LW Torpedo Bombers in the Mediterranean Sea, August 1942

[t-geronimo]

Enrico, this thread is long beyond your original question.
But that is no reason to stop it. Obviously no one here has the war diaries of the involved units, which are necessary to be 100% sure of how much german torpedo planes were really deployed against Pedestal.

Have you already tried Luftwaffe forums?

And of course we would be happy to learn one day what you have found out!!!

[Enrico Cernuschi]

Hello Chief.

The Lufwaffe Forum was unable to find the answer at the problem.

I will be happy to submit our Forum members my discoveries.

Anyway, in the meanwhile, if someone is going to translate the word files in Italian about the action of Calabria I published on 2008 to put them in the forum I will ge glad to send him the stuff.

      Augh

     Enrico

 

[Urs Heßling]

hello, Enrico,

The Chronology of the War at Sea is in fact based on the London Gazette's version and so reports just the same original mistakes.

As I said before, if you make a statement like that, you are expected to disclose your arguments, at least to the authors, so that possible mistakes may be corrected.

greetings, Urs

[Enrico Cernuschi]

Hi Urs,

you are right. Wait for the week end.

         Greetings

          Enrico

[Kuestenjaeger]

Quellen:
Friedrich LAUCK, Der Lufttorpedo

Peter,das war wirklich ein toller Buchtipp,habe gleichmal drin geblättert,als ich es heute bekam.
Sogar ne Menge Fotos und erklärende Zeichnungen.
Ist nur jedem Interessierten zu empfehlen,für unter 10€ allemal! (Sorry,für diese kleine Abschweifung vom Thema!)

[Peter K.]

Peter,das war wirklich ein toller Buchtipp ...

... sagte ich ja! 
... fein, dass es dir gefällt!

[Erich~]

Enrico

am interested in the Luftwaffe forums you have contacted ?

luftarchiv.de

12 o'clock high discussion group

Luftwaffe experten message board (LEMB)

have not seen your questions on the last two so reason why I am asking

best and looking forward to your translation

Erich ~

[Urs Heßling]

hello,

Going back in time to autumn 1941 and interpreting all data and links provided I come up with the question given below.

October 6-8, He 111 of II/KG 26 are reported to have sunk the freighter THISTLEGORM and damaged others in the Red Sea.

December 15-17, He 111 of II/KG 26 are reported to have attacked British warships during Italian convoy op M.41 and British convoy op MF.11 (BRECONSHIRE).

As the torpedo bomber unit, 6./KG 26, was apparently in the Black sea area, attacking aircraft must have been bombers (i.e. not torpedo bombers) and belonged to 4./- or 5./KG 26 , as the school at Grosseto had not been established, yet.

Is this presumption correct ?

greetings, Urs

[kgvm]

"Thistlegorm" was bombed and sunk on a voyage from Glasgow to Suez at 1.30 a.m. on October 6th,1941, while at anchor in the Strait of Jubal, Gulf of Suez.
Source: Charles Hocking, Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam
So I assume you're right, Urs.

[Koppel71]

Hallo
Habe aus einem Nachlass K.G.26 Lüneburg einige Fotos zu Grossetto He 111 H6 Lt 1H +Ch W-Nr.7085.

[redfort]

Hallo Koppel71,
danke fürs zeigen, sind Übungstorpedos die unter der He 111 hängen.

[primo]

Hat jemand  Näheres zur Torpedoschule in Grossetto,.?.Mein Großvater war in der Torpedoschule und hat zwei Einsätze auf Pedestal mitgeflogen und ist am 13.6.42  östl. von Pandellaria abgestürzt.