Jagdgeschwader z.b.V.

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dates=20 April 1944 – 15 June 1944
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type=Fighter Aircraft
role=Air superiority
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notable_commanders=Gerhard Schöpfel (6.6.44 – 15.6.44)
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Jagdgeschwader z.b.V. (JG z.b.V.) was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II. JG z.b.V. was formed April 20 1944 in Kassel, to control III./JG 3, I./JG 5, II./JG 27, III./JG 54 and II./JG 53. On June 15, 1944 it was redesignated Stab/JG 4 and its first "Geschwaderkommodore" was Major Gerhard Michalski. The abbreviation "z.b.V." is German and stands for " zur besonderen Verwendung" (for special deployment). In 1944 JG z.b.V. was subordinated to the "7. Jagd-Division" and used in the "Reichsluftverteidigung" (Defense of the Reich) from bases in Kassel and Ansbach.

Commanding Officers

Geschwaderkommodore

* Major Gerhard Michalski, 20 April 1944 – 20 May 1944
* Hauptmann Walther Dahl, 20 May 1944 – 6 June 1944
* Major Gerhard Schöpfel, 6 June 1944 – 15 June 1944

ee also

Organization of the Luftwaffe during World War II

External links

* [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JGzbV-R.htm JG z.b.V. @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht]