Jagdgeschwader

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Luftwaffe formation military unit type

Jagdgeschwader were specialized German fighter wings, notably used in World War I and II, that grouped several fighter squadrons under a single command for concentrated air combat operations.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Jagdgeschwader canonical 5
Luftwaffe Jagdgeschwader fighter wings 1
Luftwaffe fighter arm 1

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Luftwaffe formation ⓘ
military unit type ⓘ
classification fighter wing ⓘ
commandedBy Geschwaderkommodore ⓘ
commandLevel wing ⓘ
composedOf fighter squadrons ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
developedFor offensive and defensive air superiority missions ⓘ
doctrineInfluence influenced later fighter wing concepts in other air forces ⓘ
etymology German term meaning "fighter wing" ⓘ
higherFormationOf Jagdgruppe ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
language German ⓘ
militaryBranch air force ⓘ
militaryFunction air superiority ⓘ
fighter escort ⓘ
interception ⓘ
notableExample Jagdgeschwader 1 ⓘ
surface form: Jagdgeschwader 1 (WWI)

Jagdgeschwader 26 ⓘ
surface form: Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter"

Jagdgeschwader 52 ⓘ
Jagdgeschwader 54 ⓘ
surface form: Jagdgeschwader 54 "Grünherz"
notableFor centralized tactical control of fighter units ⓘ
high concentration of experienced fighter pilots ⓘ
organizationalFeature grouped several fighter squadrons under single command ⓘ
partOf German air defense system in WWII ⓘ
primaryRole fighter operations ⓘ
tacticalPurpose concentrated air combat operations ⓘ
typicalAircraftType fighter aircraft ⓘ
typicalSubunit Gruppe ⓘ
Staffel ⓘ
usedBy Imperial German Army Air Service ⓘ
surface form: Imperial German Air Service

Luftwaffe ⓘ
usedInConflict World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Imperial German Army Air Service → hadFormation → Jagdgeschwader ⓘ
Walter Krupinski → serviceNumber → Jagdgeschwader ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luftwaffe fighter units
General der Jagdflieger → oversawUnitType → Jagdgeschwader ⓘ
General der Jagdflieger → militaryBranch → Jagdgeschwader ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luftwaffe fighter arm
Jagdgeschwader 54 → typeOfUnit → Jagdgeschwader ⓘ
Battle of the Heligoland Bight (1939) → commandStructure → Jagdgeschwader ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luftwaffe Jagdgeschwader fighter wings
Luftwaffe formations → hasWingLevelFormationType → Jagdgeschwader ⓘ
Jagdgeschwader 76 → hasUnitType → Jagdgeschwader ⓘ