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Originally Posted by Nick Beale
Barby seems to befall into a gap between information I have on operations to the north and south of it. It was probably too distant from the bases of NSGr. 20 and III./K 200 for them to attack it. NSGr. 2 and the southern element of NSGr. 1 were operating in the areas of Bamberg, Karlsruhe, Jena and Erfurt at first, then Nürnberg and Bayreuth. Elements of NJG 11 attacked south of Würzburg on the night of 19/20 April.
According to the Seekriegsleitung: on the 19/20th there 63 Nachtschlacht sorties in the area Dessau-Barby but no details are given of the units involved.
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Thanks Nick, that confirms the picture that's building up in my mind of the whole situation. Looks like in some cases I./KG66 and Gefechtsverband Helbig are synonymous..However, according to RL2 II/389 (great stuff BTW!) units such as NSGr.20 and I./KG66 worked closely together wherever possible, such as the attack agains the British pontoon bridge over the Aller river near Rethem (Aller) on 15 April 1945.
Regards,
Marcel