Ingiald Ill-Ruler, the meanest man of Swedes
Image: The King Mounds at Gamla Uppsala. This is Uppsala which was seat of the Svea’s. The mounds date from different time periods and some are graves, others have had other functions. Recent archaeological works have been executed in the…
Unternehmen Moewe
Image: Agent “Vera” and her two male companions training a landing September 1940 outside of the Norwegian coast using a Heinkel He 115 and a rubber dinghy. Picture allegedly taken by one of the instructors. It is not directly related…
He-115 information
Image: HE 115 from the Finish Airforce. From Viimeinen partio Kannaksella, written by Esa Anttala. See also wikipedia’s entry on the HE 115 He 115 seaplane was a robust, multi-purpose seaplane. It was a two motor, three-seated middle winged metal…
He 115 crashes in Scotland during WW2
Below is a list of Heinkel He 115 crashes in Scotland during WW2. It was kindly contributed by and is Copyright Keith Bryers. 10 June 1940 (?) Norwegian Naval Officer Lt Dan Ravn stole a German He 115 and attempted…
Kampfgeschwader 200 (KG 200)
KG 200 was the special operations battle wing (“Kampfgeschwader”) which operated captured allied bombers, worked as path finders and flew missions to bring secret agents behind enemy lines etc. The first group of KG 200, I./KG 200, flew a total…
Radar coverage in Scotland
Radar is a word combined of “radio detecting and ranging” and it was developed in England in the late 1930’s. An early warning detection system was installed, covering the whole south- and east coast of England. The code name for…
Organisational info on the Luftwaffe
The smallest tactical unit was the “Rotte”. It consisted of 2 planes. Two “Rotten” made one “Schwarm”. Organisational-wise, the smallest unit was a squadron (“Staffel”). A squadron was made up of 9 aircrafts and its commander was the “Staffelkapitän”, normally…
The German intelligence community in WW2
The organizations within the “Third Reich” that dealt with “militärische Geheimdienst”, or intelligence matters, made up a sort of an “intelligence community”. The organizations were [Uwe 2]: 1. der Abwehr 2. der Abteilung “Fremde Heere” (West und Ost) im OKH…
Vergeltungswaffe 2
V2 is an abbreviation for “Vergeltungswaffe 2” (Retaliation weapon 2). Propaganda name of the German long distance rocket A-4 (“Aggregat 4”) and technically the father of the space rocket. It was one of the greatest inventions of the century, but…