Flugplatz Krissicha

[wit661owl]

Good morning to all
Here is another strange name on the road of II./JG53 during Barbarossa:
Krissicha. Does someon any idea where exactly the place could/can be?
All the best

[Larry deZeng]

Is Krissicha a Flugplatz and do you have a date when II./JG 53 was there? I will see what I can find out later today.

There are 4 or 5 places in Latvia and 1 or 2 in Lithuania that begin with the letter “Kris…..” But there is none in Estonia.

Possibly Krzewica/70 km W of Brest?

L.

[Larry deZeng]

Okay, the closest I could get on this is:

Krassucha, Feldflugplatz, 170 km WNW of Kalinin, 1020 x 233 meters.

Unfortunately, the distance is too far east to be considered.

There is nothing else in the German SU Airfields Directory that comes close to the spelling "Krissicha."

Larry

[andrus]

Hello,

http://ww2.dk/air/jagd/jg53.htm speaks about Krussicha.

[Larry deZeng]

Or perhaps this one?

Kuusiku (EST) (58 59 30 N – 24 42 57 E)
Einsatzhafen in NW Estonia c. 51 km S Tallinn and 2.25 km N of the village of Kuusiku; ZNr. 931; 1170 x 2210 meters.



L.

[wit661owl]

Yes, looks interesting. On July 15th German offensive in the direction of Tallin was stoped approx 60 km south of the town but command of Armee Gruppen Nord planed to restart it in third decade of July and probably for that reason II./JG53 was transfered to Estonia, very likely to Kuusiku
Thanks for that all the best

[oquaig]

Originally Posted by Larry deZeng

Is Krissicha a Flugplatz and do you have a date when II./JG 53 was there? I will see what I can find out later today.

There are 4 or 5 places in Latvia and 1 or 2 in Lithuania that begin with the letter “Kris…..” But there is none in Estonia.

Possibly Krzewica/70 km W of Brest?

L.

The Dates they were "there" (Krussischa, Krissicha, Cazucher, Kraciai...) 19 July to 26 July. The source I have says they were in Estonia, but I am beginning to think they were just having us on and were really in a bar in Biarritz getting hammered.

[Larry deZeng]

...............or in Marseille getting tattooed and massaged, if ya' git mah drift.

[oquaig]

I just read an account about II./JG 53 being bombed on Sarudinye (Zaruden'ye) airfield and losing 6 Bf 109fs on 22 July 1941. As I do not entirely trust this source (especially since it is not referenced) I was wondering if anyone could confirm this event ? Or not.

[andrus]

If we read Prien carefully, then Estonia is wrong place to look. We have:

1. one claim from 21.July for 4./JG 53 with location "NO Dno"
2. text on page 122: "wobei Ortsnamen wie Nowgorod, Luga, Šoltzy, Staraja-Russa und Dno die Schwerpunkte markieren."

IMHO all these places are too far from Estonia for single-engined fighters.

So probably better place to look for Krussicha is Porkhov-Dno-lake Ilmen area?