Jagdgeschwader 4

Geschwaderkommodore:

• Maj Gerhard Schöpfel, 15.6.44 - 6.8.44
• ObLt Gerhard Michalski, 6.8.44 - 8.5.45

Stab:

Formed 6.44 in Ansbach from Stab z.b.V.

Bases:

6.44 - 8.7.44	Ansbach		Fw 190A
9.7.44 - 8.44	Bad Lippspringe		Fw 190A
8.44 - 10.44	Dortmund		Fw 190A
10.44 - 11.44	Welzow		Fw 190A
11.44 - 26.1.45	Frankfurt/Rhein-Main		Fw 190A
26.1.45 - 2.45	Neuhausen (near Cottbus)		Fw 190A
2.45 - 4.45	Jüterbog-Damm		Fw 190A

I. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Hptm Franz Hahn, 7.42 - 22.1.44
• Hptm Walter Hoeckner, 5.2.44 - 25.8.44
• Hptm Wilhelm Steinmann, 26.8.44 - 3.45

1./JG4 was formed 8.42 in Mizil (Rumania) from 1./JG77, with 2./JG4 formed a few months later. Stab I, 3. and 4./JG4 was formed 10.1.43 at Mizil, and the Gruppe was now complete. Disbanded 19.3.45. Part of the Gruppe might have survived, and ended the war in Leck 8.5.45.

Bases:

8.42 - 12.43	Mizil*	Luftflotte 4 Jafü Balkan (from 6.43)	Bf 109G
12.43 - 3.44	Piacenza and Viterbo	Jafü Oberitalien	Bf 109G
3.44 - 5.44	Ferrara	Jafü Oberitalien	Bf 109G
5.44 - 6.44	Fabrice	Jafü Oberitalien	Bf 109G
6.44 - 7.44	Lavariano	Jafü Oberitalien	Bf 109G
7.44 - 8.44	Maniago and Ghedi	Jafü Oberitalien	Bf 109G
8.44 - 29.8.44	Kassel	3. JD?	Bf 109G
29.8.44 - 4.9.44	Antwerpen-Deurne	5. JD	Bf 109G
4.9.44 - 25.9.44	Lachen-Speyersdorf		Bf 109G
9.44 - 10.44	Götzenhain	1. JD	Bf 109G
10.44 - 11.44	Gahro	1. JD	Bf 109G
11.44 - 26.1.45	Darmstadt-Griesheim	Jafü Mittelrhein	Bf 109G
26.1.45 - 3.45	Guben, and others	3. Flieger-Division	Bf 109G

* main base. Several detachments were based at others bases in Rumania.

II. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• ?
• ObLt Hans-Günther von Kornatzki, 10.9.44 - 12.9.44
• Maj Rudolf Schröder, 12.9.44 - ?
• Hptm Erich Jugel, ? - 2.11.44
• ?

Formed 7.44 at Salzwedel from I./ZG1.

Bases:

7.44 - 8.44	Salzwedel		Fw 190A
8.44 - 11.44	Welzow	1. JD	Fw 190A
11.44 - 12.44	Mainz-Finthen		Fw 190A
12.44 - 26.1.45	Babenhausen	Jafü Mittelrhein	Fw 190A
26.1.45 - 5.45	Neuhausen (near Cottbus), and others	3. Flieger-Division 1. JD (from 1.4.45)	Fw 190A/D
5.45	Leck	2. JD	Fw 190A/D

III. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Hptm Friedrich Eberle, 12.7.44 - ?
• ?
• Hptm Strasen, ? - 8.5.45

Formed 7.44 at Rotenburg from III./ZG1 (9./JG4 from Ergänzungsstaffel/ZG1).

Bases:

7.44 - 8.44	Rotenburg		Bf 109G
8.44 - 9.44	Alteno	1. JD	Bf 109G
9.44 - 11.44	Bad Lippspringe	1. JD	Bf 109G
11.44 - 26.1.45	Ebelsbach		Bf 109G
26.1.45 - 2.45	Drewitz	3. Flieger-Division	Bf 109G
2.45 - 4.45	Jüterbog-Damm	3. Flieger-Division 1. JD (from 1.4.45)	Bf 109G
5.45	Leck	2. JD	Bf 109G

IV. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

• Hptm Franz Wienhusen, 10.44 - 3.12.44
• Hptm Ernst Laube, 15.12.44 - 8.5.45

Formed 10.44 at Finsterwalde from II./JG5.

Bases:

10.44 - 11.44	Finsterwalde	1. JD	Bf 109G
11.44 - 26.1.45	Frankfurt/Rhein-Main	Jafü Mittelrhein	Bf 109G
26.1.45 - 4.45	Reinsdorf, Welzow, Solpke, Sachau	3. Flieger-Division	Bf 109G
4.45 - 5.45	Mark-Zwischen (near Jüterbog)	1. JD	Bf 109G
5.45	Leck?	2. JD	Bf 109G