Greek island of Zakynthos -airfield?

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Greek island of Zakynthos -airfield?

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Post by phylo_roadking » 13 Mar 2015, 22:21

Was there an airfield on Zakynthos in the Ionian islands during WWII?
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Post by Orwell1984 » 14 Mar 2015, 00:15

phylo_roadking wrote:Was there an airfield on Zakynthos in the Ionian islands during WWII?
http://www.wwii-photos-maps.com/aerialm ... -1-44.html

Aerial map of Zante (Zakynthos) dated 11.1.44

Note the bottom middle for an airfield listed as "unbrauchbar gemacht" (Made unusable)

When this happened or what use it had been previously I don't know.

Trying searches under Zante as well as Zakynthos might be fruitful.


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Post by phylo_roadking » 14 Mar 2015, 00:57

O I have been :) Not much at all has shown up to date. Thanks for the pic.
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Post by Urmel » 14 Mar 2015, 11:56

This link states that Ala Littoria in 1941 started a service to Brindisi using floatplanes/flying boats from Zakinthos, which may indicate no airfield existed at the time?

http://milos-greece.com/aktuell/inselhuepfen.html
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Post by Larry D. » 14 Mar 2015, 14:13

Zante (GR) (c. 37 45 N – 20 51 E) or (27 45 14 N – 20 53 01 E)
General: landing ground on Zante Island off the NW coast of the
Peloponnisos in S Greece. Exact location not determined but probably in
the SE corner of the island on the SE side of the village of Ampelokipoi and
the NW side of the village of Kalamaki. History: no information found. No
evidence found of use by the Luftwaffe. Surface and Dimensions: farmland
surface that was probably damp much of the time. Measured approx. 1190
x 675 meters (1300 x 740 yards). No paved runway. Infrastructure: had
1 small hangar-type building and 3 huts in the NE corner.
Remarks:
13 May 43: reconnaissance photos showed the landing ground had recently
been plowed up and rendered unserviceable.
[Sources: AFHRA A5262 p.382 (6 Aug 43); chronologies; BA-MA; NARA;
PRO/NA; web site ww2.dk]


http://www.ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20Greec ... canese.pdf

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