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Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 (NJG 3) was a Luftwaffe night fighter-wing of World War II. NJG 3 was formed on 29 September 1941 in Stade from Stab./Zerstörergeschwader 26. Pilots of NJG 3 claimed approximately 820 aerial victories by day and night.Template:Sfn

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Commanding officers

Geschwaderkommodore

Gruppenkommandeur

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Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4 from 9./NJG 3

I. Gruppe

II. Gruppe

III. Gruppe

IV. Gruppe

  • Major Erich Simon, 1 November 1942 – 7 October 1943Template:Sfn
  • Hauptmann Albert Schulz, 8 October 1943 – January 1944Template:Sfn
  • Hauptmann Franz Buschmann, January 1944 – July 1944Template:Sfn
  • Hauptmann Heinz Ferger, July 1944 – November 1944Template:Sfn
  • Major Berthold Ney, November 1944 – 4 March 1945Template:Sfn
  • Hauptmann Freidrich Tober, 5 March 1945 – 8 May 1945Template:Sfn

Surviving aircraft

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A Bf 110 G-4, formerly of NJG 3, at the RAF Museum in London.
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Ju 88 R-1, Werk Nr. 360043, RAF Museum (2008), formerly of NJG 3

Two aircraft that served with NJG 3 are displayed together at the Royal Air Force Museum London, one of the two sites of the Royal Air Force Museum. These are Messerschmitt Bf 110 G Werk Nr. 730301, which was surrendered to the British at the end of the war in 1945, and Junkers Ju 88 R-1, Werk Nr. 360043,[1] which came into British hands in 1943. Both aircraft are almost unique - each is one of only two intact survivors of their type.

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