Command Atlantic, December 1943.

[sergey]

Colleagues.

Is there any information about the counteraction of Command Atlantic aircraft to Allied air attacks on blockade runners in the Bay of Biscay in late December 1943? I read that the Pietro Orseolo was sunk by Beaufighters off Lorient on December 18th, that the Germans repelled bomber attacks on the Osorno on December 25th with anti-aircraft artillery, and that the Alsterufer was bombed to bits on December 27th, like a target practice. Furthermore, on December 28th, the German force attacked by Allied ships and aircraft in the Bay of Biscay had no air cover. Were the Germans really that badly off with aircraft in the area at that time?

sergey