Air Raids in Adriatic Sea, september 1943

German Luftwaffe 1935-1945.
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gttf
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Air Raids in Adriatic Sea, september 1943

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Hello,
I’m looking for the details (units involved, types of aircraft, planes shotdown and/or damaged) of some attacks by Luftwaffe against Italian ships, in Adriatic Sea, after the Armistice of September 1943. In particular:
• The torpedo-boat T8 sank off Ragusa (Dubrovnik) on Sept., 11th, 1943: at 3:58 pm she was attacked by 9 stukas and hit three times. She sank at 4:03 pm (28 KIA)
• The torpedo-boat Sirtori was hit off Corfu on sept., 13th, 1943 at 9:10 and was immobilized: she was hit again on 18th and was scuttled by her crew on 25th.
• The torpedo-boat Stocco was subjected, between 16:20 and 17:15 of sept., 24th, 1943, off the western shores of Corfu, to several air attacks: the last one was performed by estimated 12 Stukas : the crew was almost totally lost, also for the strafing of the castaways and for the bad sea conditions. The ship sank around 19:20 of 24th
• On sept., 24th , 1943, a convoy of steamers evacuating Italian soldiers from Split, was raided several times by German aircraft, which damaged “Ivo Matković” (stranded on Biševo island ). The escort ships were the torpedo-boat Aretusa and the corvette Chimera.
• The torpedo-boat Cosenz, during an escort mission to some merchant ships evacuating Italian troops from Balkans, collided with the steamer Ulisse off Pelagosa, on sept., 25th, 1943: she was raided several times and was scuttled on sept., 27th, 1943
Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance
Fabrizio
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Re: Air Raids in Adriatic Sea, september 1943

Post by Lorenz »

Details you want not in books! You must go to British National Archives in London and research HW 5 folders for September 1943. This only source for detailed daily Luftlagemeldungen issued by Luftwaffenkdo. Südost, Fliegerführer Kroatien und Fliegerführer Albanien. Also ask BNA archivist for RAF "Y" Service reports for same date.

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Re: Air Raids in Adriatic Sea, september 1943

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Thank you Lorenz.
I supposed that the details I'm looking for were in some German books about that teather.
Thanks for your suggestions

Fabrizio
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