The Jagdfliegergeschwader 9 Heinrich Rau was formed October 1954 as 3. Kommando.

Commanders

Hauptmann Horst Richter (? 1954 - ? May 1955)
Hauptmann Helmut Dörl (? 1955 - 24 Sep 1956)
Major Siegfried Haufe (24 Sep 1956 - 23 July 1957)
Hauptmann Günter Schneider (23 July 1957 - 1 Jan 1960)
Hauptmann Heinz Wiese (1 Jan 1960 - 21 Aug 1961)
Major Klaus Baarß (1 Aug 1961 - 15 Nov 1961)
Major Güter Schneider (15 Nov 1961 - 1 Sep 1963)
Major Roland Ullmann (1 Sep 1963 - 1 June 1964)
Major Johannes Köhler (1 June 1964 - 30 Oct 1964)
Major Günter Schmidt (31 Oct 1964 - 13 Aug 1965)
Oberstleutnant Klaus Baarß (13 Aug 1965 - 25 Aug 1968)
Hauptmann Rolf Berger (25 Aug 1968 - 13 Nov 1973)
Oberstleutnant Gerhard Fiß (13 Nov 1973 - 19 Nov 1977)
Oberstleutnant Klaus Zimmermann (19 Nov 1977 - 1 Dec 1978)
Oberstleutnant Wolfgang Pätz (1 Dec 1978 - 30 Apr 1981)
Major Gerd Gyurkovitz (1 May 1981 - 7 Mar 1985)
Oberst Ralf Wukasch (7 Mar 1985 - 30 Oct 1989)
Oberstleutnant Wolfharry Dietze (30 Oct 1989 - 30 Sep 1990)

Honor titles

It was named after Heinrich Rau (1899-1961), a leading politician in the SED.

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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