Zerstörergeschwader 26
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Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel" was a Luftwaffe heavy fighter wing of World War II.
Bf 110s during the Western campaign, 1940. They probably belong to Zerstörergeschwader 76.
Fueling a Bf 110 of ZG 26, October 1940
Messerschmitt Bf 110 under attack from a Spitfire, caught on the latter's gun camera
Jagdgeschwader 26
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Jagdgeschwader 26 (JG 26) Schlageter was a German fighter-wing of World War II. It was named after Albert Leo Schlageter, a World War I veteran, Freikorps member, and posthumous Nazi martyr, arrested and executed by the French for sabotage in 1923. The wing fought predominantly against the Western Allies.
Bf 109 E, JG 1, similar to those flown by JG 26 in 1940
JG 26 Bf 109 E-3, displayed at the Imperial War Museum Duxford.
Bf 109 E-3; JG 26 operated the E-1, 3 and 4 in 1940. It was more heavily armed than the E-1. Note the 87 octane triangle on the fuselage
The captured Bf 109 F-2 piloted by Rolf Pingel, commanding II. Gruppe. He force-landed in England and was captured.