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Re: Oblt. Erich Jung, 5./NJG 2
Franklin,
The information Doug sites regarding "Erich Jung" appears to be an amalgam of more than one individual, including Maj. Rolf Jung who was in turn Staffelkapitän of 2./NJG 2 from Oct. 1940, then the Kommandeur of I./NJG 2 from Nov. 1941 until the end of 1943. During this time he made a total of 3 claims. He may have then gone to NJG 101. However the name "Rudolf Jung" appears to be associated with the Kommadeure of III. and finally I./NJG 101.
Details of all 28 claims of Oblt. Erich Jung of II./NJG 2 can be found in Theo Boiten's 2 volume Nachtjagd War Diaries. Further info, including a photo of Jung and his crew, can be found in Peter Hinchliffe's The Other Battle: Luftwaffe Night Aces versus Bomber Command. Apparently he was awarded the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold sometime during 1945. Otherwise there is not much of a biographical nature to be found.
Regards,
Tom
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