Jagdgeschwader 76

Geschwaderkommodore:

  • Maj Anton Hackl, 8.44 – 10.44
  • Maj Ernst Düllberg, 7.10.44 – 4.45

Stab:

Formed 7.44 in Salzburg from Stab/ZG76.Disbanded 24.4.45.

Bases
22.7.44 – 8.44RotenburgBf 109G
8.44 – 28.8.44Athis (France)Bf 109G
28.8.44 – 10.44FreiburgBf 109GControlling:
II./JG52
10.44 – 11.44Felsoe-AbranyBf 109G
11.44 – 1.45Imely (Hungary)Bf 109GControlling:
I./JG53, II./JG52, II./JG51 and ung. JGr.101
1.45 – 3.45VeszpremBf 109GControlling:
I./JG53, II./JG52, II./JG51 and ung. JGr.101
3.45 – 4.45WienBf 109GControlling:
I./JG53, II./JG52, II./JG51 and ung. JGr.101

I. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

  • Hptm Wilfried Müller-Rienzburg, 1.5.39 – 1.40
  • Maj Richard Kraut, 2.40 – 4.7.40
  • ?

Formed 1.5.39 in Wien-Aspern. On 4.7.40 redesignated II./JG54. UsedBf 109E fighters.

Bases
5.39 – 8.39Wien-Aspern
8.39 – 9.10.39Ottmütz *
9.10.39 – 2.11.39Gelnhausen
2.11.39 – ?2.40Frankfurt/Rhein-Main
2.40 – 5.40Walldorf, Ober-Olm (there 10.5.40)
5.40 – 21.6.40**
21.6.40 – 4.7.40Waalhaven and Vlissingen

* various forward airfields were used in Poland.

** used various airfields in the West, including Ghent,Evreux, Vitry-en-Artois, Poiz, Paris-Orly and Orleans

Reformed 7.44 in Bonn-Hangelar from I./ZG76.Renamed IV./JG300 in 10.44.

Bases
22.7.44 – 8.44Bonn-HangelarBf 109G
8.44 – 18.9.44GahroBf 109G
18.9.44 – 3.10.44StörmedeBf 109G
3.10.44 – 10.44ReinsdorfBf 109G

III. Gruppe:

Gruppenkommandeure:

  • ?

Formed 7.44 in Stade from II./ZG1. On11.44 redesignated IV./JG53.

Bases
24.7.44 – 20.8.44StadeBf 109G
21.8.44 – 28.8.44AthisBf 109G
29.8.44 – 31.8.44AzannesBf 109G
1.9.44 – 10.9.44WiesbadenBf 109G
10.9.44 – 22.9.44WolferbachBf 109G
23.9.44 – 10.44WittenweierBf 109G
10.44 – 11.44DonaueschingenBf 109G

II./JG76 and IV./JG76 was to have been formed from II./ZG76 and I./JG302, but this never happened.