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II/NJG2 under the command of oberleutnant Helmut Lent was created

01.11.1941. Luftwaffe, Western

At the 1st november 1941 was created II/NJG2, commander famous Luftwaffe ace oberleutnant Helmut Lent.

It had squadron commanders oberleutnant Shenert, major Egmont zur Lippe Weissenfeld and oberleutnant Ludvig Bekker (the one who was in a crew first to test famous Lihtenshtein radar).

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  1. [...] In terms of the second part of the plan he had three groups of nightfighters. NJG1, commander captain Wolfgang Falk had two groupes: I/NJG1 with commander captain Radush (was formed up from two squadrons of I/ZG1) III/NJG1 with commander major Blumensaadt (was formed up from IV/JG2 and the only group to re-equip from Me-109 to Me-110) NJG2, commander captain Heize had the only group of long-range night fighters: I/NJG2, commander captain Hulshof (was formed up from three squadrons of Ju-88 and Do-17) Later, 1st November 1941 II/NJG2 was created [...]

    am 03. 08. 2006 um 11:34 Uhr von World War 2 in the Air » Blog Archive » Josef Kammhuber became “General of the Night Fighters”

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