Re: 12-15th June, 1941
Oeps , sorry Olivier & Stéphane: my mistake!! So what can be found in P.TAGHON's book for this period ?:
12/6 :
III./LG 1 : attack on the base off FUKA.
I./LG 1 : returnflight from Rhodos-Gaddura to Eleusis (Greece)
13/6 :
I. and II./LG 1 : attack on a british flotilla (1 cruiser / 6 destroyers) along the Palestine coast. 9 Ju88 under command of Hptm. Gerhard KOLLEWE, Kdr. - II./LG 1. The force was intercepted during the attack by Tomahawks of 3. (SAAF) Sq. 2 aircraft were shot down:
4./LG 1 : 88A-5,L1+DM (6114)
(ff) Lt. Heinrich Diekjobst (mia)
(bo) Uffz. Bernhard Neth (+)
(bf) Ogefr. Hans Baier (mia)
(bs) Fw. Hans Zecherl (mia)
Shot down west of Saida
5./LG 1 : 88A-5,L1+CN (5271)
(ff) Lt. Rolf Bennewitz (mia)
(bo) Fw. Erich Krause (mia)
(bf) Uffz. Ernst Runde (mia)
(bs) Gefr. Josef Schmid (mia)
Shot down west of Saida
III./LG 1: armed recce missions east of Tobruk.
14/6 :
I. & II./LG 1: no missions
III./LG 1 : armed recce (1 crew)
15/6 : Start of "Operation Battleaxe", the Britsh counterattack at Sollum.
III./LG 1: attacks on British groundforces at Sollum-Capuzzo-Maddalena.
II./LG 1: attack on ships along the syrian coast. destroyers ISIS and ILEX badly and the JACKAL slightly hit by bombs or near misses. On the return flight the bombers run into a gagle of Hurricanes, No.80 Sq. 2 Ju.88 were damaged. The Ju.88A-5,L1+EN (2318) made a emergency landing on the Turkish coast.
(ff) Oblt. Wilger SCHACHT - St.Kap. - 5./LG 1
(bo) Lt. Gottfried EDELHOFF
(bf) Fw. Ernst Diedenhofen
(bs) Uffz. Heinrich Ebner
interned in Turkey.
So again I hope that this information will be of some help to you.
"Tot later"
Dirk
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