"II. (J)/186 arrived in Norway early June from Dunkirk. Still commanded by Hauptmann Heinrich Seeliger, this Gruppe was intended to bolster the coastal defences between Oslo and Trondheim. It was during the Gruppe´s eight-week sojourn in Norway, that work on the Kriegsmarine´s only aircraft carrier, the Graf Zeppelin, which had begun as long ago as 1935, was drastically slowed due to further production difficulties. It was now tacitly ackowledged that II.(J)/186, formed back in 1938 as the Jagdgruppe spesifically intended for service aboard the vessel, faced continuing uncertainty about its future deployment. The decision was therefore taken to incorporate it into the Jagdgeschwader 77."

From Scandinavia Sideshow 1940-45 by Osprey

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