Hello, Nokose
Thank you for the answer!
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Originally Posted by Nokose
To Saki (mid-March) flew bombing, minelaying & target illumination missions...
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"To Saki" means "From Saki"?
So, this is certainly III./KG4! According the Kriegsmarine documents, the minelaying began at night 24/25.2.1943, and it is good correspond to the Soviet documents.
But the date of the end of minelaying off Gelendzhik isn't clear. According Soviet data, the massive minelaying was ended in the end of March, but small actions were reported by signal posts until the July 1943 with great pauses and small number of mines. It is very doubtful, but maybe something mentioned in the book?
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Originally Posted by Nokose
From "Bomber Units of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945 Vol. 1" by Henry L. De Zeng and Douglas G. Stankey it has from 20Feb43 that the III/KG4 started bombing missions against harbours and airfields along the Black Sea coast. To Saki (mid-March) flew bombing, minelaying & target illumination missions in support of counter attacks at Novorossisk.
No mention of minelaying by I,II,III/KG51, I,II,III/KG55. Does list the III/KG27 making a raid on Gelendzhik and Poti on the 22Apr43.
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Oops! I haven't this book. Is it really good? What is contains about III./KG55 in Nov.-Dec.1943, for example?
Best regards,
Andrey