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Old 14th October 2006, 23:07
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Re: NOMENCLATURE OF LUTWAFFE AIR BASES in FRance

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Originally Posted by Dennis Peschier
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Also there were codes like
NABEF II./NJG.4
NADEF II./NJG.6
Do you know if these codes changed during the war? Or did a gruppe always had the same code? Dennis
In the decrypted material from about autumn 1944 onward, these 5-letter words appear, so I'm guessing the system came in after the campaign in France. They are not specific to a unit, from what I have seen. So for example NABEF = the second Gruppe of ANY Nachtjagdgeschwader.

There were words for the third Gruppe of a Jagdgechwader, the first Staffel of a Kampfgeschwader, a Flak Division and so on. I only have a few examples in my notes so far.

Decrypts in the spring of 1944 just have codenames for units made of with real German words or names like Eiche, Artus and so on. Greif and Sonne were parts of LG 1 for example.
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