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Re: Rjelbitzi airfield
Here is some more information:
Rjelbitzy (RUSS) (e. Ryelbitsy) (c. 58 04 00 N – 30 05 00 E)
General: landing ground in NW Russia 26 km N of Dno, 15 km WSW of Soltsy and 3.25 km E of the village of Ploskovo on the N bank of the Shelon River. History: in use by the Luftwaffe from Sep 41 to Feb 44. After heavy use in Sep 41, it was used primarily as a satellite of the larger and more developed airfield at nearby Soltsy. Surface and Dimensions: grass surface. Infrastructure: no information, but not thought to be much more than a few sheds and accommodation huts.
Operational Units: Stab, I., 9./KG 2 (Sep 41); III./KG 3 (Sep 41); 2.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 11 (Sep 41); Verbindungsstaffel 53 (Sep 41); I./JG 51 (Apr-May 42); III./KG 6 (Sep 42); JG 54 (Feb 43).
Station Commands: Fl.H.Kdtr. E 3/IV ( ? – Jan 44).
Station Units (on various dates – not complete): none identified.
Very few details on the Luftwaffe's airfields in the former USSR are available due to the destruction of records at the end of the war and the inability of the Western Allies to fly reconnaissance missions over the Eastern Front.
L.
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