The strength of Geschwader was about 80 – 90 aircraft.

Von Wild, despite the withdrawal of some Geschwader for Operation Blue, did succeed in bringing in much needed reinforcements to bring the strength levels up to a standard not seen since the start of the offensive.

A Geschwader was commanded by a Geschwaderkommodore, with the rank of either Major, Oberstleutnant ( Lieutenant Colonel ) or Oberst ( Colonel ).

A Stabschwarm ( headquarters flight ) was attached to each Geschwader.

Jagdgeschwader ( Fighter wings ) ( JG ) was a fighter Geschwader ( literally " hunting wing "), typically equipped with Bf 109 or Fw 190 aircraft flying in the fighter or fighter-bomber roles.

The expansion of the Luftwaffe and his own Geschwader ( aviation wing ) flooded the administration officers and Galland's medical report was overlooked.

It was not a fighter unit, but a special mixed Geschwader of ground attack aircraft.

The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft was formed into several Geschwader with distinctly upgraded firepower.

Although such a charge did not happen and there were no tanks used during the combat, the myth was disseminated by German propaganda during the war with a staged Polish cavalry charge shown in their 1941 reel called " Geschwader Lützow ".

The Geschwader was originally formed in Thüringen, nicknamed " the green heart of Germany ".

** World War II Luftwaffe: 1 Geschwader was divided in 3 or more Gruppen of 3 ( or rarely 4 ) Staffeln each.

Among this contingent was a powerful concentration of medium bomber, dive bomber, and torpedo bomber Geschwader.

Days later, Marseille was passed over for promotion and was now the sole Fähnrich in the Geschwader.

He rose rapidly through the ranks and by 1910 he was promoted to vice admiral and commandant of the I Marine Geschwader.

Jagdgeschwader 27 ( JG 27 ) Afrika was a World War II Luftwaffe Geschwader.

Each formations would have attached to it a number of units, usually several Geschwader, but also independent Staffeln and Kampfgruppen.

Galland said after the war, had it not been for the Allied landing in Normandy which increased the need for lighter fighter variants, each Geschwader in the Luftwaffe would have contained a Gruppe of Sturmbock aircraft by September 1944.

* Geschwaderkennung — the two-character alphanumeric identification code used by a non-day-fighter Geschwader for unit identification, that appeared to the left of the fuselage Balkenkreuz on most World War II Luftwaffe aircraft.

It consisted of nine Geschwader ( Wings ) and 600 aircraft, all coming under the command of Generaloberst ( General Colonel ) Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen.

The Geschwader units on the Eastern Front had claimed over 270 aircraft during operations in 1941, for just 16 aircraft lost in air combat.

Galland's Geschwader flew intensive sorties in support of the division and XVI Army Corps at Krakow, Radom, Deblin and L ' vov.

In early 1941 most of the Luftwaffe's fighter units were sent to the Eastern Front, or south to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations ( MTO ), only leaving JG 26 and Jagdgeschwader 2 ( JG 2 ) as the sole single-engine fighter Geschwader in France.

The area east of the Crimean peninsula had seen heated air combat in the months that led to the Soviet assault on Crimea itself, where Kuban-based Soviet air regiments went against Crimea-based Luftwaffe Geschwader.

Although other air forces also had training programs and pilots equal to the Germans, the Luftwaffe emphasised trainings its large units, the Geschwader ( Wings ), Corps and Luftflotten ( Air Fleet ) staffs in large-scale manoeuvres with the army in the pre-war years.

Most of the Geschwader involved were based at Cologne and Dusseldorf.

In the process, the Geschwader took heavy losses.

In the Luftwaffe as a grouping of Staffel ( squadrons ) either independent of as the sub-division of a Geschwader.

* Geschwader — literally " squadron ", in World War II Luftwaffe usage, the same as a USAAF aviation wing of World War II.

The exact place of filming is the " Fiala-Fernbrugg " garrison, still used by HS Geschwader 2 and FlAR2 / 3rd Bat.

He had strength in his six-foot frame, but it was like the tensile steel in a rapier.

President Kennedy's latest warning to the Communist world that the United States will build up its military strength to meet any challenge in Berlin or elsewhere was, somewhat surprisingly, reported in full text or fairly accurate excerpts behind the Iron Curtain.

He was a loud-voiced man, once vigorous but for many years now declining in strength and ability.

It was recognized that skywave signals, because of their reflected nature, are of great variability and subject to wide fluctuations in strength.

For this reason, the more uncertain skywave service was denominated `` secondary '' in our rules, as compared to the steadier, more reliable groundwave `` primary service '', and, for both skywave service and skywave interference, signal strength is expressed in terms of percentage of time a particular signal-intensity level is exceeded -- 50 percent of the time for skywave service, 10 percent of the time for skywave interference.

These dosages could have been increased by increasing the source strength which was small in this case.

Paper electrophoresis was carried out on the concentrated samples in a Spinco model R cell using barbital buffer, pH 8.6, ionic strength 0.075, at room temperature on Whatman 3MM filter paper.

Since the strength of the Mexicans had been underrated, too small a posse had been collected, and since the deputy had not been provided with search warrants, MacPherson and his men decided it was much wiser to withdraw.

Captain Chandler saw that it was building up strength.

Taking precedence over all other legislation on Capitol Hill last week was the military strength of the nation.

Each subject center library was chosen because of its demonstrated strength in a particular area, which headquarters could then build upon.

My message, today, is the same as it was 15 years ago: that there is goodness in people, and strength and love in God.

One item in this unhappy scheme was to have Germany policed exclusively by its continental neighbors, among whom only the Soviet Union possessed real military strength.

Maggie couldn't seem to get her strength back or catch up with herself with all she had to do: there was the big basket of clothes to be coaxed through the rackety old washer and lugged out and lugged back ; ;

He mumbled at her but let himself be led off inside the house, shuffling mightily to make it clear how weak and aged he was and how he was buffeted about by those who still had their wicked strength.

The day's sun was gathering its strength in gold, and she wished she had brought her parasol, if only to shade Doaty's flowers.

Or, what was worse, she prayed for him out loud at bedtime: `` Please, Lord Gord, please give my brother the strength to go swimming like he promised ''.

It was the kind of thing that could ruin a man's life, and it was a tribute to John's strength of character and very real business ability that it hadn't ruined his.

" Splendid it is ," was the travelers reply, " but methinks not it confers much strength.

More than six feet tall ( about 1. 9 m ), he was also noted for his immense physical strength.

The father of Abu Bakr asked him to for why doesn't he liberate strong and young slaves who could be a source of strength for him, Abu Bakr replied that he was freeing the slaves for the sake of God, and not for his own sake.

In Sparta, Ares was viewed as a masculine soldier in which his resilience, physical strength and military intelligence was unrivaled.