13 JG 52

13. Staffel (slowakisches) Jagdgeschwader 52 (13.(slovak)/ JG 52) was a front-line German unit of the Luftwaffe made up of Slovak personnel during World War II. They operated on the Eastern Front using Messerschmitt Bf 109s (F and G), between 1941 and 1943. 13 staffel had flown some 2000 sorties and claimed around 216 kills for the loss of only four pilots killed (and three who defected to the Soviets). On their return home, they were reassigned to emergency flights covering the air space overBratislava.