Ghostbombers updates

[Nick Beale]

More added just now to ghostbombers.com, bringing the site up to 589 pages:

• Kommando Sommer: five new pages, taking the account to its conclusion.
• Ghost Bombers … NSG 9: information on the last posting of Oberstltn. Karl Vehmeyer; a new page with two frames from a film taken at Vicenza by the US War Department's Bureau of Public Relations.
• Kampfflieger Vol. 4: information about an He 111 transferring to the Hungarian air force; correction to the tactical markings of Obltn. Valet's Me 262 A-2.
• Jagdgruppe 200: more about the pilot taken prisoner by the Resistance on 14 July 1944; information about bomb damage at Avignon on 7 August 1944.
• Geschwader Bongart: correction to the Werk Nummer of a ZG 1 Ju 88 lost on 7 June 1944; possible identification of Fhr. Johann Kössler who crashed on 8 June 1944; more about the actions at Morgins, Égletons and Abondance in August 1944.
• Nachtjagdstaffel Norwegen: information from Rod McKenzie about incidents in which aircraft of the unit were damaged; a reconnaissance sighting of an He 219 at Kastrup on 4 May 1945
• Markings and Camouflage: information from 1942 on the markings of a Ju 86 and a captured Hurricane.
• Invasion Watch: statement by a captured German airman on 27 April 1944.
• NAGr. 6: correction regarding operations on 28 February 1945.
• Kommando Götz: RAF reconnaissance sightings of an Ar 234 by the runway at Rheine; correction regarding operations on 28 February 1945.
• 1.(F)/100: information from Andrew Arthy about two of the unit's pilots: Fw. Heider and Obltn. Heinz Schelbert.
• The Ar 234 in Denmark and Norway: RAF reconnaissance sightings of Arados at Schleswig and Leck.

Right, time to get on with the next batch …

[Nick Beale]

More added this morning to ghostbombers.com:

• Geschwader Bongart: expanded account of the actions on the Glières plateau (March 1944); an air attack on Tarbes (10 June); "friendly fire" incident at Saint-May (22 June); more about the bombing of Les Ollières (29 June); an action at Col de la Fayolle (5 July); more about bomb damage at Oyonnax (12 July); Monestier (13 July); German assessment of Allied supply drops (14 July); Saint-Agnan-en-Vercors (27 July); more about the bombing of Morgins (6 August); l'Alpe d'Huez (10 August); l'eau d'Olle (12 August); Cirque de St. Même and Le Poursollet (13 August); St. Remèze (16 August); St. Marcellin (22 August); extracts from the Vichy, Swiss, and clandestine French press.
• Kampfflieger Vol. 4: an addition about Fl.Kps. VIII's activitiies on 5 July 1943, on the Army Group Centre front; additions to the account of the 14/15 May 1944 raid on Bristol.
• Jagdgruppe 200: a small addition about Resistance forces taking a pilot prisoner on 14 July 1944 and a quotation about Free French involvement in the combat of 8 August; more about II./JG 77's action at St. Remèze on 16 August.
• Kommando Sommer: revised to take account of information about attacks on Campoformido-Udine by the US 79th FG on 20 March1945 and with additions for1, 9 and 12 April.
• The Ar 234 in Norway and Denmark: information from the Japanese miltary attaché, 26 February 1945.
• 1.(F)/123: information from Allied photo-recoonniassance of Marx in February 1945; more about the unit's transfer to Lübeck-Blankensee, 6 April 1945.
• Operation Dragoon: information on wreckage of two additional aircraft from 1.(F)/33.
• NSG 9: more about the use of exhaust flame dampers on Ju 87s in Africa in 1942.
• Invasion Watch: small additions regarding 18 and 20 April 1944.

[Nick Beale]

This year's first updates to ghostbombers.com are:

• New article of 10,000 words-plus: Kommando Koch, July 1942–May 1943
• Numerous additions to Listening and Jamming: June 1943–August 1944,
• 1.(F)/123: information from Allied photo-reconniassance of Hohn on 25 April 1945.
• Geschwader Bongart: a link to images of Re. 2002, W.Nr. 1222 (discovered by Marc-André Haldimann)
• He 111 Torpedo Operations: July–August 1940: some additions and corrections.
• Various minor corrections to typing, links and page layouts.