Nachtjagdgeschwader 100

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Nachtjagdgeschwader 100
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Active 1943 – 1945
Country  Nazi Germany
Branch Air Force
Type Night Fighter
Role Air superiority
Size Air Force Wing
Engagements World War II

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

  • Major Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, 1 August 1943 – 5 August 1943
  • Major Rudolf Schoenert, 5 August 1943 – 31 December 1943
  • Major Alois Lechner, 1 January 1944 – 23 February 1944
  • Hauptmann Kurt Bonow, 23 February 1944 – May 1944
  • Hauptmann Theodor Bellinghausen, May 1944 – 8 July 1944
  • Hauptmann August Fischer, 8 July 1944 – 8 May 1945

II. Gruppe

  • Hauptmann Ulrich von Meien, 2 July 1944 – 21 October 1944
  • Major Paul Zorner, 20 July 1944 – 8 May 1945

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