• '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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    operator in the 14.(Eisenbahnbekämpfungsstaffel/Nachtkampftauglich)/Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke". According to Scherzer as chief of the 2./SS-Kradschützen-Bataillon...
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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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    /Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Regiment 1. According to Scherzer as pilot in the II./Kampfgeschwader 2. According to Scherzer as Oberleutnant of the Reserves. According...
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    to do so. According to Scherzer as observer in the 14.(Eis/Nord)/Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke". According to Scherzer as commander of Küstenflieger-Gruppe...
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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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    Eprobungsstaffel (test squadron) Kampfgeschwader 30. According to Scherzer as Staffelkapitän in the III./Kampfgeschwader 2. According to Scherzer as Unteroffizier...
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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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    /Aufklärungs-Gruppe des OBdL. According to Scherzer as pilot in the III./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke". According to Fellgiebel his name is spelled Conrad-Oskar...
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    Kampfgeschwader 30 (KG 30) was a Luftwaffe bomber wing during World War II. Formed on 15 November 1939 in Greifswald. I Gruppe formed 1 September, II...
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    /Grenadier-Regiment "Großdeutschland". According to Scherzer as pilot in the I./Kampfgeschwader 51. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 14./Füsilier-Regiment...
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  • Regiment—Gvardeyskiy Istrebitelny Aviatsionny Polk) while protecting bombers from Kampfgeschwader 27 for his 112th victory. In October 1943, Hartmann claimed another 33...
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    Kampfgruppe [Knight's Cross for his services as a pilot in the 3./Kampfgeschwader 3] (Scherzer) Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 November 1944...
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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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    in airfields to the north of Paris, was to attack RAF Kenley. The Kampfgeschwader (bomber wing) could muster 48 Dornier Do 17s and Junkers Ju 88s. The...
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  • Fieseler Storch aircraft with a Luftwaffe fighter pilot from the Kampfgeschwader 27 unit at Eschborn Airbase. The aircraft's engine malfunctioned, 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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    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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  • the III./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke" 336th Oak Leaves on 25 November 1943 as Oberstleutnant and Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"...
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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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    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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    November 1941, Mölders travelled as a passenger in a Heinkel He 111 of Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke" from Crimea to Germany to attend the funeral of his superior...
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    association with the Nazi cause. Nevertheless, Nazi Germany named Kampfgeschwader 27 (Bomber Wing 27) for Boelcke, and Boelcke's barracks, a Luftwaffe barracks...
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    /Grenadier-Regiment 348. According to Scherzer as observer in the III./Kampfgeschwader 26. According to Scherzer on 30 April 1945. According to Scherzer as...
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    Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor" (KG 53; English: Condor Legion) was a Luftwaffe bomber wing during World War II. Its units participated on all of the...
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  •  469. ISBN 1-86176-023-X. "Krebs (1149026)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 27 May 2012. "D/S Mira". Warsailors. Retrieved 9 February 2012. "Murjek". Uboat...
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    and received Kampfgeschwader 27 (Bomber Wing 27, or KG 27), Kampfgeschwader 51 (KG 51), Kampfgeschwader 55 (KG 55) and Kampfgeschwader 76 (KG 76) equipped...
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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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  • the Iron Cross on 24 May 1940 as Oberst and Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader z.b.V. 2 Fellgiebel 2000, p. 129. Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]...
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