Nachtjagdgeschwader 3

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Active 1941 – 1945 Branch Luftwaffe Role Air superiority Founded 1941		Country Nazi Germany Type Night Fighter Size Air Force Wing Engagement World War II

Similar Nachtjagdgeschwader 2, Nachtjagdgeschwader 4, Lehrgeschwader 1, Kampfgeschwader 3, Schlachtgeschwader 1

Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 (NJG 3) was a Luftwaffe night fighter-wing of World War II. NJG 3 was formed on 29 September 1941 in Stade from Stab./Zerstörergeschwader 26.

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Commanding officers

Kommodore

Major Johann Schalk, 1 December 1941 – 1 August 1943

Oberst Helmut Lent, 1 August 1943 – 7 October 1944

Oberst Günther Radusch, 12 November 1944 – 8 May 1945

Gruppenkommandeure

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Hauptmann Günther Radusch, 7 October 1940 – 2 October 1941

Major Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld, 1 October 1942 – 31 May 1943

Hauptmann Paul Szameitat, 14 December 1943 – 2 January 1944

Major Werner Husemann, 4 January 1944 – 8 May 1945

Major Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, 15 August 1943 – November 1943

Oberstleutnant Heinz Nacke, 1 November 1941 – 21 April 1943

Hauptmann Rudolf Sigmund, 15 August 1943 – 4 October 1943

Surviving aircraft

Two aircraft that served with NJG 3 are displayed together at the Royal Air Force Museum London, one of the two sites of the Royal Air Force Museum. These are Messerschmitt Bf 110 G Werk Nr. 730301, which was surrendered to the British at the end of the war in 1945, and Junkers Ju 88 R-1, Werk Nr. 360043, which came into British hands in 1943. Both aircraft are almost unique - each is one of only two intact survivors of their type.

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Commanding officers

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