{"id":81,"date":"2012-03-13T23:34:19","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T22:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chronicles-of-the-luftwaffe.de\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2018-03-29T15:08:20","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T14:08:20","slug":"kampfflieger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.chronicles-of-the-luftwaffe.de\/?page_id=81","title":{"rendered":"Kampfflieger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The bomber units of the Luftwaffe have been commonly referred to as <em>Kampfflieger<\/em> &#8211; their wings referred to as <em>Kampfgeschwader<\/em>&#8211; literally translated into &#8220;battle wing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong>Chronic<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Locations<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kampfgeschwader 1 &#8220;Hindenburg&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kampfgeschwader 2 &#8220;Holzhammer&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kampfgeschwader 3 &#8220;Blitz&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kampfgeschwader 4 &#8220;General Wever&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kampfgeschwader 6<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kampfgeschwader 26 &#8220;L\u00f6wen&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kampfgeschwader 27 &#8220;Boelcke&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kampfgeschwader 30 &#8220;Adler&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kampfgeschwader 40<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kampfgeschwader 51 &#8220;Edelwei\u00df&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kampfgeschwader 53 &#8220;Legion Condor&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kampfgeschwader 54 &#8220;Totenkopf&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kampfgeschwader 55 &#8220;Greif&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kampfgeschwader 66<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kampfgeschwader 76<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kampfgeschwader 77<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kampfgeschwader 100 &#8220;Wiking&#8221;<\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Kampfgeschwader 100 \u201cWiking\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chronicles-of-the-luftwaffe.de\/?page_id=164\">Here<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kampfgeschwader 200<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<td>Not available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Bibliography<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dierich, Wolfgang (1976)<\/strong>: <em>Die Verb\u00e4nde der Luftwaffe 1935 &#8211; 1945<\/em> &#8211; Motorbuchverlag &#8211; ISBN: 3-87943-437-9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bomber units of the Luftwaffe have been commonly referred to as Kampfflieger &#8211; their wings referred to as Kampfgeschwader&#8211; literally translated into &#8220;battle wing&#8221;. 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