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A place name I can't locate
Gang,
I was reading volume 4 of the Med Air War by Shores, when I came across an entry (page 408) On October 15, 1943 US Medium bombers flew a raid to Salonika, Greece (Thessaloniki) and another place named "Megalo Mikra". I can't find this second place; On top of that, it sounds like a 'joke' name: Megalo means large or great but Mikra means small or tiny, or if you will "Big/Small". Anybody know where this target is/was? I did the usual Google/Wikipedia search but I got nothing (that made sense, anyway) Thanks, ahead of time NM |
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Re: A place name I can't locate
Hello,
Megalo Mikra was airfield 13.5 km S of Salonika city center and 5 km WSW of Salonika-Sedes airfield. Zoran |
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Re: A place name I can't locate
This link describes several airfields at/near Salonika on pdf pages 60 to 64 (text pages 58 to 62) which includes Saloniki-Megalo Mikra. Of interest might be that it gives the location of the October 15 attack by Mitchell bombers as Saloniki-Sedes (see pdf page 63).
https://www.ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20G...Dodecanese.pdf "15 Oct 43: bombed by XII Bomber Command B-25 Mitchells - 4 x Ju 88A-4s, 1 x Ju 88 A-14 and 1 x Kl 35 from II./KG 51 destroyed (2) or damaged (4) on the ground." |
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Re: A place name I can't locate
thank you to all that replied;
I wiki'd Thessaloniki airport and found both sedes and Megalo/Mikra. NM |
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