JG 51

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JG 51 was a Luftwaffe fighter wing of Nazi Germany during World War II, noted for its extensive operations on the Eastern Front.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Luftwaffe fighter wing
military unit
activePeriodEnd 1945
activePeriodStart 1939
airForceBranch fighter arm
allegiance Adolf Hitler
alsoKnownAs JG 51 Mölders
branch German Air Force (Wehrmacht)
linked to: Luftwaffe
conflict World War II
country Nazi Germany
disbandedAfter German surrender in 1945
engagedIn Battle of Britain air operations
linked to: Battle of Britain

Operation Barbarossa
defense of the Reich
formedIn 1939
fullName Jagdgeschwader 51
garrisonLocation various airfields in occupied Europe
historicalEra 20th century
militaryAlliance Wehrmacht
namedAfter Mölders
notableCommander Heinrich Hoffmann
Karl-Gottfried Nordmann
Theodor Weissenberger
Werner Mölders
notedFor high number of aerial victories on the Eastern Front
operatedBy Luftwaffe
participatedIn German invasion of the Soviet Union
air support for German Army Group Centre
primaryAircraftType Focke-Wulf Fw 190
Messerschmitt Bf 109
primaryOpponents Royal Air Force
Soviet Air Forces
United States Army Air Forces
role fighter wing
side Axis Powers
linked to: Axis powers
subunit I./JG 51
linked to: Jagdgeschwader 51

II./JG 51
linked to: Jagdgeschwader 51

III./JG 51
linked to: Jagdgeschwader 51

IV./JG 51
linked to: Jagdgeschwader 51
theater Battle of Britain
Eastern Front
Western Front
typeOfUnit Jagdgeschwader

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