Air superiority Escort fighter Surgical strike Maritime interdiction
Size
Air Force Wing
Nickname(s)
Afrika
Commanders
Notable commanders
Eduard Neumann
Aircraft flown
Fighter
Bf 109
Military unit
Jagdgeschwader 27 (JG 27) "Afrika" was a fighter wing of the Luftwaffe during World War II. The wing was given the name "Africa" for serving in the North African Campaign predominantly alone in the period from April 1941 to September 1942. Elements of JG 27 fought in every major theatre of operations in which the Wehrmacht operated.
Stab JG 27 was created in October 1939 and assigned two gruppen (groups) in the Phoney War. The wing's first campaign was Fall Gelb, the battles of the Low Countries and France. In the second half of 1940 JG 27 received a third gruppe and fought in the Battle of Britain. In 1941 it returned to Germany then fought in the German invasion of Yugoslavia and Battle of Greece in April 1941. The wing was then separated with two gruppen sent to support Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. I. Gruppe was sent to Italian Libya beginning JG 27s North African Campaign from mid-April 1941. It was joined by II. Gruppe which was withdrawn from the Eastern Front after less than two weeks and transferred to Africa. III. Gruppe joined the other gruppen in North Africa in late 1941. JG 27 fought as a complete wing in Africa and Battle of the Mediterranean, supporting the Siege of Malta, until December 1942. I. Gruppe returned to France and spent the rest of the war serving in the Defence of the Reich, Channel Front, and Western Front theatres. III. and the newly created IV. Gruppe remained operating in Yugoslavia and Greece until March 1944.
In the final year of the war JG 27 fought the Normandy landings in June 1944 and supported the last major German offensive in the West in December. As the Ardennes Offensive failed, it took part in the disastrous Operation Bodenplatte on 1 January 1945. For the remaining months of the war it separated again, with elements surrendering to the British in northern Germany while the bulk surrendered to the Americans in Austria, on 8 May 1945.
Jagdgeschwader27 (JG 27) "Afrika" was a fighter wing of the Luftwaffe during World War II. The wing was given the name "Africa" for serving in the North...
Iron Cross for 46 aerial victories. In 1943 Bartels moved to Jagdgeschwader27 "Afrika" (JG 27—27th Fighter Wing) to serve in the Mediterranean and Balkans...
in the crash of a Junkers Ju 88 in August 1940. As a member of Jagdgeschwader27 (JG 27) in North Africa as well as Europe, and of the Jagdverband (JV)...
Me 262, he was transferred to Jagdgeschwader27 (JG 27—27th Fighter Wing) and appointed Staffelkapitän of the 15. Staffel of JG 27 on 14 December 1944. He replaced...
posted Jagdgeschwader27 (JG 27—27th Fighter Wing). In February 1940, he was appointed squadron leader of 3. Staffel (3rd squadron) of JG 27. He claimed...
Jagdgeschwader 26 (JG 26) Schlageter was a German fighter-wing of World War II. It was named after Albert Leo Schlageter, a World War I veteran, Freikorps...
victory on 18 January 1938. During World War II, he commanded Jagdgeschwader 2 and Jagdgeschwader27, and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on...
through the Eastern Front, attached to Luftwaffe fighter wings Jagdgeschwader27 and Jagdgeschwader 51. Flying Messerschmitt fighters and Focke-Wulf fighter-bombers...
a formation of 27 fully loaded Me 323s was being escorted across the Sicilian Straits by Messerschmitt Bf 109s of Jagdgeschwader27 when it was intercepted...
initially served with Jagdgeschwader 26 (JG 26—26th Fighter Wing) prior to the out break of war, and then transferred 1./Jagdgeschwader 1 (JG 1—1st Fighter...
Girbig, Werner (1994) [1971]. Jagdgeschwader27 Die Dokumentation über den Einsatz an allen Fronten 1939–1945 [Jagdgeschwader27 The Documentation on the Deployment...
by Hauptmann Egon Mayer. On 7 April, Hohagen was transferred to Jagdgeschwader27 (JG 27—27th Fighter Wing) where he was appointed Gruppenkommandeur (group...
shot down by Unteroffizier Bernd Schneider and Emil Clade of Jagdgeschwader27 (Fighter Wing 27). With both engines out, the pilot had made a successful crash...
the III. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader27 (JG 27—27th Fighter Wing), subsequently his 2. Staffel of JG 1 became the 8. Staffel of JG 27. Two weeks later, on...
capital of Austria-Hungary. As a Gefreiter flying with I. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader27 (JG 27—27th Fighter Wing), Werfft participated in the Battle of Britain;...
Ergänzungsstaffel (Training/Supplement Squadron) of Jagdgeschwader27 (JG 27—27th Fighter Wing) on 27 May 1941. At the time, the Ergänzungsstaffel was based...
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