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Old 3rd March 2014, 15:33
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I/JG54 location February 1944

I'm trying to establish when was the I/JG54 transfered from Belorussia to Rakvere (Wesenberg) in Estonia.

Michael Holm's site ( http://ww2.dk/air/jagd/jg54.htm ) says that it happened in January but it seems to be a mistake. Here are my reasons:
1) During the first half of February there is very little German fighter presence in North-Eastern Estonia (the Narva front)
2) Tony Wood's claim list indicates that until 12 February I/JG54 is claiming victories in Planquadrats which surely are not near Estonia but rather in Belorussia.

The first victory claims in Planquadrats in Estonia are from 18 February.

However 16 February there are three claims in rather strange Planquadrats:
Ofw. Fritz Tegtmeier 1./JG 54 Yak-9 75 842 at 3.500 m. 11.10
Fw. Helmut Missner 3./JG 54 LaGG-3 53 411 at 3.000 m. 14.20
Uffz. Otto Venjakob 3./JG 54 LaGG-3 40 832 at 3.000 m. 14.21

They are strange because they all seem to be somewhere in the rear area of Belorussia and Ukraine and secondly all three coordinates are located far away from each other.

Can somebody add more details about the claims on 16 February? Are the coordinates in Tony Wood's list correct or not? It would help to determine if I./JG54 was actually in Wesenberg/Rakvere by 16 February or not.
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