Bombardment of Naples on 5-6 november 1943

[Gianandrea Bussi]

Can anyone give me detalls about that attack against Neapel flown by Luftwaffe unit?

From the Gen. Qu. I see that there were four total losses, two aircraft of II./KG54, one each from II./KG30 and I./KG76.

Which were the other units involved? According to "Bomber Units of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945" bombers were from I and II/KG30, I./KG54, I and II/KG76 plus II and III./KG100.
This book doesn't mention II./KG54 (that suffered two losses, mentioned by the Radtke's book about KG54 too); Ulf Balke book about KG 100 doesn't mention aircraft of this unit taking part to this action.

Which were the total number of aircraft that took part to this mission? According to one source ("La partecipazione tedesca alla guerra aeronavale nel Mediterraneo" by Santoni and Mattesini) there were 102 german bombers; Radtke's KG 54 book mentions 92 Ju.88. Perhaps 10 aircraft had to come back to their bases because of technical faults?

Which was the time of the attack? I suppose that, because of the number of the bombers involved, it lasted many minutes.

Thank you in advance

Gianandrea