I. Gruppe EJG Ergänzungs-Jagdgeschwader 2 - EJG2

A Ergänzungs-Jagdgeschwader (EJG) was a Luftwaffe replacement training unit which was part of a larger operational Jagdgeschwader. The Germans were sometimes forced to undertake operations and training simultaneously.

Aircrew Luftwaffe JG51 pilot Heinz Bar 1941 01

Aircrew Luftwaffe JG77 pilot Heinz Bar Crimea Russia May 1942 01

Aircrew Luftwaffe JG77 pilot Heinz Bar Tunisia April 1943 01

Aircrew Luftwaffe JG77 pilot Heinz Bar Tunisia April 1943 02

Aircrew Luftwaffe JG77 pilot Heinz Bar Tunisia April 1943 03

Aircrew Luftwaffe pilot Heinz Bar 01

Aircrew Luftwaffe pilot Heinz Bar 02

Aircrew Luftwaffe pilot Heinz Bar 1941 01

Aircrew Luftwaffe pilot Heinz Bar 1941 02

Aircrew Luftwaffe pilot Heinz Bar 1944 01

Aircrew Luftwaffe pilot Heinz Bar 1945 01

Aircrew Luftwaffe pilot Wolfgang Schenck 01

Aircrew Luftwaffe pilot Wolfgang Schenck 02

Aircrew Luftwaffe pilot Wolfgang Schenck 03

Aircrew Luftwaffe pilot Wolfgang Schenck 04

Messerschmitt Me 262A1a 2./EJG2 Black D Wolfgang Schenk Germany July 20 1944 0A

Messerschmitt Me 262A1a 2./EJG2 Black F Wilhelm Batel WNr 130179 Lechfeld Germany 1944 01

Messerschmitt Me 262A1a 2./EJG2 Black F Wilhelm Batel WNr 130179 Lechfeld Germany 1944 0A

Messerschmitt Me 262A1a 2./EJG2 Black F Wolfgang Schenk WNr 130179 Germany July 20 1944 0A

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Messerschmitt Me 262A1a 2./EJG2 Black F Wolfgang Schenk WNr 130179 Germany July 20 1944 0B

Messerschmitt Me 262A1a 3./EJG2 Franz Holzinger WNr 110956 captured Lechfeld April 29 1945

Messerschmitt Me 262A1a 3./EJG2 Franz Holzinger WNr 110956 captured Lechfeld April 29 1945 01

Messerschmitt Me 262A1a 3./EJG2 Franz Holzinger WNr 110956 captured Lechfeld April 29 1945 02

On 16 March 1945, Fw. Franz Holzinger of III./EJG2 (or possibly II./JG 7) made a 25 minute high altitude flight from Lechfeld. During the afternoon, or next day, he made a cross-country flight brtween 14:15 until 14:45. The aircraft's code was variously given as 'White 2' and 'White 19'. Possibly flown by Heinz Bär. Captured at Lechfeld on 29th April 1945, coded 'White 17' and 'White S' for Schulmaschine (a trainer or schooling plane).

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Messerschmitt Me 262A1a 3./EJG2 White 13 WNr 114322 Germany 1945 01

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Messerschmitt Me 262A1a 7./EJG2 White 34 Brunnthal Bavaria Germany May 1945 0A

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Messerschmitt Me 262A1a III./EJG2 Red 13 Gruppenkommodore Heinz Bar WNr 110559 Lager Lechfeld Mar 1945 01

Messerschmitt Me 262A1a III./EJG2 Red 13 Gruppenkommodore Heinz Bar WNr 110559 Lager Lechfeld Mar 1945 0A

Messerschmitt Me 262A1a III./EJG2 Red 13 Gruppenkommodore Heinz Bar WNr 110559 Lager Lechfeld Mar 1945 0B

Messerschmitt Me 262A1a Schwalbe EJG2 Red 13 WNr 110559 Heinz Bar Lechfeld 1945 0A

Messerschmitt Me 262A1a Schwalbe EJG2 Red 13 WNr 110559 Heinz Bar Lechfeld 1945 by Revi 83 0A

Messerschmitt Me 262A Schwalbe III./EG2 White 10 Kurt Bell Germany 01

Messerschmitt Me 262A Schwalbe III./EG2 White 10 Kurt Bell Germany 02

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  Luftwaffe pilot Walter Nowotny 258 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Theodor Weissenberger 208 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Heinz Bar 175 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Franz Schall 133 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Rudolf Rademacher 126 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Adolf Galland 104 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Hermann Buchner 58 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Erich Hohagen 50 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Rudolf Sinner 39 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow 32 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Richard Altner 25 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Gunther Wegmann 21 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Wolfgang Schenck 18 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Franz Holzinger 10 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Helmut Lennartz 10 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Alfred 'Bubi' Schreiber 9 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Eduard Schallmoser 3 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Wilhelm Batel 1 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Joachim Fingerlos 1 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Edgar Witzmann 1 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Edmund Delatowski 0 kills

    Bibliography: +

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    Some of the most widely used Book References:

  • Jagdwaffe: Battle of Britain: Phase One: July-August 1940 (Luftwaffe Colours: Volume Two, Section 1) Paperback Eric Mombeek (Author), David Wadman (Author), Eddie J Creek (Author)
  • Jagdwaffe: Battle of Britain: Phase Two: August-September 1940 (Luftwaffe Colours: Volume Two, Section 2) Paperback Eric Mombeek (Author), David Wadman (Author), Martin Pegg (Author)
  • Jagdwaffe: Battle of Britain: Phase Three: September-October 1940 (Luftwaffe Colours: Volume Two, Section 3) Paperback Eric Mombeek (Author), David Wadman (Author), Martin Pegg (Author)
  • Jagdwaffe: Battle of Britain: Phase Four: November 1940-June 1941 (Luftwaffe Colours: Volume Two, Section 4) Paperback Eric Mombeek (Author), David Wadman (Author), Martin Pegg (Author)

    Magazines: +

  • Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
  • Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
  • EDUARD - https://www.eduard.com/
  • EDUARD - Are in my opinion are what modelers are looking for loads of pictures and diagrams and have become a leading historical information source. *****
  • FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/
  • Flugzeug Publikations GmbH (German) - http://vdmedien.com/flugzeug-publikations-gmbh-hersteller_verlag-vdm-heinz-nickel-33.html
  • Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/
  • Klassiker (German) - http://shop.flugrevue.de/abo/klassiker-der-luftfahrt
  • Luftwaffe IM Focus (German) - https://www.luftfahrtverlag-start.de/
  • Embleme der Luftwaffe Band-1 (German) - https://www.luftfahrtverlag-start.de/
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://boutique.editions-lariviere.fr/site/abonnement-le-fana-de-l-aviation-626-4-6.html
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://www.pdfmagazines.org/tags/Le+Fana+De+L+Aviation/
  • Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
  • model airplane international magazine - https://adhpublishing.com/shop/store/magazine-backissues/model-airplane-international-backissues/
  • Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/

    Web References: +

  • eBay - https://picclick.de/ or https://www.ebay.com
  • Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com
  • Wikipedia.org - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt

 

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