Ergänzungs-Jagdgruppe Süd

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Ergänzungs-Jagdgruppe Süd
Active 1942–44
Country  Nazi Germany
Branch Balkenkreuz.svg Luftwaffe
Type Fighter Aircraft
Role Training Unit
Decorations World War II

Ergänzungs-Jagdgruppe Süd (EJGr Süd)[1] (Supplementary Fighter Group, South) was a fighter pilot training unit of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed 2 February 1942 in Mannheim-Sandhofen, present-day Coleman Army Airfield, and renamed Jagdgruppe Süd (JGr Süd) on 25 November 1942.

Commanding officers

Gruppenkommandeure

  • Major Alfred Müller, 2 February 1942 – 30 August 1943
  • Major Heinrich Bär, 1 September 1943 – 20 December 1943
  • Hauptman Robert Olejnik (acting), 21 December 1943 – 24 December 43
  • Major Erhard Braune, 25 December 1943 – 31 October 1944

References

Notes
  1. For an explanation of the meaning of Luftwaffe unit designation see Luftwaffe Organization
References