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Originally Posted by gilles collaveri
Dear all,
we are trying to understand the role played by the Storch in June 1944 in the South West of France when "das Reich" was driving up to Normandy and committed retaliations in many villages (such as Oradour sur Glane) on its way to Normandy.
Many "résistants" and French civils were killed as retaliations when German soldiers were attacked on the roads, and the Fi156 clearly played a role by spotting the gathering of Free French in Farms (for instance "la Gabaudet" on 9 June 1944 near Cahors).
Thus, two questions :
1) do we know where were based the Fi156 flying between Toulouse and Brive in June 1944 ? Did they operate from fields, anywhere ?
2) when transmitting an information, were they communicating directly to the German troops on the ground, or were they providing information to a Headquarter that dispatched this information to the troops on the ground?
Thanks a lot for your feedback
Best
GC
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Lots of resistance memories mention spotter aircraft (known as "
Mouchards" which could translate as "tell-tales"), some of which were from
Geschwader Bongart which operated the He 46 among many other types.
I'd never thought about air-ground communication but other air forces often used message streamers (weighted bags with a "tail" of ribbons) to drop messages to ground troops.