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Re: 9./JG27 under Fritz Gromotka over Kos Island in 1943
Nick,
that's pretty much it. The way I have it, leaflets were dropped on Kos within 24 hours of the Italian armistice, asking for cooperation. Next day (9 Sept) a British Special Boat Squadron turned up at Castelrosso. That night a British officer and Radio operator parachuted into Kos.
Conversely, on Rhodes the Italians surrendered to the Germans on 11 Sept. The same day the Germans attacked the Italians on Kos and damaged their few fighters.
So, it was a muddled patchwork of activities on different islands, depending on whether there were German units stationed or not. Kos had an Italian garrison of 4,000 and so it was a somewhat more plausible option. So the SAAF was sent there.
Harry
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