Jagdgeschwader 101

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dates=December 15, 1942 – April 16, 1945
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type=Fighter Aircraft
role=Fighter pilot training wing
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notable_commanders=Walter Nowotny (April 1 1944 – September 10 1944)
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Jagdgeschwader 101 (JG 101) was a Luftwaffe fighter-training-wing of World War II.

JG 101 was created on January 27, 1943 in Pau southern France. The "Geschwader" was never deployed in combat. The Geschwader was disbanded on April 16 1945, and 2400 men were transferred to the 10. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division and 11. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division.

Commanding Officers

Geschwaderkommodore

*Oberstleutnant Erich von Selle, December 15 1942 - March 31 1944
*Hauptmann Walter Nowotny, April 1 1944 – September 10 1944
*Major Hans Knauth, September 11 1944 - April 16 1945

Gruppenkommandeure

I./JG 101

*Hauptmann Max Dobislav, 15 December 1942 - 5 January 1943
*Major Otto Bertram, 6 January 43 - 30 April 1944
*Hauptmann Gerhard Koall, 1 May 1944 - 15 January 1945
*Hauptmann Ferdinand Vögl, 16 January 1945 - 16 April 1945

II./JG 101

*Hauptmann Waldemar Wübke, 15 October 1944 - 15 April 1945

External links

* [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG101-R.htm JG 101 @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht]
* [http://www.ww2.dk/air/jagd/jg101.html JG 101 @ The Luftwaffe, 1933-45]