Organisation of KG 200

Organisation of KG 200: 21 February 1944 – 8 January 1945

I. Structure of KG 200 (21.02.44)
			= Geschwaderstab

			= Gruppenstab

			= Aerodrome Servicing Company


Training & Replacement Staffel for Total u. Reichenbach	Kdo. Schäfer Ground operations without aircraft	Total Fw 190	Kochgerät (Anti-shipping) He 111, Go 242



Training & Replacement Staffel (all a/c types of I./200)	Short-range operations He 111	Long-range operations B-17, B-24, Ju 290, Ju 252

II. Structure of KG 200 (01.11.44)




As hitherto	Absorbed into Fsch. Jg. Rgt. z.b.V.	Einhorn Staffel Fw 190 BT (Anti-shipping, Villafranca)	Disbanded



As hitherto Additionally Kdo. Carmen (Bergamo) Kdo. Clara (Wiener-N.) Seekdo. (Bug-auf-Rügen) (Do 24)	} Ju 188 short- and } long-range operations	As hitherto	As hitherto

III. New structure of KG 200 (from 06.11.44)
			Gatow (transfer to Boitzenburg scheduled for beginning of December)


Versuchskommando KG 200 Garz (Hitherto Testing & Replacement Staffel FK, 5. FK Servicing Company; Winding-up Kdo. of E.Kdo. 36)

(Hitherto 4. St. II./200) München-Wien	(Hitherto Tow-testing Staffel of LLG 1) Erprobungs St. (LS) He 111 Z, Ju 52, Go 242, DFS 230	(Formed from the 2. & 4. Staffeln of II./200) School Staffel (All aircraft types) Dedelstorf	(Hitherto 2. St. II./200) Einhornstaffel Fw 190 (BT) (Anti-shipping) Villafranca

(scheduled from I./SG 5)
	Burg


Industry Staffel	Replacement & Training Staffel Kolberg	Mistel Bf 109 Burg	(Illuminators) Ju 88 Burg
	—————————— Hitherto III./KG 66 ——————————
	Finnow


(Hitherto 3. Staffel) Training & Replacement Staffel with outposted Kommandos [Kdo. Carmen (Bergamo) Kdo. Clara (Wiener-N.) Ju 188 short- and long- range operations] All a/c types of I./200 Finow	(Hitherto See Kdo. Bug) Maritime operations Do 24 Bug-auf-Rügen	(As hitherto) Short-range operations He 111 Grieslienen	(As hitherto) Long-range operations B-17, B-24, Ju 290, Ju 252 Finnow

	8 January 1945
I./SG 5 becomes Stab, 9., 10. & 11./KG 200 13./KG 200 incorporated into III./KG 200

NOTES:

The successive organisational structures are translated from a document held at the Bundesarchiv–Militärarchiv, Freiburg: RL 2-III/1822, »Kampgeschwader 200.- Gliederungen, Febr. und Nov. 1944«. Unlike the file to which it was originally attached (RL 2-III/64) this has not yet been digitised.

The unit symbols and the descending order of Gruppen and Staffeln are as per the original.

The changes of 8 January 1945 are from separate documents also at Freiburg.

BT = Bombentorpedo

FBK = Fliegerhorstbetriebskompanie (Aerodrome Servicing Company)

FK = Fernlenkkörper (guided weapons)

Kochgerät = glider-deployed explosive motor cataraman

LS = Lastensegler (cargo glider)

Reichenbachgerät = piloted V-1

Total = self-sacrifice (suicide) operations

"München-Wien" is as per the original and is probably an error for München-Riem.

"Wiener-N." is Wiener-Neustadt.

"Finnow" is as per the original and is an error for Finow.

An document of 29 February 1944 (BA-MA RL 2-III/58) states that the 4. Staffel of the II. Gruppe is not to be set up immediately but will be the subject of a separate order.

Despite what is said here, Einhorn never operated in an anti-shipping role.