IV. (noční) skupina Stíhací eskadry 2 [1940-1940]

4th (Night) Group of the 2nd Fighter Wing
IV. (Nacht) Gruppe des Jagdgeschwaders 2 (IV.(N)/JG 2)
     
Název:
Name:
IV. (noční) skupina Stíhací eskadry 2 4th (Night) Group of the 2nd Fighter Wing
Originální název:
Original Name:
IV. (Nacht) Gruppe des Jagdgeschwaders 2
Datum vzniku:
Raised/Formed:
03.02.1940
Předchůdce:
Predecessor:
- -
Datum zániku:
Disbanded:
01.07.1940
Nástupce:
Successor:
III. skupina Noční stíhací eskadry 1 3rd Group of the 1st Night Fighter Wing
Nadřízené velitelství:
Higher Command:
DD.02.1940-DD.MM.RRRR Stíhací eskadra 2
DD.05.1940-DD.MM.RRRR Letecké velitelství Trondheim
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR IV. letecký sbor
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR 2nd Fighter Wing
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR Air Force Command Trondheim
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR IV Air Corps
Dislokace:
Deployed:
DD.MM.1940-DD.MM.1940 Hage, ?
DD.MM.1940-DD.MM.1940 Hörstel, Fliegerhorst Hopsten /
DD.MM.1940-DD.MM.1940 Eindhoven, Fliegerhorst Eindhoven
DD.MM.1940-DD.MM.1940 Mönchengladbach, Fliegerhorst München-Gladbach /

Velitel:
Commander:
03.02.1940-01.07.1940 Blumensaat, Albert (Hauptmann)
Podřízené jednotky:
Subordinated Units:
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR
Poznámka:
Note:
- -
Zdroje:
Sources:
www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de
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IV. group of JG 2 was set up to 3. February 1940 in Jeveru. This night fighter group was established by merging the nightly squadrons of JG 2, JG 26 and JG 72. Armed with was aircraft Messerschmitt Bf 109 D Arado Ar 68. Individual squadrons (10., 11. and 12.) they were stationed along the German gulf, and the group as a whole was, as before 10. (N)/JG 2, in the subordination of the JG 1. Only one swarm of 12. the squadron was in the Mannheimu-Sandhofenu. And just this swarm has reached 21. April 1940 near Crailsheim first victory of the Luftwaffe in a night fighter combat. During the 23. and 24. April 11. and 12. squadron moved to Aalborg as part of the air protection of the here deployed German ground forces. In the same month, the group handed in their machines Ar 68, accrued school units. At the beginning of may with the staff group and 10. squadron moved to Hopstenu. 5. may 11. squadron moved to Cologne-Butzweilerhofu and 12. squadron to the Trondheim, where she went to the subordination of the Air headquarters Trondheim. At the beginning of the campaign against France thus staff group and 10. squadron were in the Hopstenu, 11. squadron in Cologne and 12. squadron in Trondheim. The group was in the context of operations against France directly subordinated to the IV. the air corps and she covered for the procedure army Group B the Netherlands, while her crew, along with the 10. squadron moved to Eindhoven. In June, from the North back 12. squadron. At the end of June, the whole group gathered in the Monchengladbach, where to rearm the aircraft Messerschmitt Bf 109 E. To 1. July 1940 then the group was appropriated from JG 2 and incorporated into the NJG 1 as her III. group.



Sources:
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