Kampfgeschwader 200
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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 flig
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 was repaired by Luftwaffe ground staff.[citation needed] It gained a USAAF nickname, "Wulfe Hound"
500th SS Parachute Battalion
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The 500th SS-Parachute Battalion was the airborne unit of the Waffen-SS. The idea to form a paratrooper unit within the Waffen-SS allegedly came directly from Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler.
Kampfgeschwader 200
…were listed on II./KG 200's ORBAT (Order of Battle) as the 3rd Staffel. It is possible the paratroopers were actually Waffen SS paratroopers from the 500th SS Parachute Battalion assigned to Kampfgeschwader 200 for this particular mission. In July 1942, and again in the winter of 1943-44, the short-lived Operations Dora and…
Soldiers of the battalion are getting ready for Operation Rösselsprung