Luftwaffe landing procedure

[ManwithaFineMoustache]

I have read that when landing, American fighter pilots would circle the airfield and land one by one, about every minute or so, did German fighter pilots also do this and if not what was their landing procedure?

[Stovepipe]

For landing fast aircraft, the approaching formation, having made contact by radio some distance from the airfield and get the wind direction and any other local conditions, would set up their approach so that a run-in-and-break would leave the aircraft in the downwind side of the selected runway or wind direction. They would have set themselves up in an echelon formation or even line astern as they approached. As they crossed the centre of the airfield, the leader would break left or right and as he turned would set up his own aircraft for landing (the turn drains energy as he pulls g and the aircraft slows down), puts out his flaps and landing gear and cowling flaps and sets the appropriate engine power and propellor pitch. His wingman is not far behind and would often touch down a few seconds later and as they are clearing off the runway, the next pair are touching down. It's a standard, quick way of getting a formation down. it can all be done with light signals and radio silence, too. For slower aircraft, they would simply land on in turn after getting the OK from the landing controller. Bombers would make a stepped-down approach; ie, descend to 3000 feet above the runway and orbit and let the first four descend to 2000, make one lap of the holding pattern and each four would descend to 1000 and then land in turn. If aircraft were carrying wounded or were damaged, they got priority and landed first, preferably off to one side so as not to block the runway.Healthy aircraft could always divert unless they were short of fuel. Emergency landing grounds were also laid out for aircraft to force land on. Another method was to get the approaching formation to go to a known landmark or a seperately located radio beacon and then continue to the airfield, as they approached and then an observer would alert the airfield via landline, so as to maintain radio silence. The Flak was always alerted and manned, just in case.