Kampfgeschwader 200 - KG 200

Focke-Wulf Fw 190F8 13./KG 200 (A3+LX) alias 'Sonderverband Einhorn' or 'Sonderstaffel Einhorn' based at Villafranca, Italy late 1944

Focke-Wulf Fw 190F8 KG 200 (A3+18) abandoned late 1944

UNIT HISTORY.
13./KG 200 formed 15 Nov 44 at Villafranca some 10 km SW of Verona in northeastern Italy by assigning a Staffel number to Sonderverband "Einhorn", a special attack unit equipped with Fw 190F's 5 to 3 planes (number is unconfimed) outfitted to carry heavy caliber bombs weighing 1,000 - 1,800kg.
Two aircraft rgistrations from this unit is known A3+LX & A3+MA (Source Author Nick Beale).
18-23 Dec 44: transferred from Villafranca to Bonn-Hangelar (Unit's Fw190F's handed over in italy to NSGr.9) for attachment to NSGr.20 and participation in the Ardennes Offensive (Battle of the Bulge) as part of Gefechtsverband "Hallensleben"/II.Jagdkorps.
25 Dec 44: moved to Koln-Wahn due to an Allied air raid on Hangelar, then over the next month successively to Limburg-Linter (around 11 Jan 45) and Germersheim (around 13 Jan) with NSGr.20 flying mainly night fighter-bomber attacks on U.S. forces in the Ardennes, but occasional raids were made on key dumps, railheads and other vital targets in the rear areas such as around Liege.
2 Feb 45: transferred to Twente (Twenthe) in eastern Holland with NSGr.20 and two days later, on 4 February, the Staffel was ordered disbanded with aircraft and pilots incorporated into 11./KG 200 at Twente.
The Staffelkapitan, Hptm. Robert Schuntermann, and the ground personnel were reassigned back to IV.Gruppe at Prenzlau and then north with the Gruppe to Vejle/Denmark.
8 May 45: Staffel remnants surrendered with the Gruppe in Schleswig-Holstein.
(Historical Source Jerry D FL-USA & Nick Beale)