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Re: Elba attack September 1943

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Originally Posted by Andrew Arthy View Post
The main point is that this mission almost certainly wasn't flown by units of II. Fliegerkorps or the Fliegerführer Sardinien/Korsika, which would be the logical headquarters to carry out an attack on Elba. Perhaps it was flown by Ju 88s under Kampffliegerführer Luftflotte 2, but I've seen no evidence for that (yet).www.facebook.com/airwarpublications
A remote possibility would be Flugbereitschaft Luftflotte 2, the duty flight which had a few bomber types (e.g. He 111) and seems occasionally to have operated against partisans.
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