Need info about Luftwaffe NSGr.9 (Bologna)

[Plutone]

I need every info about following Luftwaffe in Bologna airport Italy:

- 1./NSGr.9 - JU87D E8+NH
- Fliegerhorst-Kdtr E (v) 214/VII (Amola, near Bologna)
- Fliegerhorst-Kdtr E (v) 38/IV and 221/VII (Bologna)
- other more I have no info

Thanks in advance

Toni

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Plutone

I need every info about following Luftwaffe in Bologna airport Italy:

- 1./NSGr.9 - JU87D E8+NH
- Fliegerhorst-Kdtr E (v) 214/VII (Amola, near Bologna)
- Fliegerhorst-Kdtr E (v) 38/IV and 221/VII (Bologna)
- other more I have no info

Toni

I think you must have something more: where does your information come from? A marking on a map, the report of a crash, a landing at an airfield, what? Is there a date?

I have written a whole book about NSG 9:

Ghost Bombers, the Moonlight War of NSG 9: Luftwaffe Night Attack Operations from Anzio to the Alps (Classic Publications Ltd., Crowborough, November 2001) ISBN 1 903223 15 6

Bologna was used in the Spring and Summer of 1944 by NSG 9 as a stopping place when transferring between its rear base at Caselle-Torino and its operating airfields. For example, E8+NH was among aircraft landing there on 28 May 1944 before leaving for Tuscania.

I have no evidence that they ever used Bologna as an operational airfield.

[Plutone]

Thanks Nick
I am just writing a history of Bologna airport and searched all notices abou the period WWII.
Your infos are quite interesting, do you have something else for Bologna ?
Regards

Toni

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Plutone

Thanks Nick
I am just writing a history of Bologna airport and searched all notices about the period WWII.

That doesn't answer my question. What was the information you had to connect this aircraft with Bologna? Is there a photo? What was the date?

Your infos are quite interesting, do you have something else for Bologna ?
Regards

Toni

Not really. Only that NSG 9 used it for interim landings a few times when transferring between forward bases and Caselle. later they dropped a lot of bombs on American units in the mountains near the city.

[Plutone]

The connecting information was the memory of an airforce italian military in Bologna during WWII who told me he saw Stuka passing sometimes in the airport, or maybe based, but he didn't remember more.
Then I read something in http://www.ww2.dk/oob/bestand/schlacht/bnsgr9.html.
I have a couple of photos token from the ait by british bombers on 23 april 1944, one month about before the arrival of NSG9 aircrafts: the planes look very very little to be recognized, but if you are interested in I will try to report the photoes.
Regards
Toni