approximately 1,176 from modified Heinkel He 111 H-22s of the Luftwaffe's Kampfgeschwader 3 (3rd Bomber Wing, the so-called "Blitz Wing") flying over the North...

when a series of Junkers Ju 88 units, Kampfgeschwader 6 (KG 6); Kampfgeschwader 30 (KG 30), and Kampfgeschwader 76 (KG 76) arrived in June and July. The...

Kampfgeschwader 2 Holzhammer (Wooden mallet), Kampfgeschwader 3 Blitz (Lightning), Kampfgeschwader 76 and Kampfgeschwader 77". The upgrades of the Z-2...

Germany's cultural tradition. Contents:  Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z List of abbreviations and acronyms See also References...

Knight's Cross recipients whose last name starts in the range of "X" to "Z". Veit Scherzer has challenged the validity of 2 of these listings. The recipients...

escort missions from bases in France. V./Kampfgeschwader 40 was specifically formed to operate the C-6. The aircraft of V./KG 40 (which was redesignated I...

mass-produced. The first Luftwaffe units to receive the bomber were Kampfgeschwader 153 (KG 153), and KG 155. Aufklärungsgruppe (F)/122, a reconnaissance...

(groups) of Kampfgeschwader 30, one from Kampfgeschwader 54, and Kampfgeschwader 76 to Luftflotte 3. II./Kampfgeschwader 6, I./Kampfgeschwader 100 and I...

evaluated many Luftwaffe aircraft. Among them was an He 111H-1 of Kampfgeschwader 26 Löwengeschwader (Lions Wing) which was forced to land at the Firth...

Nachtjagdgeschwader 6 Nachtjagdgeschwader 100 Kampfgeschwader 2 Kampfgeschwader 6 Kampfgeschwader 40 Kampfgeschwader 100 Kampfgeschwader 200  Italy Regia Aeronautica (Italian...

September 1944. According to Scherzer on 7 April 1944 as pilot in the III.Kampfgeschwader 3. According to Scherzer as pilot in the I./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1...

Eprobungsstaffel (test squadron) Kampfgeschwader 30. According to Scherzer as Staffelkapitän in the III./Kampfgeschwader 2. According to Scherzer as Unteroffizier...

(destroyer wings) equipped with the Messerschmitt Bf 110 heavy fighters, 11 Kampfgeschwader (bomber wings) equipped mainly with the Heinkel He 111 and the Dornier...

Scherzer as pilot in the III./Kampfgeschwader 2. According to Scherzer as pilot and observer in the I./Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever". According to...

109 D-1. The unit was subordinated to the Stab (headquarters unit) of Kampfgeschwader 2 (JG 2—2nd Bomber Wing). World War II in Europe began on Friday 1...

and Spitfires from 64 Squadron engaged and shot down a Do 17 from Kampfgeschwader 77 (KG 77: Bomber Wing 77) that was approaching RAF Kenley. Twenty...

Dive Bomber Wing) moved on 16 May. Richthofen ordered JG 27 to cover Kampfgeschwader 77 (KG 77—77th Bomber Wing) and Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 (StG 2—2nd Dive...

fresh air raid began at 15:50 by Junkers Ju 88 bomber aircraft from Kampfgeschwader 30. Lancastria was hit by three or possibly four bombs. A number of...

1943: First aviation unit (Kampfgeschwader 100) to use precision-guided munition 1944: First operational cruise missile (V-1 flying bomb) by Robert Lusser...

Leutnant (war officer). According to Scherzer as observer in the 8./Kampfgeschwader 26. According to Scherzer as machine gunner in the 4./Grenadier-Regiment...

the invasion, JG 54 was tasked with escorting German bombers from Kampfgeschwader 1, 76 and 77 (KG 1, KG 76 and KG 77—1st, 76th and 77th Bomber Wing)...

/Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Regiment 1. According to Scherzer as pilot in the 6./Kampfgeschwader 51. According to Scherzer as Staffelkapitän in the 8./Sturzkampfgeschwader...

of 43 Squadron, downs Heinkel He 111, Werke Nummer 3232, 1H+FM, of Kampfgeschwader 26 (KG 26), on a shipping strike, piloted by Hermann Wilms, which crashlands...

KO+XA by KG 200 left Wackersleben to avoid the Soviet advance with 29 Kampfgeschwader 200 personnel aboard for a flight to Bavaria via Braunschweig. About...

river Dniester. That day, Hackl flew an escort fighter mission for Kampfgeschwader 27 (KG 27–27th Bomber Wing), claiming a Polikarpov I-16 fighter aircraft...

transferred to the Flughafenbetriebskompanie (Airport Operation Company) of Kampfgeschwader 254 (KG 254—254th Bomber Wing) to Gütersloh. Initially Schuck was tasked...

8 May to 3 June 1939, he served with 8. Staffel (8th squadron) of Kampfgeschwader 51 (KG 51—51st Bomber Wing). On 26 August 1939, he was put on active...

16 April 1936. From 2 September to 15 October 1936, he served with Kampfgeschwader 253 (KG 253—253rd Bomber Wing) and from 16 October 1936 to 24 February...

third was Major Walter Oesau on 26 October 1941. Kampfgeschwader 253 was later re-designated Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever" (KG 4—4th Bomber Wing). Also...

took off at 09:45 on an escort mission for five Dornier Do 217 from Kampfgeschwader 100 which were on an anti-shipping mission. On this mission, the flight...