Kampfgeschwader 200 was a German Luftwaffe special operations unit during World War II. The unit carried out especially difficult bombing and transport operations and long-distance reconnaissance flights, tested new aircraft designs and operated captured aircraft.
The first Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber operated by German forces, in KG 200 markings. It crash-landed near Melun, France, on December 12, 1942, and repaired by Luftwaffe ground staff.[citation needed] It gained a USAAF nickname, "Wulfe Hound"
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engined heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). A fast and high-flying bomber of its era, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater of Operations and dropped more bombs than any other aircraft during World War II. It is the third-most produced bomber of all time, behind the American four-engined Consolidated B-24 Liberator and the German multirole, twin-engined Junkers Ju 88. It was also employed as a transport, antisubmarine aircraft, drone controller, and search-and-rescue aircraft.
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Model 299 NX13372
Crashed Model 299
Boeing Y1B-17 in flight