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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JG 51 canonical 1

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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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