Q:How to translate something like 6./JG 26 ?

The USAF can be described as "Flight Group" "Flight Squard".
What is the equivalent word to German air force?
May I say? 6th FS/26th FG = 6./JG26

In this problem I need to know 2 points, the equivalent word and the equivalent plane quantity.

Thanks.

 

check this link - it has all the details;

The Luftwaffe, 1933-45

or wiki for a summary

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization_of_the_Luftwaffe_(1933–1945)

example Staffeln 6, Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" would be approximately squadron 6, fighter wing 26

Hope this helps

 

the first letter is the flight, the second the Squadron .
1/JG26 = 1st flight 26th Fighther squadron
JG = Jäger Geschader (Fighter Squadron)
KG = KampgGeschwader (= Bomber Squadron)
NJG = NachtGeschwader
Z = Zerstörer
L = Lehr (school )

 

6 would be a Staffel or squadron. Originally it comprised 12 aircraft in three Schwarm, each of two Rotte, 2 planes each, leader and wingman. The Luftwaffe (largely Werner Molders) originated the 4 plane flight and appropriate tactics for it which are now standard for fighters in all the world's air forces. Later in the war fighter Staffelen were assigned 16 planes.

(bomber staffelen were smaller, based on a 3-plane flight or Kette)

There was an intermediate unit called a Gruppe or group. This comprised three or four Staffelen and was denoted by a Roman numeral. Three (sometimes more) Gruppen formed a Geschwader, often translated as wing.

I/JG26 would be the first Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader (fighter wing) 26. It would comprise Staffelen 1, 2, 3, and possibly 4. II/JG26 would have squadrons 4-6 (three per Gruppe) or 5-8 (four per Gruppe).

Squadrons could also be referred to individually, like 6/JG26, but they were usually also members of a Gruppe.

Except....occasionally special squadrons were formed which were not part of a Gruppe. For example when the Germans first started experimenting with fighter-bombers, each Jagdgeschwader, which then had nine Staffelen in three Gruppen, formed a 10 Staffel, a specialized bombing unit.