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Re: KG66 Ju88S-3 at Sola, May '45. Pic
Hi Kyrre,
Just recently in a book about the liberation of Stavanger I found this picture of what is most likely a Ju88S-3 from KG66 that landed at Sola, Norway on May 5 1945.
I am very interested in this (part of the) book, would you be so kind to answer the following questions:
1. Are there any more photos of I./KG66 machines or personnel in the book? I know of only one other photo of a KG66 machine in Norway.
2. Is there anything in the book about the period after the Capitulation (8th of May 1945) and what happened to the Germans (KG66?) at Sola?
3. Is this book in Norwegian? Or does it have partly English captions?
4. Do you have an ISBN for the book, where to buy it?
Admittedly I don't have much on KG66 S-3's but I do have a few pictures showing their earlier machines from 43/44 wearing a sort of dotted scheme in a night-fighter fashion, presumably for nocturnal hit-and-run bombing ops.
According to my own photos and info, this camouflage pattern existed till December 1944. BTW: I./KG66 was above all a pathfinder unit.
This machine appears to be wearing som sort of wellenmüster. Was this common in '45?
According to my own photos and info, this wellenmüster camouflage pattern was introduced in the winter of 1945. Some pilots claimed that it was specifically introduced for Unternehmen Eisenhammer (Mistel against Soviet powerstations).
Anyone care to shed some light on these machines?
They were part of some 15-25 Ju 88S's and 188's from I./KG66 which flew to Norway on the 5th of May. On the 8th of May they were ordered to fly to Kurland and evacuate German soldiers. I know of only one crew who actually landed in Kurland: Some planes flew back to Norway and stayed there, most others flew to Dedelstorf in Germany. You can find more info in "Luftwaffe in Focus, Spezial No. 2, 1945 - Die letzten Monate der Luftwaffe".
Feel free to contact me off the board!
Regards,
Marcel
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