Luftwaffe raids on british Heraklion evacuation force, 29 May 1941

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Joda87

I'm looking for info about which were the Luftwaffe bombers units (or even specific airplanes) that attacked the british convoys of the evacuation force from Heraklion on 29th May 1941.

Especially the casualties occurred to HMS Hereward, Orion and Dido.

Can anybody help me?

Thanks in advance

The British Admiralty War Diaires are available online at www.archives.org

You might also get something from the German naval ops staff diaries online:

Translated: https://archive.org/search.php?query...l%20operations

German language: https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-zmsbw/fr...rt/56/docId/33

You can also view and download free the deciphered German naval and other signals for the period from the UK National Archives: https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...hb=tna&_st=adv

[Joda87]

Originally Posted by Nick Beale

The British Admiralty War Diaires are available online at www.archives.org

You might also get something from the German naval ops staff diaries online:

Translated: https://archive.org/search.php?query...l%20operations

German language: https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-zmsbw/fr...rt/56/docId/33

You can also view and download free the deciphered German naval and other signals for the period from the UK National Archives: https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...hb=tna&_st=adv

Thanks, useful info