Jagdgeschwader 2
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Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" was a German fighter wing during World War II. JG 2 operated the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 single-seat, single-engine interceptor aircraft.
A JG 2 Bf 109 E-7 at Jever, 1940/41
Bf 109E-3 in typical camouflage of the Western campaign; RLM 65 blue sides with RLM 02 grey-green and RLM 71 dark green along the top
Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-1 of Oberleutnant Paul Temme, Adjutant of I./JG 2, crashed near Shoreham aerodrome, Sussex, 13 August 1940
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2, Hans Hahn, 1941
Manfred von Richthofen
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Rittmeister Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, known in English as Baron von Richthofen or the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the German Air Force during World War I. He is consider
Jagdgeschwader 2
…II. JG 2 operated the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 single-seat, single-engine interceptor aircraft. Named after World War I flying ace Manfred von Richthofen, the origins of the wing can be traced to 1934. Following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 which began World War II, JG 2 served protecting…
Richthofen wears the Pour le Mérite, the "Blue Max", Prussia's highest military order, in this official portrait, c. 1917.
Major Lanoe Hawker VC
Richthofen's all-red Fokker Dr.I
Richthofen in the cockpit of his famous Rotes Flugzeug ("Red Aircraft") with other members of Jasta 11, including his brother Lothar (sitting, front), 23 April 1917