Nachtjagdgeschwader 101

Geschwaderkommodoren:

• Oberst Rudolf Stoltenhoff, 20 Mar 1943 - 6 Feb 1944
• Maj Herbert Sewing, 7 Feb 1944 - 27 Feb 1945

Stab:

Formed 20 Mar 1943 in Schleissheim from Stab/Nachtjagdschule 1.

Airfields and Air Base Locations

Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
20 Mar 1943 - 28 Oct 1943	Schleissheim		Bf 110, Do 217
29 Oct 1943 - Dec 1943	Neuburg		Bf 110, Do 217
Dec 1943 - 15 Mar 1945	Ingolstadt-Manching		Bf 110, Do 217, Ju 88

I. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Hptm Theodor Rossiwall, 20 Mar 1943 - Sep 1943
• Maj Günther Vowinkel, Sep 1943 - Feb 1944
• Maj Fritz Herber, 15 Feb 1944 - 23 Aug 1944
• Maj Rudolf Jung, 20 Oct 1944 - 15 Mar 1945 

Formed 20 Mar 1943 in Schleissheim from I./Nachtjagdschule 1 with:

Stab I./NJG101 from Stab I./Nachtjagdschule 1
1./NJG101 from 1./Nachtjagdschule 1
2./NJG101 from 2./Nachtjagdschule 1
3./NJG101 from 3./Nachtjagdschule 1

Disbanded 15 Mar 1945.

Airfields and Air Base Locations

Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
20 Mar 1943 - 25 Mar 1943	Schleissheim		Bf 110, Do 217
26 Mar 1943 - 15 Mar 1945	Ingolstadt-Manching		Bf 110, Do 217, Ju 88

* 1./NJG101 at Schleissheim (20 Mar 1943 - 8 Apr 1943); 2./NJG101 at Schleissheim (20 Mar 1943 - 28 Oct 1943) and Neuburg (29 Oct 1943 - Dec 1943); 3./NJG101 at Ingolstadt-Manching (20 Mar 1943 - 1945) and Prague-Gbell (1945 - 15 Mar 1945).

II. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Maj Hans-Dietrich Knoetzsch, 23 Mar 1943 - 11 Feb 1944
• Hptm Friedrich Schwab, 7 Mar 1944 - 15 Mar 1945

Formed 20 Mar 1943 in München-Riem from II./Nachtjagdschule 1 with:

Stab II./NJG101 from Stab II./Nachtjagdschule 1
4./NJG101 from 4./Nachtjagdschule 1
5./NJG101 from 5./Nachtjagdschule 1
6./NJG101 from 6./Nachtjagdschule 1

Disbanded 15 Mar 1945.

Airfields and Air Base Locations

Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
20 Mar 1943 - Apr 1943	München-Riem		Bf 110, Do 217
Apr 1943 - Dec 1943	Lechfeld		Bf 110, Do 217
Dec 1943 - 12 May 1944	München-Riem*		Bf 110, Do 217, Ju 88
13 May 1944 - Nov 1944	Parndorf*		Bf 110, Do 217, Ju 88
29 Nov 1944 - 7 Feb 1945	Landsberg/Lech*		Bf 110, Do 217, Ju 88
8 Feb 1945 - 15 Mar 1945	Unterschlauersbach*		Bf 110, Do 217, Ju 88

* 4./NJG101 at Copenhagen-Kastrup (8 Feb 1945 - 15 Mar 1945); 6./NJG101 at Parndorf (31 Dec 1943 - 3 Dec 1944), Rhein-Main (4 Dec 1944 - 14 Feb 1945), Unterschlauersbach (15 Feb 1945 - 27 Feb 1945) and Fritzlar (Feb 1945 - 15 Mar 1945)

An Einsatzkommando III./NJG101 was based at Ferihegy (Hungary), 27 Sep 1944 - 2 Nov 1944.

III. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Hptm Helmut Peters, 20 Mar 1943 - 31 May 1943
• Hptm Wolfgang Thimmig, 1 Jun 1943 - 30 Sep 1943
• Hptm Karl Floitgraf, 1 Oct 1943 - 23 Dec 1943
• Maj Rudolf Jung, 31 Aug 1944 - 19 Oct 1944

Formed 20 Mar 1943 in Stuttgart-Echterdingen from III./Nachtjagdschule 1 with:

Stab III./NJG101 from Stab III./Nachtjagdschule 1
7./NJG101 from 7./Nachtjagdschule 1
8./NJG101 from 8./Nachtjagdschule 1
9./NJG101 from 9./Nachtjagdschule 1

On 8 Jul 1943 8./NJG101 became 10./NJG101, and was reformed.

On 24 Dec 1943 redesignated II./NJG102 with :

Stab III./NJG101 became Stab II./NJG102
7./NJG101 became 4./NJG102
8./NJG101 became 5./NJG102
9./NJG101 became 6./NJG102

Reformed 14 Jun 1944 in Kitzingen with:

Stab III./NJG101 new
7./NJG101 new
8./NJG101 new
9./NJG101 new

Disbanded 23 Nov 1944.

Airfields and Air Base Locations

Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
20 Mar 1943 - 24 Dec 1943	Stuttgart-Echterdingen*		Bf 110, Do 217
14 Jun 1944 - 23 Nov 1944	Kitzingen		Bf 110, Do 217

* 7./NJG101 at Kitzingen (9 Jul 1943 - 24 Dec 1943); 9./NJG101 at Kitzingen (20 Mar 1943 - 24 Dec 1943)

IV. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Maj Ludwig Fehling, 15 Jul 1943 - 18 Dec 1943

Formed 8 Jul 1943 in Kitzingen with:

Stab IV./NJG101 new
10./NJG101 from 8./NJG101
11./NJG101 new
12./NJG101 new

On 18 Dec 1943 redesignated I./NJG102 with :

Stab IV./NJG101 became Stab I./NJG102
10./NJG101 became 1./NJG102
11./NJG101 became 2./NJG102
12./NJG101 became 3./NJG102

Airfields and Air Base Locations

Date	Location	Gruppe	Aircraft Used
Jul 1943 - Dec 1943	Kitzingen		Bf 110, Do 217

• Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, Stab/NJG101
• Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, I./NJG101
• Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, II./NJG101
• Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, III./NJG101
• Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, IV./NJG101