Kampfgeschwader 102 at Riga, Latvia

[Kari Lumppio]

Hello!

I was reading some pages of Kriegsmarine ships sent by a friend and noticed a Luftwaffe unit I was not really aware before and based at Riga (which is within my main area of interest).

It seems KG 102 trained torpedofliegers and was based at Riga June 1943 to August 1944, see also:
http://www.ww2.dk/air/kampf/kg102.html

I remembered that on my computer hard disk there was some E-bay photos of Ju 88 at Riga. And indeed there was some partial shots of "spagetti" camo Ju 88 coded +KR and one of them was dated on back May 1944 at Riga.

What I wonder is that I have titled the file as Ju 88 L1KR. The picture file was created March 2006 and I cannot remember if the auction description gave more info. Is the code L1 a blunder of mine or had KG 102 really this unit code?


I also seem to have one Ju 88 tail photo also with location description Riga and saved (from E-bay auction) Feb 2006. Similar spagetti camo and WNr 411x (x = 5,6 or 8 it seems). Would this be KG 102 plane too?

Is there any published articles or book (chapters) about the unit - KG 102?



Thanking for your interest and possible answers,
Kari