JG 53

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JG 53 was a Luftwaffe fighter wing of Nazi Germany during World War II, noted for its operations on multiple fronts including the Western Front, Eastern Front, and the Mediterranean.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
JG 53 canonical 2
JG 53 emblem 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jagdgeschwader ⓘ
Luftwaffe fighter wing ⓘ
activeDuring 1939 ⓘ
1940 ⓘ
1941 ⓘ
1942 ⓘ
1943 ⓘ
1944 ⓘ
1945 ⓘ
aircraftUsed Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ
Messerschmitt Bf 109E ⓘ
Messerschmitt Bf 109F ⓘ
Messerschmitt Bf 109G ⓘ
allegiance Nazi Germany ⓘ
associatedWith Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aces ⓘ
branch German Air Force (Wehrmacht) ⓘ
linked to: Luftwaffe
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
disbandedAfter German surrender in 1945 ⓘ
engagedIn Battle of Britain ⓘ
Battle of France ⓘ
Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
air operations over Malta ⓘ
air operations over North Africa ⓘ
defense of Sicily ⓘ
historicalContext part of German air operations in Europe and the Mediterranean ⓘ
militaryBranchRole frontline fighter unit ⓘ
notableFor fighter operations on multiple fronts ⓘ
high number of aerial victories ⓘ
operatedBy Luftwaffe ⓘ
opposedForces Royal Air Force ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
role escort missions ⓘ
fighter air superiority ⓘ
ground attack missions ⓘ
side Axis Powers ⓘ
linked to: Axis powers
status disbanded ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Eastern Front ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Mediterranean theatre of World War II ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
unitStructure I./JG 53 ⓘ
linked to: Jagdgeschwader 53

II./JG 53 ⓘ
linked to: Jagdgeschwader 53

III./JG 53 ⓘ
linked to: Jagdgeschwader 53
unitType fighter wing ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pik As → hasAbbreviation → JG 53 ⓘ
Ace of Spades emblem → hasAlternativeName → JG 53 emblem ⓘ
linked to: JG 53