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Kampfgeschwader 76

Index Kampfgeschwader 76

Kampfgeschwader 76 (KG 76) (Battle Wing) was a Luftwaffe bomber Group during World War II. [1]

63 relations: Adlertag, Air raid on Bari, Arado Ar 234, Battle of Britain Day, Battle of Remagen, Beauvais–Tillé Airport, Bolesław Własnowolski, Bombing of Stalingrad, Châteaudun Air Base, Chièvres Air Base, Copernicus Airport Wrocław, Dietrich Peltz, Dornier Do 17, Ernst Bormann, F1 (disambiguation), Frederick Higginson, George Goodman (RAF officer), German occupation of Norway, Gnevny-class destroyer, Gordon Cleaver, Hansgeorg Bätcher, John Dundas (RAF officer), Junkers Ju 88, Kampfgeschwader 1, Linz Airport, List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1945–49), List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Bn–Bz), List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (E), List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (F), List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (G), List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Ha–Hm), List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (I), List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (L), List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (M), List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (N), List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (R), List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Sa–Schr), List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Schu–Sz), List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves recipients (1942), List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves recipients (1944), List of shipwrecks in May 1944, Ludwig Schulz, Luftflotte 1, Luftflotte 3, Luftwaffe Order of Battle August 1940, No. 401 Squadron RCAF, Operation Bodenplatte, Operation Flax, Operation Paula, Operation Steinbock, ..., Operational history of the Dornier Do 17, Order of Battle for the Leningrad Strategic Defensive Operation, Paddy Finucane, Ray Holmes, Second Battle of Kharkov, Siege of Sevastopol (1941–42), Soviet cruiser Komintern, Soviet evacuation of Tallinn, Stefan Fröhlich (German general), Sturzkampfgeschwader 77, The Hardest Day, Valeria Khomyakova, Walter Storp. Expand index (13 more) »

Adlertag

Adlertag ("Eagle Day") was the first day of Unternehmen Adlerangriff ("Operation Eagle Attack"), which was the codename of a military operation by Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe (German air force) to destroy the British Royal Air Force (RAF).

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Air raid on Bari

The air raid on Bari was an air attack by German bombers on Allied forces and shipping in Bari, Italy on 2 December 1943 during World War II.

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Arado Ar 234

The Arado Ar 234 Blitz (English: lightning) was the world's first operational jet-powered bomber, built by the German Arado company in the closing stages of World War II.

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Battle of Britain Day

Battle of Britain DayMason 1969, p. 386.

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Battle of Remagen

The Battle of Remagen during the Allied invasion of Germany resulted in the unexpected capture of the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine and likely shortened World War II in Europe.

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Beauvais–Tillé Airport

Beauvais–Tillé Airport (Aéroport de Beauvais-Tillé), branded as Paris-Beauvais Airport, is an international airport near the city of Beauvais in the commune of Tillé in France.

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Bolesław Własnowolski

Bolesław Andrzej Własnowolski (29 November 1916 – 1 November 1940) was a Polish flying ace credited with four individual and one shared victories in World War II.

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Bombing of Stalingrad

Stalingrad, a Soviet city and industrial centre on the river Volga, was bombed heavily by the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.

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Châteaudun Air Base

Châteaudun Air Base (Base aérienne 279 Châteaudun) was a French Air Force (Armée de l'Air base, until 1934 and 2014. The base was located approximately southeast of Châteaudun; about southwest of Paris. It is currently an airfield rattached to Orléans – Bricy Air Base. The base is primarily used for aircraft storage and ferrying them to other squadrons of the Air Force. Entrepot de l'Armee de l'Air 601 was assigned to perform this mission. Each French Air Force squadron stores some of its planes for a while thereby artificially prolong the life of the fleet and better material management. The EAA also has the task of storing new aircraft to be used in time of war. To fulfill its mission, the EAA has the Group Maintenance, repair and storage of aircraft (GERS). A SAN Jodel D.140 Mousquetaire training aircraft is assigned to the base for courier duties.

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Chièvres Air Base

Chièvres Air Base is a United States Air Force operated airfield located east southeast of the Walloon town of Chièvres in the province of Hainaut, Belgium and about from Headquarters, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), in Casteau.

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Copernicus Airport Wrocław

Copernicus Airport Wrocław (Port Lotniczy Wrocław im. is an international commercial airport in Wrocław in southwestern Poland. The airport is located southwest of the city centre. It has one runway, two passenger terminals and one cargo terminal.

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Dietrich Peltz

Dietrich Peltz (9 June 1914 – 10 August 2001) was a German World War II Luftwaffe bomber pilot and youngest general of the Wehrmacht.

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Dornier Do 17

The Dornier Do 17, sometimes referred to as the Fliegender Bleistift ("flying pencil"), was a light bomber of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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Ernst Bormann

Ernst Bormann (5 November 1897 – 1 August 1960) was a German World War I Luftstreitkräfte flying ace and a Generalmajor of the Luftwaffe during World War II.

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F1 (disambiguation)

'''F1''' or Formula One is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the FIA.

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Frederick Higginson

Wing Commander Frederick "Taffy" Higginson (17 February 1913 – 12 February 2003), was a fighter ace of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

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George Goodman (RAF officer)

Flying Officer George Ernest Goodman (8 October 1920 – 14 June 1941), sometimes known as Randy or Benny Goodman, was a Royal Air Force flying ace of the Second World War who flew in the Battle of Britain as one of "The Few".

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German occupation of Norway

The German occupation of Norway began on 9 April 1940 after German forces invaded the neutral Scandinavian country of Norway.

