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Jagdgeschwader 25
ActiveJuly–November 1943
CountryJagdgeschwader 25 Nazi Germany
BranchBalkenkreuz (Iron Cross) Luftwaffe
TypeFighter Aircraft
RoleAir superiority
SizeAir Force Wing
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Herbert Ihlefeld
Aircraft flown
FighterBf 109

Jagdgeschwader 25 (JG 25), sometimes erroneously referred to as Jagdgruppe 25, was a special high-altitude fighter unit that specialized in intercepting the Royal Air Force's (RAF) de Havilland Mosquito light bombers during World War II.

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