Α Ju 52 at the coast of Salonika

[RT]

Hello Byron,

What do you know of the accident in Saloniki, apart the picture , any report ??
Local source ??

Rémi

[byron-]

Hi Remi,

Unfortunately is nothing known about this incident.

My regards to Santorin

Byron

[Tony Jones]

Hi Remi

From docs at PRO tail code was N1C

[RT]

Hello, Tony,

For which Kz, G6+ or C6+,,?? On the picture man seems to read 4 as the figur on the right, ...
??
Rémi

[RT]

You cfm 7103 not 7130,,,??

Rémi

[Seaplanes]

A theory is that the tail code (Taktische Kennzeichen) could be identified as "W 4" + a letter, possibly K. The tail code W was assigned to K.Gr.z.b.V. Wittstock, the number 4 indicated the Staffel as 4./K.Gr.z.b.V. Wittstock, and the letter K was the individual letter for this particular aircraft within the Staffel. Some of the aircraft of 4./K.Gr.z.b.V. Wittstock carried the unit code "G6+ from the old unit K.Gr.z.b.V. 102.

As mentioned in my previous e-mail, W.Nr. 7103 was a Ju 52/3mg5e and was reported on several occations from 24. February 1943 through to 02. March 1943 with the unit code G6+ES when converting from wheels to floats in Pillau. Also according to my notes, this aircraft was assigned the permanent code (Stammkennzeichen) DD+ZV. When shot down en-route from Milos to Athens on 29. May 1943, the aircraft operated with Seetransportfliegerstaffel 1. During this mission the aircraft was escorted by Ar 196A-3 D1+IH W.Nr.298 from 1./126 which was also shot up when landing at Lutra on the island of Kythnos.

[Tony Jones]

Hi Remi

The docs at the PRO gave C6+EC.

A very large list of tail codes is given

The docs you already have from me!!

Regards

Tony

[RT]

Right, but I hv note for this one 7130..but no unit code is given , only the STKZ DD+ZV...,,?

By the way the unit is given as 1.KGrzbv102, seems to hv been disbanded, at some time around spring 43

Rémi