Nachtjagdgeschwader 6

Nachtjagdgeschwader 6
Active	1943 – 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Luftwaffe
Type	Night Fighter
Role	Air superiority
Size	Air Force Wing
Engagements	World War II
Insignia
Identification symbol	2Z

Nachtjagdgeschwader 6 (NJG 6) was a Luftwaffe night fighter-wing of World War II. NJG 6 was formed in May 1943.

Commanding officers

• Major Fritz Schaffer, 10 August 1943 – 8 February 1944 ^[1]
• Major Heinrich Wohlers, 9 February 1944 – 15 March 1944 ^[1]
• Major Heinz von Reeken, 16 March 1944 – 14 April 1944 ^[1]
• Major Heinrich Griese, 15 April 1944 – 12 September 1944 ^[1]
• Oberstleutnant Herbert Lütje, 13 September 1944 – 8 May 1945 ^[1]

References

Citations

1. Aders 1978, p. 230.

Bibliography

• Aders, Gebhard (1978). History of the German Night Fighter Force, 1917–1945. London: Janes. ISBN   978-0-354-01247-8.
• Hinchliffe, Peter (1998). Luftkrieg bei Nacht 1939–1945[Air War at Night 1939–1945] (in German). Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN   978-3-613-01861-7.