Nachtjagdgeschwader 6

Nachtjagdgeschwader 6
Active	1943 – 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Air Force
Type	Night Fighter
Role	Air superiority
Size	Air Force Wing
Engagements	World War II
Insignia
Identification symbol	Geschwaderkennung of 2Z

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

Commanding officers

Kommodore

• 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

Gruppenkommandeure

I. Gruppe

• Major Heinrich Wohlers, 1 August 1943 – 9 February 1944
• Major Heinz Reschke, 19 February 1944 – 24 April 1944
• Hauptmann Heinz-Martin Hadeball, 26 April 1944 – 3 July 1944
• Major Gerhard Friedrich, 12 July 1944 – 16 March 1945
• Hauptmann Peter Spoden, 19 March 1945 – 8 May 1945

II. Gruppe

• Major Rolf Leuchs, 15 September 1943 – 14 July 1944
• Hauptmann Helmuth Schulte, 23 July 1944 – 8 May 1945

III. Gruppe

• Hauptmann Leopold Fellerer, 10 May 1944 – February 1945
• Hauptmann Wilhelm Johnen, February 1945 – 31 March 1945
• Hauptmann Karl Floitgraf, 1 April 1945 – 8 May 1945

IV. Gruppe

• Major Herbert Lütje, June 1943 – 26 October 1944
• Hauptmann Martin Becker, 20 October 1944 – 8 May 1945

V. Gruppe

• Major Paul Semrau, June 1943 – July 1943

References

Nachtjagdgeschwader (Night fighter wing) of the Wehrmacht Luftwaffe Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 11 100 101 102 200

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of Nachtjagdgeschwader 6 Günther Bahr Martin Becker (Oak Leaves) Gerhard Friedrich Heinz-Martin Hadeball Karl-Ludwig Johanssen Wilhelm Johnen Josef Kraft1 (Oak Leaves) Helmuth Schulte Heinrich Wohlers 1Oak Leaves with Nachtjagdgeschwader 1.