- Nachtjagdgeschwader 5
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Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 Active 1942 – 1945 Country 
Nazi GermanyBranch Air Force Type Night Fighter Role Air superiority Size Air Force Wing Engagements World War II Insignia Identification
symbolGeschwaderkennung
of C9, 1B, 3C, 4RNachtjagdgeschwader 5 (NJG 5) was a Luftwaffe night fighter-wing of World War II. NJG 5 was formed on 30 September 1942 in Döberitz.
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Commanding officers
Kommodore
- Major Fritz Schaffer, 30 September 1942
- Oberst Günther Radusch, 2 August 1943
- Major Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld, 20 February 1944
- Oberstleutnant Walter Borchers, 15 March 1944
- Major Rudolf Schoenert, 6 March 1945
Gruppenkommandeure
III. Gruppe/NJG 5
- Hauptmann Walter Borchers, April 1943 – 15 March 1944
- Major Paul Zorner, 16 March 1944 – 21 October 1944
- Hauptmann Ulrich von Meien, 22 October 1944 – 6 Fwebruary 1945
- Hauptmann Walter Engel, 6 February 1945 – April 1945
- Hauptmann Piuk, April 1945 – 8 May 1945
References
- Hinchliffe, Peter (1998), Luftkrieg bei Nacht 1939-1945, Motorbuch Verlag, ISBN 3-613-01861-6
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- Military units and formations established in 1942
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