The German saboteurs failed and 40 of them were taken captive. They had been spotted when the lead plane of the flight group began dropping flares to mark the jump zone. The Soviets counter-attacked and took the prisoners.
A team this size would need at least 3 Ju-52's and perhaps 1 "spotting" plane to mark the zone?
These bridges are between Korosten and Kiev, today the railroad has been altered, however, prior to the war one of the bridges led to a different town.
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