KG3 unit history?

[Bombphoon]

Does anyone know if there was a published unit history for Kampfgeschwader 3 or where/if its records exist please? Thanks.

[Chris Goss]

No such book has been written

[Larry deZeng]

KG 1, KG 3, KG 30, KG 40, KG 76? and KG 77 are the six "Traditions-" Kampfgeschwader that served during the entire war (give or take a few months at the beginning and end) for which no published unit histories exist, possibly because of insufficient surviving records and, perhaps, the lack of a postwar veteran's group or at least one strong enough to effectively lobby for a published unit history. Also, a number of "wartime" KGs that only existed for part of the war lack published unit histories, e.g., KG 28 and KG 66.

L.

[Chris Goss]

….and KG 40 would be a big undertaking with He 111, He 177, Do 217, Ju 88, Fw 200. My 2 books only scratched the surface. KG 66 is still a possibility but lack of veterans now make others very hard to write

[Bombphoon]

Originally Posted by Chris Goss

….and KG 40 would be a big undertaking with He 111, He 177, Do 217, Ju 88, Fw 200. My 2 books only scratched the surface. KG 66 is still a possibility but lack of veterans now make others very hard to write

KG40 would be still very interesting nonetheless, with a great range of classic aircraft employed...

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Larry deZeng

KG 1, KG 3, KG 30, KG 40, KG 76? and KG 77 are the six "Traditions-" Kampfgeschwader that served during the entire war (give or take a few months at the beginning and end) for which no published unit histories exist ….

L.

… leaving lots of scope for any enterprising member(s) of this forum to start work! You have nothing to lose by trying (except all your spare time for an indefinite number of years, of course).

[Larry deZeng]

How true! Plus a wad of money along the way!

L.

[Bombphoon]

...not forgetting the most important element, being able to sprechen sie deutsch (along with 'Achtung Spitfeuer!', that's about the most German I know, unfortunately).

[FalkeEins]

Originally Posted by Nick Beale

… leaving lots of scope for any enterprising member(s) of this forum to start work!

not sure if Ulf Balke posts here, but IIRC he may have already written up a KG 77 'history'..

[edwest2]

Originally Posted by Nick Beale

… leaving lots of scope for any enterprising member(s) of this forum to start work! You have nothing to lose by trying (except all your spare time for an indefinite number of years, of course).

Well put Nick. But what else is spare time for?