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Gnevny-class destroyer

The Gnevny class were a group of destroyers built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1930s – early 1940s.

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Gordon Cleaver

Gordon Neil Spencer 'Mouse' Cleaver, (27 April 1910 – 1994) was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot and flying ace (with 7 confirmed "kills") during the Battle of Britain in the Second World War.

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Hansgeorg Bätcher

Hansgeorg Bätcher (13 January 1914 – 23 April 2003) was a highly decorated bomber pilot in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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John Dundas (RAF officer)

John Charles Dundas, (19 August 1915 – 28 November 1940) was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War credited with 12 victories.

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Junkers Ju 88

The Junkers Ju 88 was a German World War II Luftwaffe twin-engined multirole combat aircraft.

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Kampfgeschwader 1

Kampfgeschwader 1 (KG 1) (Battle Wing 1) was a German medium bomber wing that operated in the Luftwaffe during World War II.

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Linz Airport

Linz Airport (Flughafen Linz) is a primary international airport located near Linz, the third-largest city in Austria.

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List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1945–49)

This is a list of notable accidents and incidents involving military aircraft grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred.

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List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Bn–Bz)

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military of the Third Reich during World War II.

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List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (E)

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (F)

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (G)

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Ha–Hm)

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (I)

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (L)

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (M)

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (N)

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (R)

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military of the Third Reich during World War II.

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List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Sa–Schr)

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Schu–Sz)

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves recipients (1942)

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military of the Third Reich during World War II.

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List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves recipients (1944)

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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List of shipwrecks in May 1944

The list of shipwrecks in May 1944 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1944.

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Ludwig Schulz

Ludwig Schulz (4 August 1896 – 10 December 1966) was a German general during World War II, and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

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Luftflotte 1

Luftflotte 1 (Air Fleet 1) was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II.

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Luftflotte 3

Luftflotte 3 (Air Fleet 3) was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II.

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Luftwaffe Order of Battle August 1940

For its Battle of Britain campaign against Great Britain during World War II, the German Luftwaffe had the following Order of Battle in the West.

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No. 401 Squadron RCAF

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Operation Bodenplatte

Operation Bodenplatte (Baseplate), launched on 1 January 1945, was an attempt by the Luftwaffe to cripple Allied air forces in the Low Countries during the Second World War.

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Operation Flax

Operation Flax was a Western Allied air operation executed during the Tunisia Campaign, as part of the larger North African Campaign of the Second World War.

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Operation Paula

Unternehmen Paula (Undertaking or Operation Paula) is the German codename given for the Second World War Luftwaffe offensive operation to destroy the remaining units of the Armée de l'Air (ALA), or French Air Force during the Battle of France in 1940.

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Operation Steinbock

Baby Blitz or Operation Steinbock (Unternehmen Steinbock) was a strategic bombing campaign by the German air force (the Luftwaffe) during the Second World War.

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Operational history of the Dornier Do 17

In late 1936, the Do 17 E-1 began to be mass-produced.

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Order of Battle for the Leningrad Strategic Defensive Operation

Order of Battle for the Leningrad Strategic Defensive covering the period 10 July to 30 September 1941.

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Paddy Finucane

Wing Commander Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane, (16 October 1920 – 15 July 1942), known as Paddy Finucane amongst his colleagues, was a Second World War Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and flying ace—defined as an aviator credited with five or more enemy aircraft destroyed in aerial combat, and is also noted for being the youngest person to ever become wing leader of a fighter wing.

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Ray Holmes

Raymond Towers "Ray" Holmes (20 August 1914 – 27 June 2005) was a British Royal Air Force fighter pilot during the Second World War.

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Second Battle of Kharkov

The Second Battle of Kharkov or Operation Fredericus was an Axis counter-offensive in the region around Kharkov (now Kharkiv)Kharkov is the Russian language name of the city Kharkiv (Kharkiv the Ukrainian one); both Russian and Ukrainian were official languages in the Soviet Union (Source: & by Routledge) against the Red Army Izium bridgehead offensive conducted 12–28 May 1942, on the Eastern Front during World War II.

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Siege of Sevastopol (1941–42)

The Siege of Sevastopol also known as the Defence of Sevastopol (Оборона Севастополя, transliteration: Oborona Sevastopolya) or the Battle of Sevastopol (German: Schlacht um Sewastopol) was a military battle that took place on the Eastern Front of the Second World War.

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Soviet cruiser Komintern

Komintern was a Soviet light cruiser originally named ''Pamiat' Merkuria'' (Memory of Mercury), a protected cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy.

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Soviet evacuation of Tallinn

The Soviet evacuation of Tallinn, also called Tallinn disaster or Russian Dunkirk, was a Soviet operation to evacuate the 190 ships of the Baltic Fleet, units of the Red Army, and pro-Soviet civilians from the fleet's encircled main base of Tallinn in Soviet-occupied Estonia during August 1941.

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Stefan Fröhlich (German general)

Stefan Fröhlich (7 October 1889 – 2 October 1978) was an Austrian general during World War II.

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Sturzkampfgeschwader 77

Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 (StG 77) was a dive bomber wing in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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The Hardest Day

The Hardest DayBungay 2000, p. 231.

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Valeria Khomyakova

Valeria Dmitrievna Khomyakova (Валерия Дмитриевна Хомякова) (1914 – October 6, 1942) was a Soviet fighter pilot and military officer during World War II.

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Walter Storp

Walter Storp (2 February 1910 – 9 August 1981) was a German bomber pilot and commander of several bomber wings during World War II.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampfgeschwader_76

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