Jagdgeschwader 2: 'Richthofen'Tracing its roots to Manfred, Freiherr von Richthofen's 'Flying Circus' of WWI, the Jagdgeschwader 'Richthofen' is arguably the most famous fighter unit of all time. Designated JG 1 during the Great War, then disbanded following defeat, the Jagdgeschwader reformed as JG 132. By September 1939 the unit had become JG 2, seeing much action during the Blitzkrieg and Battle of Britain. This first in a new series focusing on elite fighter and bomber units, charts the career of JG 2 from its first aerial kills in 1939 to the destruction of its own Fw 190s in the face of the Allied advance in 1945. |
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Aces airfields Allied April Assi attack August awarded badge base Battle Beaumont-le-Roger Blenheim Blitzkrieg bomb bombers Brest casualties Channel claimed coast command Creil defence dive Döberitz dogfight Double Chevron Egon Mayer Eighth Air Force enemy Erich Leie Erich Rudorffer escort Feldwebel fighter Fliegergruppe Döberitz flying Focke-Wulfs France Franz French Friedrich front German Geschwader Geschwader's Geschwaderkommodore Goltzsch Göring Gruppe Gruppen Gruppenkommandeur GUARDING THE RAMPARTS Gustavs Hahn Hahn's Hauptmann Heinkel Helmut Wick Hptm Hurricane III./JG Jagdgeschwader Richthofen Jagdwaffe Josef Josef Wurmheller June Jüterbog-Damm Karl-Heinz kills Knight's Cross Kommandeur Kommodore Kurt Bühligen landing later Leutnant lost Luftflotte Luftwaffe Luftwaffe's machine Major markings nightfighter November Oak Leaves Oberfeldwebel Oberleutnant Oberst Oberstleutnant operational Osprey Aircraft pilots raid re-equipment Reich reportedly rudder Schellmann score September shot Spitfires Stab JG Stabsschwarm Staffel Staffelkapitän Triqueville unit Unteroffizier victories Walter Oesau weeks Werner Machold White Wick's wounded Wurmheller Yellow