Jagdgeschwader 301

Jagdgeschwader 301
Active	1943–1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Air Force
Type	Fighter Aircraft
Role	Air superiority
Size	Air Force Wing

Jagdgeschwader 301 (JG 301) was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II. The order to form JG 301 was issued on 26 September 1943 on formed on 1 October 1943 in Neubiberg with Stab and three Gruppen (groups) as a "Wilde Sau"-night fighter unit (wild boar). The Geschwader was equipped with the Bf 109G and was reorganised with four Staffeln per Gruppe. The II. Gruppe was redesignated to II./Jagdgeschwader 302 (JG 302) on 30 September 1944 and replaced by the I./JG 302. II./Jagdgeschwader 7 (JG 7) was attached to IV. Gruppe on 24 November 1944 and disbanded on 19 January 1945.

Geschwaderkommodore

• Oberstleutnant Helmut Weinreich, October 1943 – 19 November 1943
• Major Manfred Mössinger, 19 November 1943 – September 1944
• Oberstleutnant Fritz Aufhammer, September 1944 – May 1945

Gruppenkommandeure

I. Gruppe

• Hauptmann Richard Kamp, 1. Oktober 1943
• Major Walter Brede,
• Hauptmann Wilhelm Burggraf, – 21 November 1944
• Hauptmann Gerhard Posselmann, February 1945 – May 1945

II. Gruppe

• Hauptmann Graf Resugier, 1 October 1943 –
• Hauptmann Herbert Nölter, – 13 April 1945
• Hauptmann Roderich Cescotti, April 1945 – May 1945

III. Gruppe

• Hauptmann Manfred Mössinger, 1 October 1943 – November 1943
• Major Siegfried Wegner, November 1943 –
• Hauptmann Wilhelm Fulda, October 1944 – November 1944
• Hauptmann Karl-Heinz Dietsche (acting), November 1944 – January 1945
• Major Guth, Januar 1945 - Mai 1945

IV. Gruppe

• Hauptmann Wilfried Schmitz, 24 November 1944 – 4 February 1945

External links

• JG 301 @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht
• JG 301 @ The Luftwaffe, 1933-45