Thread: Luftflotte 5 reports for 18 September 1942
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Old 18th December 2014, 20:01
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Re: Luftflotte 5 reports for 18 September 1942
Source says all of the He 115 operations were flown by 1./Kü.Fl.Gr. 406 and 1./Kü.Fl.Gr. 906. Aside from KG 26 and KG 30, there is no mention of other Luftwaffe units. Sortie numbers for 18 Sep 42 are not given. The Luftwaffe flew a total of 337 sorties against PQ 18 between 13 and 18 September.

[Source: Hafsten, Bjørn, Ulf Larsstuvold, Bjørn Olsen and Sten Stenersen. Flyalarm: Luftkrigen Over Norge 1939-1945. Oslo: Sem & Stenersen A/S, 1991. ISBN: 82-7046-058-3. Hb (oversize). Dj. 328p. Heavily illus. Maps. Tables. Pages 150-52.]

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