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    Watch) Border Patrol Führungsstab z.b.V.: (Leadership staff); zur besonderen Verwendung (for special purpose) a Headquarters unit created for a specific...
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    equivalent to a Royal Air Force Group. KG = Kampfgeschwader = Bombers. KG zbV = Kampfgeschwader zur besonderen Verwendung = Transport aircraft, later TG. NAGr...
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    personnel from Transportfliegergruppe 10, the former Kampfgruppe zur besonderen Verwendung 5 (KGr. z.b.v. 5, Fighting Group for Special Use). II./KG 55 was...
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  • 1942 he served as an officer for special assignments (Offizier zur besonderen Verwendung) of the RLM and Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe. In this period...
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  • and each visit was under 30 minutes. EG z.b. V. – Einsatzgruppe zur besonderen Verwendung – SS Special Purpose Operational Group. Ehrendolch – literally...
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    as Staffelkapitän of the 10.(S)/Lehrgeschwader 2. According to Scherzer as Oberstleutnant zur Verwendung (for disposition). According to Scherzer as pilot...
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    even in 1943, transport units were described as Kampfgeschwadern zur besonderen Verwendung (Bomber Units on Special Duties, KGzbV). and only grouping them...
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  • the beginning of World War ΙΙ, Müller was posted to Kampfgruppe zur besonderen Verwendung 172 (KGr.z.b.V. 172—Fighting Group for Special Use) as a transport...
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    1943. These units were previously designated KG zbV (Kampfgeschwader zur besonderen Verwendung or "combat Geschwader for special purposes"). Kampfschulgeschwader...
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    the enemy forces. Richthofen commanded Fliegerführer z.b.V. (zur besonderen Verwendung—for special deployment) during the invasion of Poland, which began...
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    the office General for Special Assignments or Purposes (General zur besonderen Verwendung) was created to combine all inspectorates in September 1939 and...
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