Jagdgeschwader 2
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Jagdgeschwader 2 was a prominent Luftwaffe fighter wing of Nazi Germany during World War II, noted for its high-scoring aces and extensive combat operations on multiple fronts.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jagdgeschwader 2 canonical | 3 |
| IV./JG 2 | 1 |
| Jagdgeschwader 2 „Richthofen“ | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1883969 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jagdgeschwader 2 Context triple: [Gerhard Barkhorn, servedIn, Jagdgeschwader 2]
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A.
Jagdgeschwader 26
Jagdgeschwader 26 was a prominent German World War II fighter wing of the Luftwaffe, noted for its experienced aces and extensive combat operations on the Western Front.
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B.
Jagdgeschwader 51
Jagdgeschwader 51 was a prominent Luftwaffe fighter wing of World War II, noted for its high-scoring aces and extensive operations on the Eastern Front.
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C.
Jagdgeschwader 53
Jagdgeschwader 53 was a notable Luftwaffe fighter wing of Nazi Germany during World War II, recognized for its combat operations on multiple fronts and association with several leading German fighter aces.
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D.
Jagdgeschwader 77
Jagdgeschwader 77 was a Luftwaffe fighter wing of Nazi Germany during World War II, noted for its extensive combat operations and several high-scoring fighter aces.
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E.
Jagdgeschwader 52
Jagdgeschwader 52 was an elite German World War II fighter wing of the Luftwaffe, renowned for achieving the highest number of aerial victories of any fighter unit in history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jagdgeschwader 2 Target entity description: Jagdgeschwader 2 was a prominent Luftwaffe fighter wing of Nazi Germany during World War II, noted for its high-scoring aces and extensive combat operations on multiple fronts.
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A.
Jagdgeschwader 26
Jagdgeschwader 26 was a prominent German World War II fighter wing of the Luftwaffe, noted for its experienced aces and extensive combat operations on the Western Front.
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B.
Jagdgeschwader 51
Jagdgeschwader 51 was a prominent Luftwaffe fighter wing of World War II, noted for its high-scoring aces and extensive operations on the Eastern Front.
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C.
Jagdgeschwader 53
Jagdgeschwader 53 was a notable Luftwaffe fighter wing of Nazi Germany during World War II, recognized for its combat operations on multiple fronts and association with several leading German fighter aces.
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D.
Jagdgeschwader 77
Jagdgeschwader 77 was a Luftwaffe fighter wing of Nazi Germany during World War II, noted for its extensive combat operations and several high-scoring fighter aces.
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E.
Jagdgeschwader 52
Jagdgeschwader 52 was an elite German World War II fighter wing of the Luftwaffe, renowned for achieving the highest number of aerial victories of any fighter unit in history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Luftwaffe fighter wing
ⓘ
military unit ⓘ |
| aircraftUsed |
Focke-Wulf Fw 190
ⓘ
Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ |
| allegiance | Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Jagdgeschwader 2
ⓘ
surface form:
Jagdgeschwader 2 „Richthofen“
|
| associatedWith |
Defense of the Reich
ⓘ
surface form:
German air defence of the Reich
German air operations over Western Europe ⓘ |
| branch | Luftwaffe ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| engagedIn |
air superiority missions
ⓘ
fighter escort missions ⓘ interception of Allied bombers ⓘ |
| garrisonLocation | Germany ⓘ |
| historicalEra | 20th century ⓘ |
| militaryBranchOf | Germany ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Manfred von Richthofen
ⓘ
surface form:
Richthofen
|
| nativeName | Jagdgeschwader 2 self-link ⓘ |
| notableAce |
Adolf Galland
ⓘ
Egon Mayer ⓘ Helmut Wick ⓘ Walter Oesau ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Adolf Galland
ⓘ
Egon Mayer ⓘ Helmut Wick ⓘ Walter Oesau ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extensive combat operations on multiple fronts
ⓘ
high number of aerial victories ⓘ high-scoring fighter aces ⓘ |
| operatedOnFront |
Channel Front
ⓘ
Eastern Front ⓘ Mediterranean Theatre ⓘ
surface form:
Mediterranean theatre
Western Front ⓘ |
| operationalPeriod |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
World War II era
|
| partOf | Luftwaffe ⓘ |
| role | fighter aviation ⓘ |
| shortName | JG 2 ⓘ |
| subunit |
I./JG 2
ⓘ
II./JG 2 ⓘ III./JG 2 ⓘ Jagdgeschwader 2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
IV./JG 2
|
| tookPartIn |
Battle of Britain
ⓘ
Battle of France ⓘ Defense of the Reich ⓘ
surface form:
Defence of the Reich
invasion of France 1940 ⓘ operations over the English Channel ⓘ |
| typeOfUnit | fighter wing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Jagdgeschwader 2 Description of subject: Jagdgeschwader 2 was a prominent Luftwaffe fighter wing of Nazi Germany during World War II, noted for its high-scoring aces and extensive combat operations on multiple fronts.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jagdgeschwader 2 „Richthofen“
this entity surface form:
IV./JG 2