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    Schlachtgeschwader 1 (originally abbreviated Schl.G. 1 and latter SG 1) was a German Luftwaffe wing during World War II. It operated the Henschel Hs 123...
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  • Schlachtgeschwader 2 (SG 2) Immelmann was a Luftwaffe dive-bomber wing of World War II. It was named after Max Immelmann, the first German pilot to earn...
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  • various training units, he flew his first combat missions with Schlachtgeschwader 1 (SG 1—1st Ground Attack Wing) on the Eastern Front during the Battle...
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    reorganised into Schlachtgeschwader 1 (SG 1). It operated the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive-bomber exclusively in the combat role. StG 1 served the German...
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    separate enactments. The first enactment, Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 instituted the Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz), the Knight's Cross...
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    deputy Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Schlachtgeschwader 1. According to Scherzer as chief of the 3./Führer-Panzer-Regiment 1. According to Scherzer as pilot...
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    pilot in the 9./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1. According to Scherzer as Staffelführer of the 10.(Panzer)/Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann". According to Scherzer...
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    dropped, and in general, the Hs 129B-2/R2 planes in service with 4./Schlachtgeschwader 1 received the upgraded cannon pack using a 30 mm MK 103 cannon instead...
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    to Scherzer as leader of the 1./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9. According to Scherzer as pilot in the I./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann". According to...
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    separate enactments. The first enactment, Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 instituted the Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz), the Knight's Cross...
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    separate enactments. The first enactment, Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 instituted the Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz), the Knight's Cross...
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  • Group was formed by redesignating I./StG 77, II. Group from I./Schlachtgeschwader 1 and III. Group from III./StG 77. On 3 March 1945, 9. Staffel equipped...
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    success in Spain, the Luftwaffe considered the Hs 123 obsolete and the schlachtgeschwader (close-support wings) had been disbanded with only one gruppe, II...
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    /Infanterie-Regiment 426. According to Scherzer as pilot in the I./Schlachtgeschwader 77. Hermann Fegelein was sentenced to death by Hitler and executed...
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    /Grenadier-Regiment 255. According to Scherzer as Staffelkapitän in the I./Schlachtgeschwader 3. According to Scherzer as pilot in the 6./Schnellkampfgeschwader...
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    number it had at the beginning of the battle on 12 July. On 12 July, Schlachtgeschwader 1 of the 8th Air Corps reported 11 aircraft damaged, all by Soviet...
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    on 15 May 1940. According to Scherzer as Staffelführer in the II./Schlachtgeschwader 1. According to Scherzer name is spelled Paul Jancke. According to...
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    separate enactments. The first enactment, Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 instituted the Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz), the Knight's Cross...
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    renamed to I./Schlachtgeschwader 1 (Schl.G.1), Druschel was promoted to Gruppenkommandeur and in June 1943 to Geschwaderkommodore of Schl.G.1. Hauptmann...
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    1942 the II(S)./LG 2 was re-designated and became the core of Schlachtgeschwader 1 (SG 1—1st Ground Attack Wing). Otto Weiß was appointed its first Geschwaderkommodore...
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    the Eastern Front, owing to its versatility, the Fw 190 was used in Schlachtgeschwader (Attack Wings) which were specialised ground attack units. The units...
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    October 1942, and in January 1943 was appointed Geschwaderkommodore of Schlachtgeschwader 1 in the Mediterranean theatre, flying the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter-bomber...
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    Kerch. The motorized ad-hoc Groddeck brigade [ru], supported by the Schlachtgeschwader 1 wing, reached the Marfovka airfield in the afternoon and destroyed...
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    Walther-Peer Fellgiebel. According to Scherzer as pilot in the I./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann". According to Scherzer as commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment...
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  • 7934 Sinatra 1992 SG1, the asteroid 7250 Kinoshita Scanlan SG-1, a glider Schlachtgeschwader 1, a German Luftwaffe unit during World War II SG1 postcode district...
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    580. According to Scherzer as pilot in the 7./Schlachtgeschwader 10. According to Scherzer as chief of the 1./Infanterie-Regiment 170. Hans Hoppe's nomination...
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    (squadron leader) of the 5.(S)/LG 2, which was re-designated 5./Schlachtgeschwader 1 (5th squadron of the 1st ground attack wing) in early 1942. In this...
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    of the 7./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 (Scherzer) As Hauptmann (war officer) and Staffelkapitän of the 6./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" (Scherzer) As adjutant...
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    Luftwaffe personnel. Henschel Hs 129 "Tank Killer" aircraft of Schlachtgeschwader 1 (SG 1) were assigned, with the pilots moving mostly to the Eastern Front...
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  • shooting down Captain Mieczyslaw Medwecki's PZL P.11 in the early hours of 1 September 1939. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise...
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