68. FLUGBUCH - STALINGRAD Content - Kampfgruppe z.b.V. 20 - KG 53
Named to Ludwig Pallier. He was an aircrew with Kampfgruppe z.b.V. 20 and later KG 53 "Legion Condor." Many combat entries.
Kampfgruppe z.b.V. 20 - Formed the last week of November 1942, possibly at Zichenau (Ciechanów)/78 km NNW of Warsaw, as a provisional transport unit for employment in the Stalingrad airlift operation. Initially equipped with 54 He 111s collected from various schools and other units in Germany. At least one source states that it was planned to use it as a glider tow Gruppe, but in practice it was used mainly as a conventional transport unit.
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