Saborowka

[Larry deZeng]

II./KG 51
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Jul – Aug 41: from late Jul and through Aug, flew continuous attacks on bridges along the Dnieper, especially around Berislav, in support of 11th Army’s drive toward the Crimean Peninsula.
2 Sep 41: (Lfl.4) - Ju 88A-5 damaged taxying at Fp.Balti-East, 70%, 2 KIA, 2 WIA.
8 Sep 41: withdrawn from operations and ordered back to Wiener-Neustadt for an extended rest and refit.
2 Nov 41: (Lfl.4) - Ju 88A-4 (9K+GR) FTR from ops, 100%, 4 MIA; this may be a German typo and actually should have been III.Gruppe, or perhaps a III.Gruppe aircraft with a II.Gruppe crew.

II./JG 51
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At Bobruisk to August 1941, then to Seshchinskaya to October then to Orel. All on the central sector of the front in Belorussia.