Jagdgeschwader 134

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Active 1936–38 Branch Luftwaffe Role Air superiority		Country Nazi Germany Type Fighter Size Air Force Wing

Jagdgeschwader 134 (JG 134) "Horst Wessel" was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing prior to World War II. JG 134 was formed on 4 January 1936 with III. Gruppe in Döberitz. The Geschwader was given the honorific name Horst Wessel on 24 March 1936. II Gruppe was formed on 15 March 1936 in Werl and was followed by the Geschwaderstab and I. Gruppe on 1 April 1936 in Dortmund. It would later become one of the premier Zerstörer wings of the Luftwaffe, as Zerstörergeschwader 26.

Commanding officers

Kommodore

Oberstleutnant Kurt-Bertram von Döring, 1 April 1936 – 1 November 1938

Gruppenkommandeure

Major Josef Kammhuber, 1 April 1936 – March 1937

Major Walter Grabmann, March 1937 – September 1938

Oberstleutnant Hermann Frommherz, September 1938 – 1 November 1938

Major Theo Osterkamp, 15 March 1936 – November 1937

Hauptmann Oskar Dinort, 4 January 1936 – 1 April 1937

Hauptmann Johann Schalk, 1 July 1938 – 1 November 1938

References

Jagdgeschwader 134 Wikipedia

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