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Re: Base of Ju88A-5, L1+HK, 2./LG1
I. Gruppe was based in Greece, on Crete and on Sicily. It was never based in North Africa. But it did send Ketten, Schwarme and even an entire Staffel to North Africa for short periods of up to a week. The Gruppe used the North African airfields to stage missions and refuel. Here are some notes:
I./LG 1
20 Nov 41: Ju 88A-4 (L1+JH) FTR from ops – no details, 4 MIA; another A-4 crashed at Fp. Benina near Benghazi on return from ops, 40%.
21 Nov 41: Athens-Eleusis - temporarily reassigned from X. Fliegerkorps to Fliegerführer Afrika this date and most of the flying component transferred to Benina in Libya to reinforce III. Gruppe in supporting ground operations, but returned to Eleusis on 26 November.
10 Dec 41: elements at Derna.
02 Jun 42: elements at Derna.
03 Sep 42: elements operating from Quasaba.
18 Nov 42: elements at Sidi el Magrun.
Unless you know an exact date for the photo, it will be impossible to identify the landing ground. In North Africa, the airfields and landing grounds nearly all looked alike: a flat expanse of desert with camel thorn and scrub, no infrastructure and no signs.
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