Soviet Airmen POW Camp at Budesti

I am searching more details from anyone who could
help me entangle this puzzle. From various books and
publications related to the 4th Black Sea Naval Air
Fleet 3rd Reserve & Training Sqd missions into Constanza
which started on June 21 through end of July 1941 as
well few more missions of 22 ADD ( Long Range Bombers)
SQD also based at Sevastopol is obvious that few pilots
navigators , radio men and gunners were taken POW to
Budesti on June 26,41 and later on shipped to OFLAG XIII-C
in Bavaria.

I would greatly appreciate any deeper info on this and
details and photos of this relatively unknown camp to me.

Also if anyone knows about the missions objective from
Baltzi airfield (Moldova) on Aug 25, 1944 of Maj. M.A.Hyuktikov
leading a group of YAK-9DD's flying over Rumania, Bulgaria
enroute to Bari Italy for a classified mission to help Tito partizans
while escorting several Bostons . As of today there is no much
info about both subjects.

Thanks

This post has been edited by yugit on June 18, 2011 03:37 pm

It can be some confusions here :
From russian sources :
The Mil. Air Forces of The Black Sea Fleet (VVS Tch.F) entered the war having in its composition two Air Brigades (63rd bombing and the 62nd Fighter), the 119th Sea Reconnaissance Regiment, ten independent air squadrons, two air detachements and five air bases. In the formative stages were the 3rd training reserve Reg, the 68th Reg, two squadrons of the 8th and 9th Reg. A total of 636 planes.

Later, Sept.1943 the 62 FABg. was transformed as the 4th Fighter Air Division.

There was a 4th Air Fleet here, but it was... Luftflotte 4.

From russian sources, bombardement missions over Constanza were 1941 June 23, 24, 25 and 26. Since Oct.16 till Sept.1943, no more bombs.

The missions were carryed out by the 63rd Heavy Bomber Av.Brig. (2. and 40. Reg.)

This post has been edited by Petre on June 21, 2011 02:15 pm

Petre

Thank you very much indeed for the info. I agree with most
of your comments but I will come up with some remarks
related to the regiments who flew to Constanza and Ploesti
in 1941 . The naval air missions were started again in 1943
with long range missions from bases behind the Russian front by
the 5th and 10th ADD ( Long Range Bomber Sqd ) in
addition to various recon flights from unknown bases . The
Russian VVS and BMF system is really confusing.

I am aware abouth 4th Black Sea fleet...the naval army air
fleet was called the 8th Air Fleet.

Perhaps someone can tell me where can I buy a book called :

Marina Romana in al II –lea rasboi mondial”

Best Regards

This post has been edited by yugit on June 22, 2011 09:18 am

Agreed ! Web sources are confused.
They say : "STAVKA decided, by means of the Black Sea Fleet and the 4th Air Corps of the Southern Front to destroy oil industry facilities in Romania." But no 4th Air Corps was in the S.Front. There was 4th Air Army, formed May 1942 from air units of the S.Front.

If you manage with russian language, look here :
http://allaces.ru/cgi-bin/s2.cgi/sssr/struct/main.dat