Nachtjagdgeschwader 100

Nachtjagdgeschwader 100

Active	1943 – 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Luftwaffe
Type	Night Fighter
Role	Air superiority
Size	Air Force Wing
Engagements	World War II
Insignia
Identification symbol	Geschwaderkennung of 8V (4.Staffel)

Military unit

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 of NJG 100

Major Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, 1 August 1943 – 5 August 1943^[1]
Major Rudolf Schoenert, 5 August 1943 – 31 December 1943^[1]

II. Gruppe of NJG 100

Major Paul Zorner, 20 July 1944 – 8 May 1945^[1]

External links

References to the Nachtjagdgeschwader in European newspapers

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c Aders 1978, p. 231.

Bibliography

Aders, Gebhard (1978). History of the German Night Fighter Force, 1917–1945. London: Janes. ISBN 978-0-354-01247-8.
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.