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Air Attack Catania 16 Jan 41
A number of German aircraft were damaged in an air attack on Catania (15-16 or 16-17 Jan 41 I am not sure). Any ideas who might have carried out the attack?
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Re: Air Attack Catania 16 Jan 41
Not sure if you mean this one, but on 12 Jan 1941 there was a nighttime raid by 148 Squadron Wellingtons operating from Luqa.
See http://ww2today.com/12th-january-194...talian-targets Regards, Leendert |
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Re: Air Attack Catania 16 Jan 41
Thanks it sounds right but the photo I have was of a Ju 88 damaged on 16 Jan 41
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Re: Air Attack Catania 16 Jan 41
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Christopher Shores and Brian Cull with Nicola Malizia Malta : The Hurricane Years, 1940-41, there is no entry for the 14/1/41 & 15/1/41, nothing about Catania in the 16/1/41 entry, but in the 12/1/41 entry (P 118-119) which recount the events mentioned by Leendert, there is the following sentence : "Three nights later nine Wellingtons repeated the attack, all returning safely in this occasion." |
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Re: Air Attack Catania 16 Jan 41
Thanks this seems to match. Photos I have show an airfield packed with bombers & a number of them damaged.
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