Jagdgeschwader 52

*Jagdgeschwader* 52
Jagdgeschwader 52
	Winged sword unit emblem of JG 52
Active	1939–45
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Luftwaffe
Type	Fighter Aircraft
Role	Air superiority
Size	Air Force Wing
Fighter Aircraft	Messerschmitt Bf 109
Engagements	Western Front Battle of France; Battle of Britain; Eastern Front (World War II) German-Soviet air war 22 June 1941; Operation Barbarossa; Battle of Stalingrad; Battle of the Caucasus; Battle of Kursk;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Hermann Graf
Aircraft flown
Fighter	Bf 109

Jagdgeschwader 52 (JG 52) was a German World War II fighter Geschwader (wing) that exclusively used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 throughout the war. The unit originally formed near Munich in November 1938, then moved to a base near Stuttgart. JG 52 became the most successful fighter-Geschwader of the war, with a claimed total of more than 10,000 victories over enemy aircraft during World War II. It was the unit of the top three scoring flying aces of all time, Erich Hartmann, Gerhard Barkhorn and Günther Rall.

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