On the afternoon of 24 April 1945, a section of 41 Squadron spotted 20 Ar196s parked on the south-eastern shore of Lake Ratzeburg. Sixteen were in a straight line and four around a corner in the shore. The section flew down the first sixteen and holed them all, but they failed to explode, suggesting to the section that they were unfuelled at the time.
Can anyone suggest which unit this may have been, please? Michael Holm's excellent site (
http://www.ww2.dk) suggests that several units flew these aircraft, thereunder
Bordfliegergruppe 196, Küstenfliegergruppe 706, Seeaufklärungsgruppe 125, 126, 130 and 131, III./KG100 and 1. and 3./KG200. None appears to be conclusive, though circumstantially KG200 appears to be the most likely of these.
Does anyone have any information on this incident, or can they suggest which unit may have been located here near the end of April 1945?
Thanks
Steve