Did KG 26 hit the cruiser Molotov in 1942?

[Andreas Brekken]

Originally Posted by Andrey Kuznetsov

Whether division of non ready aircraft between Grosseto and Crimea is known?

Hello,

no - it does not give the breakdown of readiness status between the part of the unit training at Grosseto and the rest of the unit.

Regards,
Andreas B

[Paul Thompson]

Originally Posted by Andreas Brekken

no - it does not give the breakdown of readiness status between the part of the unit training at Grosseto and the rest of the unit.

Regards,
Andreas B

Hello Andreas,

Given that we now know that 6./KG 26 was the specific part of II./KG 26 at Grosetto, do you think it would be reasonable to consider the readiness state of the Stab, 4. and 5./KG 26 separately? I understand that there is a good reason to be suspicious of such assumtions if the Einsatzbereitschaft report does not explicitly state that it was just 6./KG 26 that was in training.

Warm regards,

Paul