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Jagdgeschwader 301 (JG 301) was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II. The order to form JG 301 was issued on 26 September 1943 and formed on 1 October 1943 in Neubiberg with Stab and three Gruppen (groups). II/JG 7 was attached to IV./JG 301 on 24 November 1944. There were usually 4 staffels (squadrons) for each Gruppe.

The Gruppenkommandeure from 24 Nov 1944 was Hauptmann Wilfrid Schmitz. He had previously been awarded the Knight's Cross of the iron Cross. On 4 Feb 1945, he was shot down and killed by Soviet anti-aircraft fire during a low level attack on the Polish side of the Oder opposite Eisenhüttenstadt.