How did NSG 20 find their targets at night?

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by tcolvin

Thanks, SES.

But in the case of 8FJD at Winnekendonk, this was a Luftwaffe and not a Heer HQ. The FLIVO role was therefore redundant.

Specifically, did Wadehn's chief of staff ring NSG 20 at Twente (perhaps by landline) and make the arrangements for the FW 190 to bomb 2 Lincoln's HQ?

Tony

The FLIVO role would be just as relevant in a Para. Div. — they were still ground troops who needed «Verbindung» (liaison) with the «Flieger».

Without any specific knowledge, I would expect the FLIVO to have been on the phone (or the Enigma machine and morse transmitter) to 14. Fliegerdivision and reporting that the village was in enemy hands. There are lots of Ultras from Flivos reporting where the front line ran, or where the enemy was thought to be concentrated, or where tanks had been heard.

From your photo (great use of Goole Earth, there!) I'd suggest that the crossroads was perhaps the target. Disrupting traffic was the usual modus operandi of the NSGs in the West.