Re: Danube Mining
 

Peter, I found a fairly detailed list of RAF mining activity of River Danube in a Hungarian book. I can make scans for you, if requested.

Are you working on a new book related to the air war over wartime Slovakia? If so, I found no trace of any mine being dropped on the Slovak part of Danube (Bratislava and the surrounding area).

Re: Danube Mining
 

Hi Denes,

Scan of those information would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Regarding mining in area of Slovakia, last two missions, in September and October were done between Esztergom and Bratislava. I have exact location for the mines dropped in this area.
Also last loss of a Wellington or a/c during these dangerous night missions happened in Slovakian bank of Danube river.

I plan to include all missions of mining, not just Slovakian area, but of course these two would be in detail...

regards

Re: Danube Mining
 

What I found is that the last two mining operations happened during the night of 19/20 of September and 4/5 October, respectively.

During the former mission, approx. 150 mines were dropped on the Southern bank of the Hungarian sector of the Danube, while on the latter mission about 58 mines were dropped on the Northern bank of the Hungarian sector of the Danube.

Re: Danube Mining
 

Hi Denes

4/5 Oct is correct, last mission.
But what is your source for 19/20 Sept? I supposed that 10/11 Sept was the one before last mission...

Re: Danube Mining
 

Hello one and all, I'll go find the proper intro thread after this :D
Hey Denes any chance of seeing a copy of the Danube doco?
Gary
Ps if I can help just shout.

Re: Danube Mining
 

Sure you can help :)
do you have something more detailed to the Danube mining ops?
I wrote you an email I guess some week ago, but no reply yet...if it did not reach you, please contact me briefly on my email below, and we can exchange info off board as it will be much more to write I guess :)
regards

Re: Danube Mining
 

Ooooh I'll go fishing in my over aggressive spam folder, sorry about that.
Cheers
Gary