Defense of the Baltic Straits in 1945
 

Colleagues. Merry Christmas everyone!
Please help. I need a list of Luftwaffe units responsible for air defense in the Baltic Straits in 1945.

sergey

Re: Defense of the Baltic Straits in 1945
 

Baltic Straits - Skagerrak/Kattegat or Baltic States - Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania?

I assume the former, but could it be somewhere else entirely

Martin

Re: Defense of the Baltic Straits in 1945
 

That's right, it's Skagerrak and Kattegat.

Re: Defense of the Baltic Straits in 1945
 

Only I/NJG 3. Northern part of Skagerrak was covered by IV/JG 5 in Norway. In Denmark there was no day fighter units.
Junker

Re: Defense of the Baltic Straits in 1945
 

At what period of 1945 ?
By air defence - do you mean fighters or also offensive units ?

Re: Defense of the Baltic Straits in 1945
 

Fighters only from January 1 to May 1, 1945.

Re: Defense of the Baltic Straits in 1945
 

Thank you. The last information I found on its numbers was as of December 1, 1944. Is there more recent data?
https://www.ww2.dk/oob/bestand/njagd/binjg3.html

Re: Defense of the Baltic Straits in 1945
 

But what about fighter units in Northern Germany? Would they not have interest in these areas? Who protected the Eastern approaches from the USSR?

Is your interest only on aerial means of defence against aerial attack?

Re: Defense of the Baltic Straits in 1945
 

I am interested in the operations of Halifax bombers of 18 Group Coastal Command on the communications in the Skagerrak and Kattegat in 1944-1945. Therefore, information is needed on the opposing German night fighter forces and, preferably, on the results of their operations in 1945.

Re: Defense of the Baltic Straits in 1945
 

I./NJG 3 at Grove with one Staffel periodical stationed at Tirstrup.
Nachtjagdstaffel Norwegen at Lister in Norway.