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Re: Luftwaffe bases near La Rochelle, July 1941
hello!
I am nowhere near the specialist Chris is :-) but according to M Holm (which serves as a reasonably reliable source to many people including me), Erg./JG 53 was certainly involved as it was based in La Rochelle/Laleu, and the 2 Erg./53 was in Vannes/Meucon (200km from la Rochelle) in a good position to intercept the Halifax's both ways.
The 1. and 2./JG2 where both based in Brest/Landivisiau (350km) so also in a good intercepting position on the trajectory of the bombers.
Other airfields farther away from la Rochelle were also Luftwaffe fighter bases to some degree: St Jean d'Angély/Fontenet (60 km), Cognac/Chateaubernard (60 km) and Nantes/Bouguenais (110 km) but did not seem to have had significant fighter detachments at the time.
I am a bit surprised about 2./JG53 involvement: it seems at this time all JG53 constituting units were in Russia since two weeks...
Amically
JVM
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