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335:. From 4–11 September rail targets were again bombed. Troop concentrations became the main targets after this until the end of the fighting in Poland. Stab./ KG 2 and II. KG 2 also operated in support of I. Gruppe. Altogether, the three Grupen had contributed 84 Dornier Do 17Z aircraft to the campaign.
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on the
Eastern Front in 1941 indicate three Do 17s lost in June, a further nine lost in July, nine in August, a single Dornier destroyed on the ground in September, three Do 17s in October, for a total of 24 lost in aerial combat and one on the ground. I./KG 2 lost 13 Do 17s destroyed and 12 damaged
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By 7 September, the strength of I./KG 2 had fallen to 19 machines, with only 12 operational. II./KG 2 began operations over
Britain with 35 Do 17s, 31 operational. By 7 September this had fallen to 30 and 20 respectively. III./KG 2 succeeded in replacing most of its losses; the number employed on 13
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attacking ground and naval targets. On 20 May 1941 the unit claimed many Allied ships sunk north of Crete. It reported the loss of 6 Do 17s and 7 damaged. II. Gruppe did not take part. III. Gruppe participated with 30 Do 17s, 29 operational. It reported losses of 6 aircraft shot down and 5 damaged
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had issued orders for bombers to abandon missions if their escorts did not show up. But some Bf 109s from
Erprobungsgruppe had not received the order either and Fink failed to turn back as he was not disobeying the directive. The return would take KG 2 across No. 11 Group's territory, which would
474:. The weather was poor and German ground controllers ordered the fighters back to base. The message did not get through to II. and III./KG 2. Huth tried to signal them by flying in front of them and performing aerobatics. Fink ignored him and flew on. He flew around the coast to his target:
711:. On 2 July 1942 it could muster 37 Do 217s and 2 Do 17s. On the night of the 4/5 July 1942 it flew its first mission over the United Kingdom with Do 217s. Over the period 4 July – 31 December 1941 the unit lost 18 Do 217s. In August 1942 the unit lost 7 Do 217s during the
446:, on 10 July 1940 – the day usually considered to be the beginning of the Battle of Britain. In an attack on Convoy "Bread", KG 2 sank two ships and one 700-ton sloop and damaged four RAF fighters. In return three Do 17s were lost and three damaged, along with three
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III./KG 2 was withdrawn to
Germany in July 1944 after combat operations over the Normandy beachheads. It was ordered dissolved on 16 September 1944, but it was not carried out. In October the Gruppe retrained as a night fighter unit flying the
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October – December 1943. It used its new aircraft to bomb British cities and ports containing the Allied invasion fleets. II./KG 2 continued strategic and anti-shipping strikes until, owing to lack of resources, was dissolved at
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and along the
British east coast. This action continued until May 1944. By that time the Gruppe had struck at ports along the southern British coast which contained the Allied invasion fleets that were to launch the
412:. It assisted in all the major operations of the French Campaign. III./KG 2 supported the other two Gruppen with 36 Do 17s, with 30 serviceable. The worst day of the western campaign for KG 2 was 27 May, when Major
249:. Broken down further, for the duration of the war KG 2 lost 1,228 killed, 688 missing, 656 wounded and with 214 captured, for a total of 2,786 in both combat and non-combat operations.
774:. The unit was renamed V./NJG 2 on 1 December 1944. Such training was abandoned in March 1945. I./KG 2 was disbanded officially on 3 October 1944 after combat operations over France.
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on 6 June 1944. II./KG 2 had supported I./KG 2 from
December 1942 – September 1943. It was withdrawn to Germany owing to "very heavy losses". During that time, the
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in a night bomber and occasional night intruder role over the UK. The gruppe lost its first Me 410 on the night of 13–14 July 1943 when Fw
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237:. During the course of the Second World War KG 2 lost 767 aircraft destroyed and 158 damaged. According to H.L. de Zeng at al, it suffered 1,908 personnel
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Britain, KG 2 lost 65 of 88 crews in April – September 1942. On four raids (27–31 July) it lost 27 aircraft.
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3. With air superiority and no air opposition, Dornier Do 17s of III./KG 2 destroyed columns of Soviet infantry. With help from other units, the
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misjudging the bearing or route of the raid, the RAF failed to prevent the target being attacked. On the return journey
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were killed after being shot down by future 'ace' F/L N Bunting in a
Mosquito night fighter of No. 85 Squadron.
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in 22 June – 31 October 1941. The Dornier's most notable action on the Eastern front occurred on 23–24 June at
276:. The unit spent most of the summer training and recruiting personnel from the flight schools in night flying.
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Johannes Fink to attack targets in southern Britain. They were to be escorted by Bf 110s from ZG 26 led by
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I. Gruppe committed 29 Do 17s with 28 operational. It participated in the bombing of Belgrade, the
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and 6th Cavalry Corps were routed. For his unit's particular effectiveness, Hauptmann
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managed to intercept, shooting down five Do 17s. KG 2 claimed destroyed ten
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1294:] (in German). Vol. Two. Koblenz, Germany: Bernard & Graefe.
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II./KG 2 committed 36 Do 17s (28 operational) to the western campaign in
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The above list has major contradictions with Ulf Balke's history of KG 2
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1757:Military units and formations established in 1939
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530:". It continued to strike at targets during the
260:/.KG 2 and I./KG 2 were formed on 1 May 1939 at
1314:Barbarossa - The Air Battle: July–December 1941
442:took part in the first large dogfight over the
660:, II./KG 2 operated from various bases in the
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701:In July 1941 II. Gruppe were attached to
289:On 25 August the unit was transferred to
1376:Hough, Richard; Richards, Denis (2007).
1752:Bomber wings of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945
632:destroyed 105 Soviet tanks. The Soviet
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97:Tactical and Direct Ground Support.
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698:(also known as the Channel Dash).
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1338:. London, UK: Aurum Press.
272:. The crews converted onto
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688:plan in support of the
450:destroyed and a single
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472:Joachim-Friedrich Huth
166:Battle of the Atlantic
638:11th Mechanised Corps
528:Battle of Britain Day
505:Supermarine Spitfires
448:Messerschmitt Bf 110s
1359:Ian Allan Publishing
748:Messerschmitt Me 410
682:Operation Donnerkeil
583:Operation Barbarossa
501:No. 151 Squadron RAF
497:No. 111 Squadron RAF
454:, with two damaged.
452:Messerschmitt Bf 109
158:Operation Barbarossa
1310:Bergström, Christer
1286:Balke, Ulf (1990).
1024:, pp. 524–525.
945:Rudolf Hallensleben
778:Commanding officers
734:Geschwaderkommodore
493:No. 74 Squadron RAF
463:Geschwaderkommodore
375:battle of 12–14 May
361:'s crossing of the
359:German Army Group A
174:Operation Steinbock
113:Holzhammer (wooden
1208:, pp. 28, 33.
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357:I./KG 2 supported
329:German Fourth Army
295:Invasion of Poland
285:Invasion of Poland
170:Battle of Normandy
126:Invasion of Poland
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1368:978-1-85780-279-5
1345:978-1-85410-721-3
1323:978-1-85780-270-2
1301:978-3-7637-5884-5
1244:, pp. 28–29.
1036:, pp. 23–24.
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593:Army Group Centre
484:Albert Kesselring
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676:attacks on the
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