Re: Luftwaffe bomber raids Leningrad area May-June 1942 ?
I have a diary of a former member of 3./KG53, who passed away some weeks ago. May he rest in peace!
He did NOT fly in any of the missions mentioned by the finnish source, but on dates around. It is rather likely that they attacked the same targets, so I describe them here for the timeframe End of May to End of June 1942:
Take-offs mostly in Koroye Selo, often only in Kettenformation
Targets:
- loading station on western shore of lake Ladoga
- railway stations
- depots near railway at Krestzy (?, handwritten)
- enemy positions in wood @ Wolchow-Kessel
- depot in wood near Kretschno
- road Cholm - Molvwotitzky
- on13.6.42, a night-bombing mission in support of own mine-layers. A enemy submarine was reportedly sunk during that mission. This was confirmed later.
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