Nachtjagdgeschwader 5

Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 (NJG 5) was a Luftwaffe night fighter-wing of World War II. NJG 5 was formed on 30 September 1942 in Döberitz.

Commanding officers

Kommodore

• Major Fritz Schaffer, 30 September 1942
• Oberst Günther Radusch, 2 August 1943
• Major Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld, 20 February 1944
• Oberstleutnant Walter Borchers, 15 March 1944
• Major Rudolf Schoenert, 6 March 1945

Gruppenkommandeure

III. Gruppe/NJG 5

• Hauptmann Walter Borchers, April 1943 – 15 March 1944
• Major Paul Zorner, 16 March 1944 – 21 October 1944
• Hauptmann Ulrich von Meien, 22 October 1944 – 6 Fwebruary 1945
• Hauptmann Walter Engel, 6 February 1945 – April 1945
• Hauptmann Piuk, April 1945 – 8 May 1945

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