24.06.43 air attack against airdrome instalations Salonica/Sedes

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At 24.06.43 the USSAF 343 bomb squadron started from Lete/Lybia and attacked with 35 B-24D and B-25, escorted by 35 lockheed P-38s, the airfield Sedes of Salonica.
They destroied 9 Ju 88, 1 C445, 1 W 34, and 1 Kl 35, several officers and soldiers of Gruppe II were killed or injured:
(+): BO. Oblt. Hans Kühne, BF. Fw. Friedrich Grzesiek
(Inj): Oblt. Otto Vogel, Oblt. Wolfgang Klösser, Oblt. Anton Hajek, FF. Oblt. Hans Schweigl, BO. Ltn. Norbert von Witzleben, FF. Ltn. Ernst Schofer, BO. Ltn. Erich Stramm, Ltn. Udo Schiller, FF. Ltn. Herbert Zschigner, FF. Ofw. Ernst Roggemann, BO. Ofw. Hubert Neumann, BS. Ofw. Willi Schäfer, BF. Fw. Erich Bittner, BF. Fw. Fritz Wöllner, FF. Fw. Paul Drobinski, BS. Fw. Andreas Eck,BO. Fw. Ulrich Wägner, BF. Fw. Friedrich Dietsch, FF. Uffz. Gottfried Wagner, Uffz. Georg Leppelt, BS. Uffz. Christian Neukirchen, BS. Uffz. Albert Enders, BS. Uffz. Robert Pillen, BS. Uffz. Josef Görnik, BO. Uffz. Erich Röhner, FF. Uffz. Wilhelm Rumpf, BF. Uffz. Karl-Heinz Markert, BF. Uffz. Leo Schotten, FF. Uffz. Max Killat, FF. Uffz. Josef Vesely, Uffz. Willi Bub, BF. Uffz. Arthur Roscher, Uffz. Erwin Fischer, BS. Uffz. Emil Böger, Ogfr. Walter Wedtgrube, BS. Fw. Rudolf Pakendorf, BF. Ogfr. Theo Heckmann, BO. Gfr. Günther Heinze, FF. Uffz. Erwin Fischer, ? Ogfr. Willi Schäferling. Aus der Gruppe I./LG 1, BF. Uffz. Rudolf Bäumler.
The Americans lost one B-24D, probably mechanical failure, crashed in the golf of Salonica.
Attached the report and pic.