"Naming convention for German carrier squadrons? " Topic
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| 4th Cuirassier | 10 Nov 2018 7:08 a.m. PST |
Does anyone know what the unit names of German carrier squadrons were intended to be? Eg were they going to be KG200 or whatever? Also, was there more than Bordfliegergruppe? I am aware of BfG196 but we're there others? Also, was the 196 a reference to the Arado 196 it operated or is that a coincidence? |
| slugbalancer | 11 Nov 2018 9:01 a.m. PST |
"The carrier's air complement initially consisted of a single dive bomber Staffel, 4.(St.)/186 (T), and two fighter Staffeln, 5.(J) and 6.(J)/186 (T)" From here…
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| BuckeyeBob | 11 Nov 2018 12:02 p.m. PST |
Prior to construction being stopped in 1940, it was envisioned that there would be 1 staffel each of fighters, dive bombers and torpedo planes. The latter being the
Fi 167 of which 10 pre-production planes were built.
When construction restarted in 1942 the air complement was to be as Slugbalancer states. |
| Kiwi Red One | 11 Nov 2018 11:39 p.m. PST |
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