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Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 Active 1941 – 1945 Country Nazi Germany Branch Air Force Type Night Fighter Role Air superiority Size Air Force Wing Engagements World War II Insignia Identification
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L1 (inherited from LG 1)Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 (NJG 3) was a Luftwaffe night fighter-wing of World War II. NJG 3 was formed on 29 September 1941 in Stade from Stab./ZG 26.
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Commanding officers
Kommodore
- Major Johann Schalk, 1 December 1941 – 1 August 1943
- Oberst Helmut Lent, 1 August 1943 – 7 October 1944
- Oberst Günther Radusch, 12 November 1944 – 8 May 1945
Gruppenkommandeure
I. Gruppe
- Hauptmann Günther Radusch, 7 October 1940 - 2 October 1941
- Hauptmann Hans-Dietrich Knoetzsch, 3 October 1941 - 30 September 1942
- Major Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld, 1 October 1942 - 31 May 1943
- Hauptmann Erhard Peters, 1 June 1943 - 14 August 1943
- Hauptmann Walter Mylius, 15 August 1943 - 13 December 1943
- Hauptmann Paul Szameitat, 14 December 1943 - 2 January 1944
- Major Werner Husemann, 4 January 1944 - 8 May 1945
II. Gruppe
- Hauptmann Günther Radusch, 3 October 1941 – 1 August 1943
- Major Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, 15 August 1943 – November 1943
- Hauptmann Paul Szameitat, December 1943 – 14 December 1943
- Major Klaus Havenstein, 15 December 1943 – September 1944
- Hauptmann Hüschens, September 1944 – February 1945
III. Gruppe
- Oberstleutnant Heinz Nacke, 1 November 1941 - 21 April 1943
- Hauptmann Walter Mylius, 22 April 1943 - 14 August 1943
- Hauptmann Rudolf Sigmund, 15 August 1943 - 4 October 1943
- Major Walter Barthe, 15 October 1943 - 8 May 1945
IV. Gruppe
- Major Erich Simon, 1 November 1942 - 7 October 1943
- Hauptmann Albert Schulz, 8 October 1943 - January 1944
- Hauptmann Franz Buschmann, January 1944 - July 1944
- Hauptmann Heinz Ferger, July 1944 - November 1944
- Major Berthold Ney, November 1944 - 4 March 1945
- Hauptmann Freidrich Tober, 5 March 1945 - 8 May 1945
References
- Hinchliffe, Peter (1998), Luftkrieg bei Nacht 1939-1945, Motorbuch Verlag, ISBN 3-613-01861-6.
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