Jagdgeschwader 27

Geschwaderkommodore:

* Obstlt Max Ibel, 1.10.39 - 10.10.40
* Maj Bernhard Woldenga (acting), 11.10.40 - 22.10.40
* Maj Wolfgang Schellmann, 22.10.40 - 21.6.41
* Maj Bernhard Woldenga, 21.6.41 - 10.6.42
* Obstlt Eduard Neumann, 10.6.42 - 22.4.43
* Obstlt Gustav Rödel, 22.4.43 - 29.12.44
* Maj Ludwig Franzisket, 30.12.44 - 8.5.45

Stab:

Formed 1.10.39 in Münster-Handorf.

Bases:

I. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

* Hptm Helmut Riegel, 1.10.39 - 20.7.40
* Maj Eduard Neumann, 7.40 - 10.6.42
* Hptm Gerhard Homuth, 10.6.42 - 11.42
* Hptm Heinrich Setz, 12.11.42 - 13.3.43
* Hptm Hans-Joachim Heinecke (acting), 17.3.43 - 7.4.43
* Hptm Erich Hohagen, 7.4.43 - 1.6.43
* Hptm Hans Remmer (acting), 1.6.43 - 15.7.43
* Hptm Ludwig Franzisket, 15.7.43 - 12.5.44
* Hptm Hans Remmer (acting), 3.44 - 2.4.44
* Hptm Walter Blume (acting), 3.4.44 - 4.44
* Hptm Ernst Boerngen, 13.5.44 - 19.5.44
* Maj Karl-Wolfgang Redlich, 19.5.44 - 29.5.44
* Hptm Walter Blume, 29.5.44 - 11.6.44
* Hptm Rudolf Sinner, 12.6.44 - 30.7.44
* Hptm Siegfried Luckenbach (acting), 30.7.44 - 15.8.44
* Hptm Diethelm von Eichel-Streiber, 25.8.44 - 30.11.44
* Hptm Johannes Neumayer, 1.12.44 - 11.12.44
* Hptm Schüller (acting), 11.12.44 - 22.12.44
* Hptm Eberhard Schade, 22.12.44 - 1.3.45
* Lt Buchholz (acting), 1.3.45 - 3.4.45
* Hptm Emil Clade, 3.4.45 - 8.5.45

3./JG 27 Emblem

Formed 1.10.39 in Münster-Handorf with:

Stab I./JG27 new
1./JG27 new
2./JG27 new
3./JG27 new

14./JG27 was formed 12.6.44 from parts of II./JG77, and was attached to the Gruppe between 12.6.44 - 15.8.44. On 15.8.44 increased to 4 staffeln:

1./JG27 unchanged
2./JG27 unchanged
3./JG27 unchanged
4./JG27 from 14./JG27

4./JG27 was disbanded 14.2.45.

Bases:

* 2./JG27 at Evreux (1.43 - 2.43, Jafü 3), Beaumont-le-Roger (2.43 - 15.3.43, Jafü 3), Amsterdam-Schiphol (15.3.43 - 25.3.43, Jafü Holland-Ruhrgebiet) and Leeuwarden (25.3.43 - 6.43, Jafü Holland-Ruhrgebiet), and then joined Stab I. and 1./JG27 at Marignane in 6.43; 3./JG27 remained at Poix, and moved to Münster-Handorf on 29.7.43.

II.JG27 Emblem

II. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

* Hptm Erich von Selle, 3.1.40 - 6.2.40
* Hptm Walter Andres, 6.2.40 - 4.9.40
* Olt Ernst Düllberg (acting), 8.8.40 - 4.9.40
* Hptm Wolfgang Lippert, 4.9.40 - 23.11.41
* Olt Gustav Rödel (acting), 23.11.41 - 25.12.41
* Hptm Erich Gerlitz, 25.12.41 - 20.5.42
* Hptm Gustav Rödel, 20.5.42 - 20.4.43
* Hptm Werner Schroer, 20.4.43 - 13.3.44
* Hptm Fritz Keller, 14.3.44 - 17.12.44
* Hptm Herbert Kutscha, 12.44 - 20.1.45
* Olt Anton Wöffen (acting), 3.1.45 - 20.1.45
* Hptm Gerhard Hoyer, 21.1.45 - 21.1.45
* Hptm Fritz Keller, 1.45 - 8.5.45

5./JG 27 - 6./JG 27 - 7./JG 27 - 8./JG 27 two versions

Formed 3.1.40 in Magdeburg-Ost with:

Stab II./JG27 new
4./JG27 new
5./JG27 new
6./JG27 new

On 15.8.44 reorganized:

5./JG27 unchanged
6./JG27 unchanged
7./JG27 from the old 4./JG27
8./JG27 formed 10.44 (new)

8./JG27 was disbanded 14.2.45.

