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) as a "Wilde Sau" (wild boar) single-seat night fighter unit.

JG 301's first Geschwaderkommodore, Oberstleutnant Helmut Weinrich was killed on the night of 18/19 November 1943.

Weinrich, a Knight's Cross recipient while serving with Kampfgeschwader 30, crashed after his engine exploded during the landing approach to Frankfurt-Rhein-Main.

He shot down a bomber, but his Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-5 sustained heavy damage from return fire.

[2] Elements of JG 301 then joined defences around the vital oil installations at Ploiești in Romania.

On 24 April 1944, I./JG 301 attacked elements of a United States Army Air Force (USAAF) bomber formation near Munich, downing 4 B-17s.

Eight P-51s of the escorting 355th Fighter Group immediately engaged JG 301 in a running battle.

The Gruppenkommandeur Major Walter Bredensbach was badly wounded and crash landed his Bf 109 at Holzkirchen airfield.

The German fighters claimed 10 heavies and 4 escorts in return, with 10./ JG 301's Fw.

On 6 June 1944 570 bombers, with fighter escort hit the Belgrade marshalling yard and Turnu-Severin canal installations, while B-24s attacked the Ploiești refineries and the marshalling yard at Brașov.

In the early hours of 21 July Lt. Horst Prenzel (Staffelkapitan 1./JG 301) landed his Bf 109G-6 at RAF Manston by mistake after a 'Wilde Sau' sortie over the invasion area.

The same night Fw Manfred Gromil of 1./JG 301 belly landed his G-6 at Manston, due to lack of fuel.

On 26 November 1944 JG 301 intercepted three USAAF B-24 bomber formations strung out on a 40-mile front due to a navigation error, around Misburg.

The 491st Bombardment Group lost 15 B-24's to JG 301's Fw 190 A-8s before the P-51 escort fighters could intervene.

JG 301 claimed some 58 bombers shot down; Oberfeldwebel Hans Müller (2.

The USAAF escort fighters of the 355th and 339th Fighter Groups and the 2nd Scouting Force claimed 53 victories for JG 301's worst single day loss in the war, with some 38 pilots of the unit being killed or wounded and 51 Fw 190s lost in action or written off.

In early March 1945 Stab./JG 301 became the first unit to receive the Focke-Wulf Ta 152, with an operational brief to provide top cover for the Jagdwaffe airfields in the area.

Encountering fighters on several occasions, the Schwarm lost only two pilots, but shot down at least 9 aircraft.