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5th December 2011, 09:50

Recceswind Recceswind is offline

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Rotte - 2, 3 or 4 aircraft?

Hello,

As far as I know, Rotte is a German name of a pair of aircraft. Some time ago I noticed such sentence told by former Luftwaffe pilot:
"Um 10 Uhr sollten zwei Rotten mit jeweils vier Maschinen starten."

How to understand it? Is it possible that "Rotte" was also used to name a formation of 4 aircraft (Schwarm)?

Thanks!

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