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ARR on the Crimea 1944, according to a german document...| yogy |
Posted: May 23, 2006 12:05 pm
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Fruntas  Group: Members Posts: 72 Member No.: 567 Joined: April 14, 2005  |
I found a german document which says the following about these romanian units:
Data for 25th of March 1944: Rum.IX.J.Gr.: Odessa, 15 combat-ready planes Rum.49.J.St.: Saki(Krim), 0 planes Furthermore, teh document mentions the II./JG52 (38planes) in Gramatikowo/Krim. Also, I remember a soviet picture with a destroyed Ju87 with Michaels-cross (and a Lw-Fw190) which is said to be taken in Sevastopol. Who has more informations about ARR-units in the Crimea? It sounds reasonable, because there were lots of romanian ground troops also... The source is a table taken from a report of General Deichmann about Luftwaffe operations in support of the Heer. |
  
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| D13-th_Mytzu |
Posted: May 23, 2006 12:14 pm
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General de brigada  Group: Members Posts: 1058 Member No.: 328 Joined: August 20, 2004 |
I do have info about it but it is at home. What I remember now: for long period of time an IAR-80 squadron was maintained in Crimea (43 - 44). Also for some brief period Ju87 units used airfield from Crimea. The info about IAR I will be able to provide faster because I know where to look.
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| Victor |
Posted: May 24, 2006 06:57 am
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There were several units that operated from airfiels in Crimea.
The IAR-80 equipped 49th Fighter Squadron of the 4th Fighter Group served in the Crimea between summer 1943 - April 44, providing fighter cover for Axis convoys. For a brief period in 1943, the 43rd Fighter Squadron served in the Crimea before being reassigned to the 7th Fighter Group in the Ukraine. The other important unit was the 3rd Dive Bomber Group, which flew missions over the Kuban and then over Crimea between the summer of 1943 and May 1944. They abandoned the aircraft at Khersones and were flown out by Ju-52s. The photo you saw was of one of their aircraft. The 9th Fighter Group also resided for a brief period in Crimea in early 1944 (at Genichesk IIRC). |
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| sid guttridge |
Posted: May 24, 2006 11:39 am
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Locotenent colonel  Group: Members Posts: 862 Member No.: 591 Joined: May 19, 2005 |
Hi Victor,
Are you sure 3rd Dive Bomber Group left its aircraft at Khersones in May 1944? I thought it was operating in the Ukraine at the time. Wasn't it a fighter squadron that was trapped in the Crmea? Cheers, Sid. |
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| Victor |
Posted: May 24, 2006 06:55 pm
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Admin Group: Admin Posts: 4350 Member No.: 3 Joined: February 11, 2003 |
The 3rd Dive Bomber Group wasn't operating in the Ukraine in May 1944. It was in Romania reorganizing and re-equipping. It started operations again at the end of the month from Tecuci, IIRC.
You may be confusing it with the 6th Dive Bomber Group. |
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| sid guttridge |
Posted: May 25, 2006 09:43 am
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Locotenent colonel Group: Members Posts: 862 Member No.: 591 Joined: May 19, 2005 |
Hi Victor,
Yup. You are right. I double checked. My mistake. I thought you meant Grup 3 Bopi abandoned its aircraft in the Crimea. My mistake! Cheers, Sid. |
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| Victor |
Posted: May 25, 2006 09:14 pm
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That is exactly what I meant. |
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