Mine laying in the Volga on July-August 1942
 

Gentlemen,

Who is aware of what unit (units) of LF4 was responsible for mine laying in the Volga on July-August 1942?

TIA

Re: Mine laying in the Volga on July-August 1942
 

My flight logs show mine laying activity in the Volga river in August and September 1942 (so a bit towards the end and after your specified times) by KG 100.

Andreas

Re: Mine laying in the Volga on July-August 1942
 

Andreas, thank you.

Definitely mine laying was launched on July 23 and on July 25 first steam tug was sunk by a mine. What day of August is the earliest for mine laying in I/KG100 records?

Re: Mine laying in the Volga on July-August 1942
 

OK, some more detail:

Flight Log Bätcher, Hansgeorg (KG 100)

• 28.08.1942 19:04-23:52: Mine laying in Volga river, 2 LMB in main waterway. 4 low-level passes on barge. Results not observed.
• 25.09.1942 21:48-03:22: Mine laying in Volga River, 2 LMB into the eastern part of the waterway. Mines detonating.
• 29.03.1943 19:05-01:10: Mine laying in Volga River PQ50378, 2 BM 1000 in main waterway.
• 02.05.1943 18:37-00:35: Mine laying in Volga River PQ503733, 2BM 1000 in main waterway.
• 11.05.1943 19:10-23:19: Mine laying in Volga River PQ4634, 2 BM 1000 in main waterway.

Flight Log Heide, Otto (KG 100)

• On 26.07.1942, flying from/to Saki on He 111 6N+FH 17:30-00:32 - Mining of Volga River
• On 27.07.1942, flying from/to Saki on He 111 6N+FH 17:35-00:37 - Mining of Volga River
• On 30.07.1942, flying from Saki to (unreadable) on He 111 6N+_L 18:35-00:12 - Mining of Volga River
• On 03.08.1942, flying from/to Saki on He 111 6N+FH 19:05-01:50 - Mining of Volga River
• On 28.08.1942, flying from/to Morosowskaja on He 111 6N+AH 19:00-23:52 - Mining of Volga River
• ... there are more flights in September 42, April and Mai 43

Flight Log Krebs, Waldemar (KG 100)

• On 27.07.1942, flying from Saki on He 111 6N+EL 18:45-00:00 - Mining of Volga River south of Suratow

Flight Log Kuntz, Herbert (KG 100)

• On 28.08.1942 Mining Volga River southeast Stalingrad.
• On 23.09.1942 Mining Volga River north of Stalingrad

That'S about all I could find... hope, this helps.


Andreas

Re: Mine laying in the Volga on July-August 1942
 

Andreas, Great thanks!

May I ask one more question, if any fighters opposition is indicated in flugbuchs during these sorties?

Re: Mine laying in the Volga on July-August 1942
 

Hansgeorg Bätcher's "Leistungsbuch" mentiones "no defense" explicitly for the first two sorties. The third, which by the way needs the date corrected to 29.04.1943 (not 29.03.1943) indicates medium flak but that is it.

Otto Heide's "Flugbuch" does not mention any type of opposition in any of its entries, if there was, he did not write it down.

Waldemar Kreb's "Flugbuch": the date needs to be corrected - it is 23.09.1942, not 27.07.1942. No mentioning of opposition. That must have been a copy/paste error...

Herbert Kuntz's "Leistungsbuch" does not mention any opposition for these sotries.

Andreas

Re: Mine laying in the Volga on July-August 1942
 

Thanks again!