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Re: Skaja airfield Russland - October 1942
Adriano - first, thanks for the nice complement!
The back of the photo shows: "S'kaja". This tells me that whoever wrote it didn't remember how to spell the full name so he abbreviated it by using an apostrophe to indicate some other letters were left out. Here are some possibilities in North Caucasia that begin with the letter "S":
Sewerskaja I (RUSS) (a.k.a. Severskaya) (ZNr. 4491) (c. 44 54 23 N – 38 40 18 E). General: field airstrip (Feldflugplatz) in North Caucasia 30 km SW Krasnodar and 6.3 km N of Severskaya town center.
Slawjanskaja (RUSS) (a.k.a. Slavyanskaya and Slavyansk-na-Kubani) (ZNr. 10-3209) (c. 45 14 31 N – 38 05 19 E). General: operational airfield (E-Hafen) in N Caucasia 72.95 km W of Krasnodar and 4.1 km WSW of Slavyansk-na-Kubani town center. Not to be confused with a small postwar sports airstrip c. 3.9 km SSE of Slawjanskaja E-Hafen. History: main transport and cargo glider hub for flights originating in Crimea from late Jan 43.
Soldatskaja (RUSS) (a.k.a. Soldatskaya) (ZNr. 10-6832) (c. 43 49 N – 43 49 E). General: field airstrip (Feldflugplatz) in N Caucasia 240 km NNW of Tiflis (Tbilisi)/Georgia, 71 (80?) km SE of Mineralnyye Vody and 68 km ESE of Pyatigorsk. History: a busy Luftwaffe airfield from the beginning of October 1942 to late December 1942. By mid-Nov 42, there were two strips: S/Ost and S/Nord.
Staromarjewskaja (RUSS) (a.k.a. Staromaryevskaya, Staromaryevka) (ZNr. 10-4383) (c. 45 06 33 N – 42 06 48 E). General: field airstrip (Feldflugplatz) in North Caucasia 12.25 km NE of Voroshilovsk (Stavropol) and 9.25 km WNW of Staromaryevka town center.
Staronishesteblijewskaja I (RUSS) (a.k.a. Staronizhestebliyevskaya) (ZNr. 10-3764) (c. 45 23 36 N – 38 27 31 E). General: field airstrip (Feldflugplatz) in North Caucasia 57 km NW of Krasnodar and 2.55 km NE of Staronizhestebliyevskaya town center.
Staro Schtscherbinowskaja (RUSS) (a.k.a. Staro Shcherbinovskaya, Staroshcherbinovskaya) (ZNr. 10-803) (c. 46 39 21 N – 38 34 22 E). General: field airstrip (Feldflugplatz) in North Caucasia 105 km SW Rostov and 2.85 km WNW of Staroshcherbinovskaya town center.
Suworowskaja (RUSS) (a.k.a. Suvorovskaya) (ZNr. 10-3717) (c. 44 11 N – 42 38 E). General: field airstrip (Feldflugplatz) in North Caucasia 110 km SE Voroshilovsk (Stavropol).
L.
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