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Old 04-19-2012, 10:45 PM
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Your right, there is definitely a mix of formations used. It may be to do with mission task. In the book "Messerschmitt BF 110: Bombsights Over England - Erprobungsgruppe 210 in the Battle of Britain" there are often mentions of Kette formations in attacks. Although to be fair there are also mentions of Rotte and Schwarm formations as well.

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Old 04-19-2012, 10:51 PM
5./JG27.Farber 5./JG27.Farber is offline
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Your right, there is definitely a mix of formations used. It may be to do with mission task. In the book "Messerschmitt BF 110: Bombsights Over England - Erprobungsgruppe 210 in the Battle of Britain" there are often mentions of Kette formations in attacks. Although to be fair there are also mentions of Rotte and Schwarm formations as well.

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Yes, it seems they adopt Kette for Bombing and Schwarm for fighting...
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Old 04-20-2012, 12:47 AM
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Yes, it seems they adopt Kette for Bombing and Schwarm for fighting...

To be honest flying Rotte when your whole flight is bomb laden and unable to manoeuvre seems a bit pointless. It just makes sense to fly Kette when bombing, safety in numbers.
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Old 04-20-2012, 11:42 AM
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Yes, it seems they adopt Kette for Bombing and Schwarm for fighting...
2:08 is a Do17 bomber group in Kette formation...
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Old 04-21-2012, 02:45 AM
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2:08 is a Do17 bomber group in Kette formation...
On futher inspection - I agree

and the 4:03 is Schwarm and Kette - Understrength?
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