Greek island of Zakynthos -airfield?
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Greek island of Zakynthos -airfield?
Was there an airfield on Zakynthos in the Ionian islands during WWII?
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Re: Greek island of Zakynthos -airfield?
http://www.wwii-photos-maps.com/aerialm ... -1-44.htmlphylo_roadking wrote:Was there an airfield on Zakynthos in the Ionian islands during WWII?
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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Re: Greek island of Zakynthos -airfield?
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Re: Greek island of Zakynthos -airfield?
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
http://milos-greece.com/aktuell/inselhuepfen.html
The enemy had superiority in numbers, his tanks were more heavily armoured, they had larger calibre guns with nearly twice the effective range of ours, and their telescopes were superior. 5 RTR 19/11/41
The CRUSADER Project - The Winter Battle 1941/42
The CRUSADER Project - The Winter Battle 1941/42
Re: Greek island of Zakynthos -airfield?
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
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