Jagdfliegerführer Norwegen
Jagdfliegerführer Norwegen
(FpN: L 31144)
Jagdfliegerführer:
Oberst Carl-August Schumacher (1 Nov 41 - 18 Jan 44)
Maj. Gerhard Schöpfel (18 Jan 44 - May 44)
Maj. Heinrich Ehrler (May 44 - Jan 45)
Oberst Günter Scholz (Jan 45 - 8 May 45)
Formation. (Aug 41 - Nov 41)
Formed 1 November 1941 (orders issued 1 Aug 41?) at Stavanger-Forus/Norway (ex-Stab/ZG 76). Responsible for fighter defences over Norway under Luftflotte 5.[1]
Norway. (Nov 41 - May 45)
Nov 41 – May 45: Stab remained at Stavanger-Forus.[2]
25 Jan 45: Stavanger-Forus, but now under Kommandierender General der deutschen Luftwaffe in Norwegen.[3]
Feb 45: Stab combined with Geschwaderstab/JG 5 and renamed Jagdfliegerführer Norwegen (JG 5). The official order for this relatively unimportant change was dated 16 March 1945.[4]
9 May 45: Stab surrendered at Stavanger-Forus - on capitulation. the Stabskette at Forus consisted of 1 Ju 52, 1 Bf 108 and 1 Fi 156 C-3.[5]
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References
- ↑ G.Tessin- Verbände und Truppen der Deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS 1939-1945. Teil 14: Die Luftstreitkräfte; PRO London: AIR 40/1995; NARA WashDC: RG 242/T-312 roll 1052, frame 576.
- ↑ W.Girbig- Jagdgeschwader 5 “Eismeerjäger”:69; K.O.Hoffmann- Ln: Die Geschichte der Luftnachrichtentruppe, Bd. 1:83; NARA RG 242/T-321 (Lfl. 5 order of battle charts); BA-MA Freiburg: Signatur RL 40/Kart (Lfl. 5 orders of battle maps and charts, esp. Kart 150, 196 and 214).
- ↑ T-312:1070/591 and 969.
- ↑ G.Tessin-op cit; W.Girbig-op cit.
- ↑ B.Hafsten et al- Flyalarm: Luftkrigen Over Norge 1939-1945:288 and 312.