Zirkus Rosarius (also known as the Wanderzirkus Rosarius) was an Erprobungskommando-style special test unit of the Luftwaffe, specifically of the Luftwaffe...
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Erprobungskommando (section Zirkus Rosarius)
unit was named), November 1944 – January 1945 Zirkus Rosarius (also known as the Wanderzirkus Rosarius) was an Erprobungskommando-style special test unit...
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German equivalent to RAE Farnborough, and later served as T9+GK with "Zirkus Rosarius". EJ956 overturned and was written off during a forced landing near...
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These aircraft were subsequently repaired and test-flown by the Zirkus Rosarius, or Rosarius Staffel, the official Erprobungskommando of the Luftwaffe High...
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joined Zirkus Rosarius, marked T9+EK. Spitfire LF 1XC, MK698, of No.412 Sqn force-landed near Wachtendonk (Krefeld) on 5 December 1944. It joined Zirkus Rosarius...
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in a stolen F-5E Lightning, which was handed over to the Luftwaffe Zirkus Rosarius for testing afterward. Robin Olds was the last P-38 ace in the 8th...
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into a modest DACT role. The Germans created a unit known as "Touring Zirkus Rosarius" with captured P-51s, P-47s etc. that visited fighter bases and even...
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Europe No. 1426 Flight RAF, RAF unit that flew captured German aircraft Zirkus Rosarius, German unit that test-flew captured Allied aircraft Ruse of war The...
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occasions captured Allied aircraft (most notably with KG 200 and the Zirkus Rosarius units respectively), with the ErpGr and EKdo units using a number matching...
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tail markings of the French examples. At least one was used by the Zirkus Rosarius to familiarize German aircrew with the handling of American aircraft...
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displayed at the Royal Air Force Museum London. Kampfgeschwader 200 Zirkus Rosarius, the Luftwaffe unit that test-flew captured Allied aircraft. Allied...
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sent to a prisoner-of-war camp. His aircraft was handed over to the Zirkus Rosarius, the Luftwaffe unit that tested Allied aircraft that were captured...
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the Royal Navy No. 10 Squadron RCN, Royal Canadian Naval Air Service Zirkus Rosarius, one of the Luftwaffe's wartime experimental and research squadrons...
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Air Force Groupe de Reconnaissance 2/33 operated the F-5G Luftwaffe Zirkus Rosarius operated a few captured aircraft. Honduran Air Force Honduras received...
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Development Unit (Royal Navy) No. 1426 Flight RAF Operation Lusty Zirkus Rosarius Trojan, David. "Technical Air Intelligence: Wreck Chasing in the Pacific...
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