Nachtjagdgeschwader 100 Explained

Unit Name:	Nachtjagdgeschwader 100
Dates:	1943 – 1945
Type:	Night Fighter
Role:	Air superiority
Size:	Air Force Wing
Identification Symbol:	Geschwaderkennung of 8V (4.Staffel)
Battles:	World War II

Nachtjagdgeschwader 100 (NJG 100) was a Luftwaffe night fighter-wing of World War II. The Geschwader did not have a Stab and no Geschwaderkommodore. It had two Gruppen (groups), operating separately. The I. Gruppe of NJG 100 was formed in early 1943 from the II.(Eis)/Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 while II. Gruppe was formed in July 1944 from three Staffeln of Nachtjagdgeschwader 200.

Commanding officers

Gruppenkommandeure

I. Gruppe of NJG 100

• Major Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, 1 August 1943 – 5 August 1943
• Major Rudolf Schoenert, 5 August 1943 – 31 December 1943

II. Gruppe of NJG 100

• Major Paul Zorner, 20 July 1944 – 8 May 1945

External links

• References to the Nachtjagdgeschwader in European newspapers

References

Bibliography

• Book: Aders . Gebhard . 1978 . History of the German Night Fighter Force, 1917–1945 . London . Janes . 978-0-354-01247-8.
• Book: Hinchliffe , Peter . Luftkrieg bei Nacht 1939–1945 . Air War at Night 1939–1945 . German . Stuttgart, Germany . Motorbuch Verlag . 1998 . 978-3-613-01861-7.