[edwest2]

On the evening of January 26, 1943, the quartermaster of Air Fleet 4 announced that a significant supply of aviation fuel could no longer be expected; even the requested airborne fuel could not be flown out. Existing aviation fuel, with the exception of a fixed supply for the ordered deployment of the airborne units, had to be used primarily for the vehicle marches. The fuel train with B-4s from Bataysk, promised as compensation, was emptied by army units en route; a second announced fuel train could not be found. The forwarding of a third fuel train with B-4s to Krasnodar was uncertain due to track disruptions near Krapotkin, thus calling into question the deployment of the airborne units in the Caucasus region.


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