Nachtjagdgeschwader 1
Hans -Joachim Jabs
The Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 was a squadron of the Air Force in World War II, which was primarily set up and used for night hunting.
- 2.1 group commanders 2.1.1 Group I
- 2.1.2 Group II
- 2.1.3 III. group
- 2.1.4 Group IV
History
Installation and reclassifications
The Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 was, according to its numbering, the first erected Nachtjagdgeschwader the Air Force. The preparation was carried out on 26 June 1940, the bar and the group I to III. The group I created this by renaming the group of Destroyer Squadron 1 I. The group II was completely reorganized. The III. Group of the squadron was formed by renaming the IV group of Jagdgeschwader 2 The rod was initially in Arnhem, Deelen later, the groups were set up in Mönchengladbach, Schiphol and Dusseldorf. The squadron was initially equipped with closed type aircraft Messerschmitt Bf 110. In the summer of 1940 had the NJG 1 release its Group II to the preparation of the Night Fighter Squadron 2. For the NJG received 1 replacement by the Group I of the Destroyer Squadron 76 in the winter of 1942/ 1943, the squadron was reinforced by the establishment of a IV group, which emerged by renaming the II group from the NJG 2. The squadron identifier was G9.
Use
Between 1940 and 1944 the squadron was responsible for air defense in the Netherlands and the Lower Rhine. Assuming this was the squadron of the 2nd Air Fleet, later the 1st Fighter Division and the 3rd Fighter Division. The squadron had been involved in February 1942 at the firm Cerberus. The data used for the longest airfields of the four groups to 1944 were Venlo, St. Trond, Rheine and Leeuwarden. The end of 1944 the entire squadron was moved to the Reich Air Defense by Germany. In spring 1945, the group I was on Westerland. The Group II in Völkenrode. The III. Group, however, was initially in Störmede, later Neumünster. On 30 March 1945, the squadron was on the staff, and only four seasons (1, 4, 7 and 10) reduced. Dierich speaks in his publication of a reduction to an extended independent relay per group.
Last outline
The final structure of NJG 1 dates from the beginning of May 1945. However, the publication of Werner Girbig are only the family name of the group commanders to. Thus, results in the following structure:
Geschwaderkommodore
Between 1940 and 1945, the squadron was led by three Commodores:
Group commanders
Group I
- Günther Radusch, July 1, 1940
- Major Werner Streib, October 18, 1940
- Captain Hans -Dieter Frank, July 1, 1943
- Captain Manfred Meurer, September 28, 1943
- Major Paul Förster, January 1944
- Captain Werner Baake, October 2, 1944
Group II
- Captain Conrad von Bothmer, June 22, 1940
- Hauptmann Karl- Heinrich Heyse, July 1, 1940
- Captain Earl of Stillfriedplatz, September 7, 1940
- Major Walter Ehle, October 6, 1940
- Major Eckart - Wilhelm von Bonin, November 18, 1943
- Captain Adolf Breves, October 26, 1944
III. group
- Captain Conrad von Bothmer, July 1, 1940
- Lieutenant Beautiful, November 1, 1940
- Major von Graeve, February 8, 1941
- Captain Wolfgang Thimmig, 6 Juni1942
- Major Martin Drewes, March 1, 1944
Group IV
- Major Helmut Lent, October 1, 1942
- Captain Hans -Joachim Jabs, August 1, 1943
- Major Heinz -Wolfgang Schnaufer, March 1, 1944
- Captain Hermann Greiner, November 1, 1944
Known squadron members
- Walter Scheel ( born 1919 ), the FDP politician and the fourth President of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Werner Streib (1911-1986), was in 1966 as a brigadier general "flying stage manager associations " of the Air Force