Jagdfliegerführer Ostmark

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Jagdfliegerführer Ostmark [1] (Fighter Leader Ostmark) was formed September 6, 1943 in Vienna, subordinated to 7. Jagd-Division. The headquarters was located at Wien-Kobenzl. The unit was redesignated 8. Jagd-Division on June 15, 1944.

Ostmark (Austria) Austria as part of Nazi Germany between 1938–1945

Ostmark was the name used by Nazi propaganda from 1938 to 1942 to replace that of the formerly independent Federal State of Austria after the Anschluss with Nazi Germany.

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8. Jagd Division was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed 15 June 1944 in Wien-Kobenzel from the Jagdfliegerführer Ostmark and subordinated to the I. Jagdkorps. The Division was subordinated to the IX. (J) Fliegerkorps in April 1945 and transferred to Wolfsleithen and put under the command of Luftwaffenkommando 4.

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  1. A Jagdfliegerführer, or Jafü, was the commander of the Fighter forces of a Luftflotte. For more details see Luftwaffe Organization
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