Defense of the Baltic Straits in 1945

[sergey]

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

sergey

[MW Giles]

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

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

Martin

[sergey]

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

[ju55dk]

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

[sergey]

Originally Posted by ju55dk

Only I/NJG 3.
Junker

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

[Carsten Petersen]

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

[sergey]

Fighters only from January 1 to May 1, 1945.

[Graham Boak]

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?

[sergey]

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.

[Carsten Petersen]

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