''Schlachtgeschwader'' 10 (SG 10) was a

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. The Geschwader was formed on 18 October 1943 in

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Schnellkampfgeschwader 10 ''Schnellkampfgeschwader'' 10 (SKG 10) was a Luftwaffe fast bomber wing of the Second World War. The unit was initially created with three ''Gruppen'' (groups) in December 1942 at Saint-André-de-l'Eure Airport and augmented by a fourth group on ...

. I. ''Gruppe'' (I./SG 10) formed from I./Schnellkampfgeschwader 2, II. Gruppe (II./SG 10) from IV./Schnellkampfgeschwader 10 and III. Gruppe (III./SG 10) from II./

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.de Zeng & Stankey, pp. 290–291, 293, 295

Commanding officers

*Oberstleutnant

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, December 1943 – July 1944 *Oberstleutnant Georg Jakob, 30 January 1945 – 8 May 1945

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