Luftwaffe Bomber Units over Troyes-Barberey on 10 May 1940

[Jerome Ribeiro]

Hello,

True. It's true. Too many articles from magazines don't check deeply the archives or sources and copy misprint year after year. This is not the first time unfortunately! Luckily for us, we have the chance to detecte it and share the view thru forums and check in into archives.

Re Troyes-Barberey attacks, I don't know whether or not the bombing was done at the first light on May, the 10th as mentioned on SHD/A photos. Misprint or not? I don't know. Despite several probes in archives, books or magazines, nothing is settled to date about the date of 1st bombing over the airfield. The airfield Troyes-Barberey is still existiding nowodays and maybe the local land archives at Troyes or gendarmerie (police) report at this date is stored there and contain the response... I need to plan a break to this town.

To sum up the situation of potential KG involved in this bombing mission, we have:

• KG 55 (He 111)
• KG 51 (Ju 88)
• KG 53 - To be confirmed
• KG 54 - To be confirmed
• I.(St.)/186 (Ju 86) - To be confirmed
• I./St. G 76 (Ju 86) - To be confirmed
• III/KG3 (Do-17Z) - To be confirmed
• 4/KG2 (Do-17Z) - To be confirmed

Does anyone have info about these units over Troyes area on May, 10th ?

Many Thanks
Regards

Jerome