Jagdgeschwader 21

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:fighter_aircraft
gptkbp:aircraft_operated gptkb:Focke-Wulf_Fw_190
gptkb:Messerschmitt_Bf_109
gptkbp:aircraft_type gptkb:Bf_109_F
gptkb:Bf_109_E
gptkb:Bf_109_K
gptkb:Fw_190_A
gptkb:Fw_190_D
single-engine fighter
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Luftwaffe_fighter_units
gptkbp:base gptkb:Fliegerhorst_Oldenburg
Fliegerhorst Ahlhorn
Fliegerhorst Gutersloh
Fliegerhorst Lüneburg
Fliegerhorst Paderborn
gptkbp:color_scheme standard Luftwaffe camouflage
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Hermann_Graf
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Oberstleutnant_Hans-Joachim_Marseille
gptkb:Major_Hans-Joachim_Marseille
gptkb:Oberstleutnant_Walter_Krupinski
Oberstleutnant Hermann Graf
Oberstleutnant Karl-Heinz Rüdel
gptkbp:disbandment_date 1945
gptkbp:engaged_in air combat
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Operation_Bodenplatte
gptkb:Battle_of_Britain
gptkb:Defense_of_the_Reich
gptkbp:formation_date gptkb:1940
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Bremen
gptkbp:historical_significance defense of the Reich
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jagdgeschwader 21
gptkbp:is_active_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:is_based_in gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:losses high
gptkbp:motto “ We will fight”
gptkbp:nickname JG 21
gptkbp:notable_pilots gptkb:Hermann_Graf
gptkb:Erich_Hartmann
gptkb:Günther_Rall
gptkb:Kurt_Bühligen
gptkb:Walter_Krupinski
gptkbp:notable_winner over 300 enemy aircraft
gptkbp:operational_period 1940-1945
gptkbp:operational_use air superiority
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Luftwaffe
gptkbp:squadrons gptkb:III._Gruppe
I. Gruppe
II. Gruppe
gptkbp:tactics interception
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Oberstleutnant_Hans-Joachim_Marseille
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5