Nachtjagdgeschwader 6 Explained

Unit Name:	Nachtjagdgeschwader 6
Dates:	1943 – 1945
Type:	Night Fighter
Role:	Air superiority
Size:	Air Force Wing
Identification Symbol:	2Z
Battles:	World War II

Nachtjagdgeschwader 6 (NJG 6) was a Luftwaffe night fighter-wing of World War II. NJG 6 was formed in May 1943.

Commanding officers

• Major Fritz Schaffer, 10 August 1943 – 8 February 1944
• Major Heinrich Wohlers, 9 February 1944 – 15 March 1944
• Major Heinz von Reeken, 16 March 1944 – 14 April 1944
• Major Heinrich Griese, 15 April 1944 – 12 September 1944
• Oberstleutnant Herbert Lütje, 13 September 1944 – 8 May 1945

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.