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Re: Identify location-Siwte
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Can only be Sirte, one of the first airfields used by the Lw. in Feb/Mar 1941:
Sirte (LIB) (a.k.a. Surt) (31 13 N – 16 34 E)
General: landing ground in N Libya on the Gulf of Sirte (Gulf of Sidra) about halfway between Tripoli and Benghazi.
Operational Units: 2.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 14 (Mar 41).
Station Commands: Fl.H.Kdtr. E 20/VI (Dec 41 – Jan 42);
Station Units (on various dates – not complete): Stab/Fliegerführer Afrika (Feb – c.May 41); Koflug 18/XI (Dec 41 – Feb 42); elements of le.Flak-Abt. 841 (mot.) (Mar 41); Trsp.Kol. d.Lw. 5/XI (Jan 42); Sanitätsbereitschaft (mot) d.Lw. 3/XVII (trop) (Mar, Jun, Dec 41);
Other matter sent via PM (SIEDSCHLAG) being worked on. Expect answer in day or two.
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