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Re: Stab. and I.KG 2 were based in "Silce" , but where is the airfield ?
I would say the odds are 9 to 1. Many of the units and men did not know the "official" name for these obscure landing grounds and field airstrips during the rapid advance of June - October 1941. So they would call it by the name of the nearest village or hamlet. I am almost certain that is what happened here, especially since the Staffel arrived before anyone else and was evidently there for only a short time.
10.(Schl.)/LG 2
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22 Jun 41: station at or near Praschnitz (Przasnysz)/85 km N of Warsaw in northeast Poland with 22(17) Hs 123s.
22 Jun 41: commenced support operations under the control of II.(Schl.)/LG 2 and reported its first loss on 24 Jun when a Hs 123B-1 failed to return from the Grodno area.
Jul 41: moved forward between Vilnius and Minsk in support of advancing German armor.
3-4 Jul 41: several Hs 123B-1 accidents at Repicki (not located), a forward field strip along the line of advance, which generally followed that of II.(Schl.)/LG 2.
6 Jul 41: Hs 123B-1 shot down by AA fire at Bosheikovo (not located).
26 Jul 41: there is no further mention of the Staffel in the surviving documents for the next two months following this date, which suggests it may have been withdrawn to rest and refit.
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L.
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