Kampfgeschwader 26 (KG 26) "Löwengeschwader" (in English Bomber Wing 26 aka "Lions' Wing" by virtue of its insignia) was a German air force Luftwaffe...
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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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afterward, bomb damage that she had received from a heavy air raid by Kampfgeschwader 26[citation needed] at Scapa Flow on 16 March 1940 forced her into yet...
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15 September 1940. Kampfgeschwader 26 (KG 26) September 1940 – February 1941 Heinkel He 111H (Fuselage Code: 1H+) Kampfgeschwader 77 (KG 77) 3–22 March...
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J.M Dent and Sons Ltd. 1980. ISBN 0-460-04370-6 Dierich, Wolfgang. Kampfgeschwader "Edelweiss": The history of a German bomber unit, 1935–45. Allan; London...
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Navy Home Fleet. Luftwaffe anti-shipping aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 26 (KG 26) and Kampfgeschwader 30 (KG 30) operated intermittently from Norwegian airfields...
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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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Grauert, Commanding: I./ Kampfgeschwader 1, II./ Kampfgeschwader 26, Kampfgeschwader 27, I./ Kampfgeschwader 53, I./ Kampfgeschwader 152, Sturzkampfgeschwader...
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X to ask if destroyers were at sea but the reply came too late; a Kampfgeschwader 26 bomber attacked the destroyers. An inquiry exonerated the bomber crew...
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I and II./Kampfgeschwader 53 (KG 53) (from Lille) and I and II./Kampfgeschwader 26 (from Wevelghem and Gilze en Rijen) took off to target the West India...
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Harlinghausen was simultaneously appointed Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 26 and Bevollmächtigter for das Lufttorpedowesen (Plenipotentiary for...
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Scherzer as pilot in the I./Kampfgeschwader 51. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 14./Füsilier-Regiment 26. According to Scherzer...
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Cross on 28 March 1945 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Kampfgeschwader 26 The Surreal Reich, By Joseph Howard Tyson, page 205 Hitler's Jewish...
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targeted. On the night of 13/14 November, 77 He 111s of Kampfgeschwader 26 (26th Bomber Wing, or KG 26) bombed London while 63 from KG 55 hit Birmingham. The...
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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 World...
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Kampfgeschwader 55 "Greif" (KG 55 or Battle Wing 55) was a Luftwaffe bomber unit during World War II. KG 55 was one of the longest serving and well-known...
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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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Messerschmitt Bf 109E Kampfgeschwader 27 (KG 27) – 27 July 1940 – April 1941 – Heinkel He 111P/H (Fuselage Code 1G+) Kampfgeschwader 26 (KG 26) – 26 April – June...
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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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Lüneburg III. Gruppe Heinkel He 111 Kampfgeschwader 26 Varel Stab, and I. Gruppe Heinkel He 111 Kampfgeschwader 26 Marx II. Gruppe Heinkel He 111 KGr100...
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military honor guard. German Cross in Gold on 11 May 1942 as Oberst with Kampfgeschwader 26 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 30 December 1942 as Oberst and...
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/Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Regiment 1. According to Scherzer as pilot in the 6./Kampfgeschwader 51. According to Scherzer as Staffelkapitän in the 8./Sturzkampfgeschwader...
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assembled six Kampfgruppen (Bomber Groups) originating from six different Kampfgeschwader (Bomber Wings): KG 51 Edelweiß, KG 76, KG 100, and III.Gruppe/LG 1...
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'Kampfgeschwader' 27 Boelcke was a Luftwaffe medium bomber wing of World War II. Formed in May 1939, KG 27 first saw action in the German invasion of...
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Leutnant (war officer). According to Scherzer as observer in the 8./Kampfgeschwader 26. According to Scherzer as machine gunner in the 4./Grenadier-Regiment...
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in additional troops. Two Heinkel He 111 aircraft of II Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe, were dispatched from Crete to find and destroy the troop...
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October 1941 as Major and Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Kampfgeschwader 26 Kaiser 2011, p. 26. Remp 2000, pp. 54–55. Dezusche Digitale Bibliothek, Archivportal...
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1/VI Ratingen-Düsseldorf. According to Scherzer as pilot in the 1./Kampfgeschwader 26. According to Scherzer as group leader in the 1./Infanterie-Regiment...
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Mediterranean Sea by 23 German Ju 88 bombers of III./Kampfgeschwader 26, I. and III./Kampfgeschwader 77. One aerial torpedo struck the Paul Hamilton and...
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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...
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