Jagdgeschwader 6

Jagdgeschwader 6
Active	Late July 1944 – 8 May 1945[1]
Country	Nazi Germany
Allegiance	Axis powers
Branch	Air Force
Type	Fighter Aircraft
Role	Air superiority Offensive counter air Fighter-bomber
Size	Air Force Wing
Nickname(s)	Horst Wessel
Patron	Horst Wessel
Battle honours	World War II
Commanders
Notable commanders	Gerhard Barkhorn Gerhard Schöpfel

Jagdgeschwader 6 (JG 6) Horst Wessel was a Luftwaffe fighter wing during World War II. Created late in the war as one of the last Jagdgeschwader, JG 6 fought on the Western and Eastern Fronts and in the Defence of the Reich over Germany. This period of the air war was characterised by few successes and heavy losses among the German fighter arm.