[Nick Beale]

Dear Stig and Jaap,

Einhorn is another case of “Stop the Myth” ...

A few responses to what you’ve posted (I’ve been working on Einhorn since 1989):

- NSG 20 was based at Bonn-Hangelar up to Jan 1945

They gradually moved out during January and were gone by the end of the month. There was a Restkommando of 8 (2) Fw 190s there on the evening 15 January for example - see ULTRA BT 2458.

- Moved to Gemersheim until March 45, when it moved to Twente, Zwolle. It finished the war at Delmenhorst

I don't think so (see below).

- First, Sonderstaffel was subordinated to NSG 20

It was only attached to NSG 20 on returning from Italy. It seems to have reached Hangelar on or about 23 December.

On 29 December it had 5 Fw 190s at Hangelar, none of them serviceable.

- and secondly it was reformed as 11./KG 200 at December 23rd, 1944 at Bonn-Hangelar.

It wasn’t reformed as 11./KG 200. The 11./KG 200 was formed from 3./SG 5 on 8 January 1945.

Einhorn 's seven pilots were not absorbed into 11./KG 200 until both units had moved to Twente. 11./KG 200 was subordinated to NSG 20 on 23 February 1945.

- does anyone know where NSGr. 20 was stationed, let's say between November 1st 1944 and March 1st, 1945.

NSG 20 didn’t exist until the third week of November 1944 (sources differ on the exact day): before then it was called III./KG 51. Elements of III./KG 51 were transferring from Le Culot to Bonn-Hangelar on 7 September 1944. It flew nine sorties from Hangelar on 6 October. NSG 20's aircraft are consistently included in evening occupation reports for Hangelar from then on. (I wouldn't exclude the possibility of short deployments elsewhere unless I'd seen every report). After the first week of January, NSG 20 and the remaining aircraft of Einhorn moved bit-by-bit to Twente. Apparently, all there by about 1 February. They left at the end of March, reportedly for Voerden. (Twente was ordered destroyed and evacuated on 4 April). They ended up at Schleswig.

The 11./KG 200 had joined NSG 20 at Twente but “very early” on 9 March, eight of the Staffel’s machines transferred to Rhein-Main and operated against Remagen that afternoon and stayed for two weeks. They may have returned briefly to Twente on or about 23 March (at least one aircraft made the trip). The Staffel joined up with the rest of III./KG 200 in late March, apparently at Drope. The Gruppe was at Lübeck-Blankensee by 17 April. By 6 May it was at Eggebek.