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    Kampfgeschwader 100 (KG 100) was a Luftwaffe medium and heavy bomber wing of World War II and the first military aviation unit to use a precision-guided...
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  • Kampfgeschwader 200 (KG 200) ("[Air] Combat Squadron 200") was a German Luftwaffe special operations unit during World War II. The unit carried out especially...
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    greatly expanded Kampfgeschwader 100, becoming I.Gruppe/KG 100. The distinguishing alphanumeric Geschwaderkennung code for both KGr 100 and its later wing-sized...
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    the Strait of Bonifacio, Dornier Do 217s of the German Luftwaffe's Kampfgeschwader 100—armed with Fritz X radio-controlled bombs—sighted the force. The...
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    these weapons, primarily (Gruppen II and III of Kampfgeschwader 100 and Gruppe II of Kampfgeschwader 40). American, British and Canadian scientists also...
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    (groups) of Kampfgeschwader 30, one from Kampfgeschwader 54, and Kampfgeschwader 76 to Luftflotte 3. II./Kampfgeschwader 6, I./Kampfgeschwader 100 and I./Kampfgeschwader...
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    (100 ft) radius (other sources say 60% hits within 4.6 metre radius). The only Luftwaffe unit to deploy the Fritz X was Gruppe III of Kampfgeschwader 100...
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  • Kampfgeschwader 51 "Edelweiss" (KG 51) (Battle Wing 51) was a Luftwaffe bomber wing during World War II. The unit began forming in May 1939 and completed...
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    Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever" (KG 4) (Battle Wing 4) was a Luftwaffe bomber wing during World War II. The unit was formed in May 1939. The unit operated...
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    Nachtjagdgeschwader 6 Nachtjagdgeschwader 100 Kampfgeschwader 2 Kampfgeschwader 6 Kampfgeschwader 40 Kampfgeschwader 100 Kampfgeschwader 200  Italy Regia Aeronautica...
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    for restoration. The aircraft was formerly assigned to 1. Staffel/Kampfgeschwader 100, and was abandoned when the lake's surface ice began to melt, sometime...
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    By that time, the Germans had also used Dornier Do 217s of Kampfgeschwader 100 (KG 100), with their novel Henschel Hs 293 radio-controlled missile,...
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    Fernkampfgeschwader 50 Kampfgeschwader 1 Kampfgeschwader 4 Kampfgeschwader 10 Kampfgeschwader 40 Kampfgeschwader 100 Kampfgeschwader 200 Flugzeugführerschule...
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    guided ordnance Henschel Hs 294 – further development of the Hs 293 Kampfgeschwader 100, the pioneering PGM-deployment bomber wing of the Luftwaffe On 28...
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    (Bomber Groups) originating from six different Kampfgeschwader (Bomber Wings): KG 51 Edelweiß, KG 76, KG 100, and III.Gruppe/LG 1 specialist training wing...
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    Kampfgeschwader 40 (KG 40) was a Luftwaffe medium and heavy bomber wing of World War II, and the primary maritime patrol unit of any size within the Luftwaffe...
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    damaging in October 1940 the RMS Empress of Britain. In 1943, he led Kampfgeschwader 100 in the attacks on the Italian battleship Roma, the British battleship...
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    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...
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  • August, Silver in September, and Gold in November. In early 1942, Kampfgeschwader 100 was conducting maritime attacks against Soviet naval targets in the...
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    Luftflotte 2 (Air Fleet 2). Subordinate to Fliegerkorps II were seven Kampfgeschwader (Bomber Wings). Several Jagdgeschwader (Fighter Wings) were also available...
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  • mid-December 1941, be renamed I.Gruppe/Kampfgeschwader 100, as the basis for a new Luftwaffe bomber wing or Kampfgeschwader (battle formation) that bore the...
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    Kampfgeschwader 54 "Totenkopf" (German pronunciation: [kampfɡəʃvaːdɐ fiːɐ ʊntfʏnftsɪç], KG 54) was a Luftwaffe bomber wing during World War II. It served...
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    Rombaken fjord. She was attacked by a Heinkel He 111 bomber from Kampfgeschwader 100 (piloted by Lt. Korthals). Grom was hit by two bombs and sank after...
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    assault rifle (StG 44) by Hugo Schmeisser 1943: First aviation unit (Kampfgeschwader 100) to use precision-guided munition 1944: First operational cruise...
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    Kampfgeschwader 76 (KG 76) (Battle Wing) was a Luftwaffe bomber Group during World War II. It was one of the few bomber groups that operated throughout...
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  • August 25 – A Luftwaffe aircraft, a Dornier Do 217 of II.Gruppe/Kampfgeschwader 100 scores the first hit on a target in history using a guided missile...
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  • and sunk at Novorossiysk by Junkers Ju 87 aircraft of I Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 100, Luftwaffe. Churnomor  Soviet Navy World War II: The tug was bombed...
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    operator in the 14.(Eisenbahnbekämpfungsstaffel/Nachtkampftauglich)/Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke". According to Scherzer as chief of the 2./SS-Kradschützen-Bataillon...
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    According to Scherzer as pilot in the II./Kampfgeschwader 2. According to Scherzer as pilot in the II./Kampfgeschwader 76. No evidence of the award can be found...
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    According to Scherzer on 19 June 1940 as Staffelkapitän of the 3./Kampfgeschwader 30. According to Scherzer as Oberleutnant and adjutant of the I./Sturzkampfgeschwader...
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