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Re: News from Greece
Hi Byron -
Not E(v) 254/III, which was never in Greece:
Fliegerhorstkommandantur E(v) 254/III
Formed c. 1 April 1944 at Bobruisk in Belorussia (Belarus) by renumbered Fl.H.Kdtr. E 10/I.
21 May 44: Bobruisk - Fl.H.Kdtr. E(v) 254/III reported its personnel strength this date as 23 officers, 376 NCOs and men, and 291 Hiwi auxiliary volunteers.
Jun – Jul 44: suffered very heavy losses at Bobruisk during the Soviet Belorussian offensive that began on 22 June.
Dec 44: Nowy Targ area in the Beskids about 67 km south of Kraków.
1 Jan 45: reportedly under Koflug 5/III (Erfurt) but no location given.
Jan 45: withdrew into Slovakia and by February was located in or around Nitra/72 km ENE of Bratislava.
April 45: Nitra area.
FpN: (L 38327)
Kommandant:
Maj. Jakob Ahrweiler (1 Apr 44 - 30 Nov 44?) 5/44
Obstlt. Günther Staroste (1 Dec 44 - 8 May 45?)
I think you meant:
Kalamaki (e. Kalamáki, Kalamákion) – S Greece (airfield 9 km S of Athens)
Classification, Description and Remarks: Attacked on 15 and 17 November 1943 (by B-25 Mitchells); 6 December (by 56 B-17s);14 December (by B-17s); 15 September 1944 (by B-17s); 24 September (by B-24s).
Station Units: Fl.H.Kdtr. (trop.) E 17/VI; Fl.H.Kdtr. E(v) 204/XVII.
Air Units:
Kalamáta (GR) (Nea-Kalamata/SW Peloponnesus)
See: Fl.H.Kdtr. E 13/I (See); Fl.Pl.Kdo. B 10/I. Following the re-organization of April 1944, Nea-Kalamata was downgraded to a Seestützpunkt of Fl.Pl.Kdo. D 53/IV (Milos).
Larry
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