RAF/Commonwealth operations over Romania, recce, night bombings, targets, losses

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This post has been edited by Cantacuzino on February 28, 2005 10:17 am

The monument dedicated to all RAF ( and Commonwealth) lost airman in WWII over Romania from Tancabesti cemetery. Courtesy Dan Melinte.


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i am sorry for the bad quality photo of my last post, it loks fine on my screen, i don't know what is the problem, il try again.

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The story of the Welington crashed in the lake, from the same book.

This post has been edited by Cantacuzino on May 19, 2008 06:34 am

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From the same book, information about Landcasters on the romanian teritory.

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From the same book...

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And i'm sorry for non french speeking people. Maybe Barbosu could help with translation.

Dan.

Well, I'll translate them but fragment by fragment.
I made a request to the government to issue a law making the day of 30 hours and sleep time only three hours

Cheers,
Barbosu

CIP

The book " GERMAN/RUMANIAN NIGHT FIGHTERS" where did you buy it from ? what is the printing year ? can you repost the first photo posted as it doesnt work .....also can you scan the cover of the book.

It also says under one of the photos where two soldiers looks into the sky ..that the AMERICAN bombers bombed Zilistea while flying from Russia to Rumania...I knew that some joint US / Sviet B-25's Bombers under the Russian Naval Air Command were based in Crimea and used on the Crimea front in 1944 , I didnt know however that other US bombers were based elsewhere in Russia.....I would like to know the type and location of the bombers just in case you know .

Thanks
Al

It was one of the shutlle raid ( july ?) used by 15th Air Force freqvently in summer '44. One of the american base in Rusia was Poltava.

Dan.

Below the front cover of the book.

Dan.

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Hey Cip, the Lancaster was in fact a Halifax shot down at Corbii Mari.
( info from book La chasse de nuit...)



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German radars position map.
Cornelius was the code name of the one placed near Comana village.( book Chassse de la nuit..)



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Dan

This chart if translated from French to English says it shows all location of the German visual night signalling aids and status for night fighter activity and not German Radar locations....from German translated it also indicates the 12 BF-110 soled to ARR for the amount mentioned ....the circles are NAV compass roses and the legend indicates the night signalling status of each facility........it doesnt indicate about any Radar station location.

Also I am not aware nor there are any RAF reports that Halifaxes and Lancs were lost over Rumania....it could well be an RAF B-24...however if you have clear evidences from the crash site pointing out of a Halifax , let me know

Al

This post has been edited by alexkdl on February 28, 2005 11:53 am

Yes Alex you are right they are not radars but radio control centers who direct the german night fighters to the night intruders position ( or something like that). But also Wurzburg radars could be part from that complex sistems ( visual, audio, signalling, radio). I will check for more in that book.
Dan.