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Re: Did JG 23 exists?
Larry and Jaap !
On my believe, a JG 23 never existed, since the German terminology of naming new Geschwader doesn't fit. As you know, the naming of a Geschwader was (in the early years of the Luftwaffe) depended on the forming in the territoral boundaries of it's Luftflotte.
Each Luftflotte had a lot of 2-3 digit numbers to name the new formed Geschwader in its area of responsibility.
- Luftflotte 1 = Geschwader 1 - 25
- Luftflotte 2 = Geschwader 26 - 50
- Luftflotte 3 = Geschwader 51 - 75
- Luftflotte 4 = Geschwader 76 - 100
Well, Luftflotte 1 came up to JG 11. But there is no way to a JG 23.
It might be, that at the last years of WW II this system had been changed, but all the recent known flying Luftwaffe Geschwader fit into this system.
A JG 23 yells for further research or it is a typo-error.
All the best !
Horst Weber
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