Cordinates JG 77 feldflugplatze Salemi, Sicily summer 1943

[FRANCESCO M LENTINI]

Hy,
one my favourite books is Messerschmitts over Sicily by J. Stheinhoff, may be also because I spent my holidays in Selinunte where from my house look on the see I have on the left Sciacca on the right Capo Granitola and behind Castelvetrano (Castelvetrano and Sciacca important airfields during the II W.W.), but about Salemi forward airfield (12 km north from Castelvetrano) nobody remember something. Sometimes during the hot summer days with the haze on the sea is not difficult immagine the hard days and the air-battle fought in the Trapani Pantelleria Palermo triangle before the invasion of Sicily.

I have found in Steinhoff's book the first description of this airfield and last year two pics in Jagdwaffe Vol.four Section 4 The Mediterranean 1943-1945 by J.R. Roba & M. Pegg.

I would like to know the coordinates because I want try to find the location (yes, I know was a real primitive airfield) but why don't try ?

Happy New Year at all

Francesco M. Lentini

[hihotte]

Holá Francesco,

I have been on Google Earth, Salemi - Castelvetrano, there is not a single track, which could possible lead to the former Feldflugplatz. There are cultivated Fields only in the concerned area. Not surprisingly that nobody can remember. Anyway it was a nice exercise to go with Google Earth to places like Trapani, Chinisia and Sciacca, Gerbini and Comiso. It pushes more life in Steinhoff´s book.
Feliz ano nuevo

hihotte

[FRANCESCO M LENTINI]

Hy Hihotte,

Thanks for your reply; you have understand exactly the spirit of my research.
Also I have been on Google Earth but only cultivated fields as you have seen; the next holidays (in spring I hope) I will go there with a ranger (in italian "guardia forestale"). In the pics there is not landscape and also on Neil Page's web site nothing, may be on J. Prien books on JG 77.....
Near Salemi there is a little airfield for ultra-light planes but is not the same location.

Best regards

Francesco M. Lentini