shot down by I./JG 3. A total of 19 Allied aircraft were shot down by I./JG 3 alone on that day. The unit claimed some 179 aircraft shot down. Oberleutnant Lothar Keller was top claimant with 10 kills, and I./JG 3 Gruppenkommandeur Maj. Günther Lützow scored 9. I./JG3 was the most successful Gruppe, with 88 enemy aircraft destroyed for ten Bf 109s lost while six pilots were killed and one wounded. JG 3 later flew intensively in the Battle of Britain. On 21 August 1940, Oberstleutnant Lützow was appointed Kommodore of JG 3. He recorded 8 more victories during the aerial battles over England. Lützow was awarded the Ritterkreuz (Knights Cross) on 18 September. By the end of 1940 its most successful pilots were Oblt. Erwin Neuerberg (11 claims) and Lt Helmut Meckel (9 claims). The Geschwader lost some 51 pilots killed or POW July–December 1940. I Gruppe alone had destroyed exactly 50 enemy machines, but in exchange of 32 Messerschmitts of which 20 were lost to enemy action. Ten pilots were killed or missing while a further 11 were captured.
Campaign in the East (1941)
The Geschwader took part in Operation Barbarossa from 22 June 1941 onwards, and during the offensive against the Soviets JG 3 claimed its 1,000th aircraft destroyed on 30 August. Lützow became the second Experte to achieve 100 victories when he downed three Russian fighters near Moscow on 24 October. Lützow was then grounded. On 27 June 1941, Hauptmann Gordon Gollob was made Gruppenkommandeur II./JG 3. He claimed 18victories in August and achieved 37 victories in October, including 9 aircraft shot down over the Perekop Isthmus on 18 October and 6 aircraft on 22 October. He was awarded the Eichenlaub (Oak Leaves) on 26 October for 85 victories. He led II./JG 3 until November 1941. In the period 22 June - 5 December 1941 the unit destroyed 1,298 Soviet aircraft, in return for 58 losses in aerial combat and 10 aircraft on the ground.
II Gruppe; Sicily and Malta (1942)
II./JG 3, under the command of Hauptmann Karl-Heinz Krahl was transferred to Comiso on Sicily in January 1942 to bolster JG 53 and the Regia Aeronautica which were carrying out sustained attacks against Malta. At this time the unit was equipped with Bf 109F-4 Trops. On 14 April Hptm. Krahl, who was credited with 24 victories, was shot down and killed by anti-aircraft fire as he attempted a low altitude attack on ground targets on Malta. Oberleutnant Kurt Brändle was posted in from 5/JG 53 to take his place. At the end of April II Gruppe departed Sicily for a brief stay in Germany before being redeployed to the Eastern front.
Geschwaderkommodoren
•Obslt. Max Ibel 1.5.39 •Obst. Karl Vieck 26.9.39 •Obst. Günther Lützow 21.8.40 •Major Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke 12.8.42 •Major Friedrich-Karl "Tutti" Müller 24.3.44 •Major Heinrich Bär 1.6.44 •Major Werner Schröer 14.2.45
•Organization of the Luftwaffe during World War II
•Bergström, Christer (2007). Barbarossa - The Air Battle: July–December 1941. London: Chervron/Ian Allen. ISBN 978-1-85780-270-2.
•Hayward, Joel S. (2001). Stopped at Stalingrad: The Luftwaffe and Hitler's Defeat in the East 1942-1943. University Press of Kansas. ISBN 0-7006-1146-0
•Manrho, John & Putz, Ron (2004). Bodenplatte: The Luftwaffe's Last Hope–The Attack on Allied Airfields, New Year's Day 1945. Hikoki Publications. ISBN 1-902109-40-6
•Prien, Jochen & Stemmer, Gerhard (2002). Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" in World War II. Atglen, USA: Schiffer Military History. ISBN 0-7643-1681-8
•http://www.feldgrau.com/JG3.htm A list of commanders and the organisation of JG 3
(fighter wings) of the Wehrmacht Luftwaffe
Named and numbered
•1 "Oesau"
•2 "Richthofen"
•3 "Udet"
Jagdgeschwader III (Fighter Wing III, or JG III) was a fighter wing of the Imperial German Air Service during World War I. It was founded on 2 February 1918, as a permanent consolidation of four established jagdstaffeln (fighter squadrons)— 2, 26, 27, and 36.
- Nominally 56 aircraft
- Germany
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For example, Gruppe II of Jagdgeschwader 3, II./JG 3 was transferred to Jagdgeschwader 1 as Gruppe I and was re-designated I./JG 1. In the case of bomber Geschwader, an Ergänzungsgruppe (training group) might be attached to a Geschwader as the fifth Gruppe and designated 'V' (Roman numeral 5).
Mar 21, 2018 · Jagdgeschwader 3 – A Loss in July 1941. Posted on July 25, 2019 by azapf1972. Last year, when I wrote my short eBook on Jagdgeschwader 3 in the early days of “Operation Barbarossa”, I also tried to include as much information in the losses that I could possibly find. However, one thing was in short ….
