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Re: Flugplatz Serafino
According to the multi-volume JG 77 unit history by Dr. Jochen Prien, III./JG 77 was operating from the island of Karpathos flying fighter-bomber attacks on British warships evacuating troops from Crete during the last week of May. It appears to have remained there until it transferred to Wien (Vienna) on 2 June.
The only airfield mentioned as being on Karpathos is this one:
Afiartis (GR/Dodecanese) (a.k.a. Afiarti) (35 25 05 N – 27 09 15 E)
General: landing ground in the Dodecanese at the SW tip of Scarpanto (Karpathos) Island which lies directly between Crete and Rhodes. History: built during 1938-40. Used by Luftwaffe fighters and dive-bombers in May 1941 during the invasion of Crete.
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