Fw 190 F-8/R14

[Nick Beale]

None of the losses reported mention anything more than "F-8" and the same is true, so far as I remember, for strength returns. In those teturns you will see "III./KG 200 (BT)", referring to "Bombentorpedo" but there is no evidence at all that I've seen of them ever using it.

Formed out of I./SG 5 in December 1944-January 1945, III./KG 200 (i.e. 9., 10. and 11./KG 200) flew conventional ground attack missions with conventional bomb loads. One Staffel (I don't know which) was supposed to be the "day" Staffel but many (probably most) operations were by night. One daylight op was against the British bridgehead at Stolzenau on early April.

They had no particular need of an "unusual" aircraft but this late in the war, I guess they took what was available.

P.S. if you had the Fw 190 "A3+LV" in mind when you asked your question (photos of it appear in a number of books), I'm not convinced it belonged to 11./KG 200. The Geschwader used a very strange system of codes!