Lehrgeschwader 1 – June 17-18, 1944

[Brian Bines]

The Movements of II/LG1 up to the 17/18th June from the Taghon book are :-
12th June Villafranca to Chievers
13/14th mission Chievres to Chievres
14/15th Chievres to Melsbroek where they were loaded with mines for the mission landing at Gilze-Rijen
15/16th mission Gilze-Rijen to Gilze-Rijen
16/17th mission Glize-Rijen to Melsbroek
For the 17/18th the target is shown as mining to the west of Le Harve with no reason for landing at Avord. There was extensive bombing of Luftwaffe airfields by the USAAF following the invasion perhaps limiting facilities resulting in these movements to various airfields,

Regards
Brian Bines