Bases:

* 4./JG27 at Essen-Mühlheim, 20.4.40 - 24.4.40 and 3.5.40 - 9.5.40
** 5./JG27 remained at Bönninghardt until 15.5.40
*** 5./JG27 at Jever, 11.7.40 - 13.7.40; 6./JG27 at Delmenhorst, 8.7.40 - 2.8.40 and Groningen, 2.8.40 - 5.8.40
**** no aircraft from 1.7.41
***** detachment at San Pietro, 28.2.43 - 4.4.43

III.JG27 Emblem

III. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

* Hptm Joachim Schlichting, 9.7.40 - 6.9.40
* Hptm Max Dobislav, 7.9.40 - 30.9.41
* Hptm Erhard Braune, 1.10.41 - 11.10.42
* Hptm Ernst Düllberg, 11.10.42 - 30.9.44
* Olt Franz Stigler (acting), 1.10.44 - 7.10.44
* Hptm Dr. Peter Werfft, 10.44 - 7.5.45
* Olt Emil Clade (acting), 2.45 - 3.4.45

7./JG 27 - 9./JG 27

Formed 9.7.40 in Carquebut from I./JG1 with:

Stab III./JG27 from Stab I./JG1
7./JG27 from 1./JG1
8./JG27 from 2./JG1
9./JG27 from 3./JG1

In 6.43 8./JG27 was used to form IV./JG27 (becoming 12./JG27), and a new 8./JG27 was formed. 10./JG27 was added 3.44 from parts of 7./JG27. Between 20.5.44 and 15.6.44, 7./JG27 was known as 7. (Ersatz)/JG27. On 1.5.44 10./JG27 became 13./JG27, but still belonged to III./JG27. JG27 was reorganised on 15.8.44:

9./JG27 unchanged
10./JG27 from 13./JG27
11./JG27 from the old 8./JG27
12./JG27 from the old 7./JG27

Bases:

* a detachment served at Kastelli (as Jagdkommando Kreta), 23.3.42 - 11.42
** 8./JG27 was based at Gadurra (Rhodos), 18.1.43 - 25.2.43, and at Kastelli 2.43 - 5.43; detachment served at Athens-Tatoi 11.42 - 1.43
*** detachments served at Paramythia (9.43), Gadurra (10.43) and Malemes (10.43).
**** detachments served at Devoli, Araxos and Malemes (all 12.43).

IV. Gruppe

IV. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

* Hptm Rudolf Sinner, 6.43 - 13.9.43
* Olt Dietrich Boesler (acting), 9.43 - 10.10.43
* Olt Alfred Burk (acting), 10.43 - 18.10.43
* Hptm Joachim Kirschner, 19.10.43 - 17.12.43
* Hptm Otto Meyer, 12.43 - 12.7.44
* Hptm Hanns-Heinz Dudeck, 7.44 - 1.1.45
* Hptm Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert, 2.1.45 - 23.3.45

Formed 5.43 in Kalamaki with 10. - 12. staffeln with:

Stab IV./JG27 new
10./JG27 new
11./JG27 new
12./JG27 from 8./JG27

15./JG27 was formed 12.6.44 and joined the Gruppe. IV./JG27 was reorganised 15.8.44:

13./JG27 from 10./JG27
14./JG27 from 12./JG27
15./JG27 from 11./JG27
16./JG27 from the old 15./JG27

IV./JG27 was disbanded on 31.3.45.

Bases:

* 10./JG27 was based at Larissa-Eleftherion during 7.43, and 12./JG27 was based at Malemes 24.5.43 - 7.43
** detachments served at Araxos, Agrinion, Maloi, Sedes, Maritsa, Gadurra, Chanea and Iraklion
*** one staffel was based at Gadurra during 10.43
**** detachments served at Tirana, Devoli, Mostar and Podgorica

10. (Jabo)/JG27:

Formed 5.5.42 in Martuba. On 1.9.42 redesignated 2./Jabogruppe Afrika.

Bases:

15. (span.)/JG27:

Staffelkapitän:

* Comandante Don Angel Salas Larrazabal, 7.41 - 3.42

Formed 23.7.41 in Madrid as span. Jagdstaffel. The crews were transferred to Werneuchen 27.7.41 for two months of training, and moved to Moschna on 24.9.41, now as 15. (span.)/JG27. Officially disbanded 4.3.42 in Madrid.

Bases:

Ergänzungsgruppe:

Kommandeur:

* Hptm Erich Gerlitz, 13.10.40 - 12.6.41
* Hptm Herbert Nebenführ, 12.6.41 - 2.2.42

Formed 13.10.40 in Guines, as Erg.Staffel/JG27. On 12.6.41 became Ergänzungsgruppe/JG27 with:

Stab of Ergänzungsgruppe/JG27 new
1. Einsatzstaffel/JG27 new
2. Ausbildungsstaffel/JG27 from Erg.Sta./JG27

Disbanded 2.2.42:

Stab of Ergänzungsgruppe/JG27 became Stab/EJGr.Süd
1. Einsatzstaffel/JG27 became 8./JG1
2. Ausbildungsstaffel became 2./EJGr.Süd

Bases:

* 1. Staffel remained in Uetersen until 1.42.