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Hello Enrico
A friend sent me the following
There is a book by a former gunnery officer on Malta which mentions a Maltese soldier being captured by German raiders. It is in "Who Cares Who Wins" by Jimmy Quentin Hughes MC

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Hello filibustero and veres, Can you assist me? My main interest is on the involvement of the Kriegsmarine in the invasion of LEROS, I have never seen a Kriegsmarine Magazine and would be very interested in any editions that may have covered this battle, if Leros is covered could you inform me of th...

Hi can anyone help with this position 23deg east 7871?
What size would the box be?, where could I find details on this?
It should show up in the Aegean.
Hope some one can help
Regards from a sunny Merseyside U.K.

Derek

Hi Joe Thank you for your reply! I will have to buy a copy of your book. I still have doubts (both ways) about Rogge. In the book Milag the photo does state Korvettenkapitan Bernhard Rogge and whilst I am not sure of all his medals etc it does look like the Knights Cross with Oakleaves that he is we...

Hi Gareth Thanks for your reply(sorry for the delay) . Rogge seems a bit of a mystery. The info you have supplied matches mine ,but I have a press cutting from the time that the P.O.W camp was liberated nameing Rogge and saying he was in a British P.O.W camp after Scapa Flow (1918), the book Milag b...

I have been contacting ex British R.N. P.O.Ws, and have found that most of those at Marlag und Milag Nord at Westertimke if they had to be in a P.O.W. camp then this would have been the one they picked! and most seem to have had a lot of respect for the camp commander Bernhard Rogge, some reports sa...

Hi Sam The Italian records on the Roma state that it was hit by a SD1400"FritzX" from a Dornier217 and states WIRE DIRECTED. Some of the first 1400s were and then cable was later abandoned (the Roma had 1254 dead) The problems arose with the Fritzs due to the fact that the delivery planes ...

In Arvo L V s, very informative reply he states that the hs293 was a air to air missile! I have compiled quite a dossier on Glider Bombs but have only found the 293 and the Fritz to have been used for Air to Ship and Ground (Mainly bridges and AC) I hve been trying to compile a list of hits and woul...

Thanks Jason for the info I am in contact with Peter Shenck, but whilst all his photographs are very good the one of the 72 is poor, I am in contact with Herr Oberleutnant z S Hansjurgan Weissenborn who was in charge of the Western invasion force and he actually captured the 72,(He was on R210) and ...

I am looking for Photographs/ Information on a R.N. minesweeper/escort ship captured in the Aegean off Leros/ Kalymnos 12/11/43. It was in the harbour at Pothia in Kalymnos until October 1944 when it was towed to Leros (Portalago/Lakkie) were it remained until 1945 Photos of the Trapani sunk at Kaly...

Thanks Erich for the info! (it will come in very handy) Being mainly on Naval research this (Glider bombs) has really fascinated me. I think the minesweeper was hit by the fifth squadron of /KG100 based at Athens/Kalamaki. Any ideas on box 7871, have you ever seen any info on Luftwaffe box numbers? ...

Thanks for your replys Erich and Robert, Sorry for the delay in replying, Erich I have read extracts from that book on the web however I think I will buy a copy just for my records! Robert your reply was very informative did you compile that list youself? I have been tracing the life of a RN mineswe...

Has anyone ever seen records of the Luftwaffe Gliderbomb hits/misses
(%s) and the numbers produced?.
Was the HS293b ever used (cable control) ? .I can find details on it but no mention of it being used, in fact most British records seem to confuse the HS293a (500lb) with the Fritz(1000lb).