The Jagdfliegergeschwader 2 Juri Gagarin was formed October 1952 as a regiment.

Commanders

Leutnant Siegfried Hünig (1 Dec 1953 - 30 Nov 1955)
Oberleutnant Triebel (1 Dec 1955 - 30 Nov 1956)
Major Ewald Kuhn (1 Dec 1956 - 31 Dec 1960)
Major Lätzer (1 Jan 1961 - 1 Oct 1961)
Oberstleutnant Ewald Kühn (1 Oct 1961 - 30 Nov 1964)
Major Johannes Köhler (1 Dec 1964 - 30 Nov 1966)
Hauptmann Peter Irmscher (1 Dec 1966 - 30 Nov 1969)
Oberstleutnant Wolfgang Büttner (1 Dec 1969 - 30 Nov 1972)
Oberst K.-M. Spitzenberg (1 Dec 1972 - 30 Nov 1975)
Oberstleutnant Horst Priese (1 Dec 1975 - 30 Nov 1981)
Major Gunter Harzbecher (1 Dec 1981 - 1 Dec 1987)
Oberstleutnant Robert Finke (1 Dec 1987 - 30 Sep 1990)

Honor titles

It was named after the famous Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968).

Sources used

Klaus Froh & Rüdiger Wenzke - Die Generale und Admirale der NVA
Wilfried Kopenhagen - Die Luftstreitkräfte der NVA

Reference material on this unit

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