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Campaign dates
By: Flying Dutchman Date: July 3, 2020, 4:51 am
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Hi,
Underway away from home for work last and coming days, so no
acces to TnT manual.
I need the dates of the campaigns, to work on legenda in spare
time, so could anybody please write up something like:
Camp 1: march 42-may 42
Camp 2: june 42- aug 42
ect.
Some I remember, most only approx so this would help...
Cheers, Rob.
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Re: Campaign dates
By: Airborne Date: July 3, 2020, 7:11 am
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yes, I will try and send you something.
On the way, let me know if this helps.
Chris
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Re: Campaign dates
By: Flying Dutchman Date: July 3, 2020, 12:10 pm
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Got it, perfect!
Thanks a lot, helps...
I can now try to allocate EW start/end to campaign.
Greetz Rob.
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Re: Campaign dates
By: Flying Dutchman Date: July 4, 2020, 12:52 am
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Another thingy Chris,
Do you remember if during the Peenemünde raid the bmbrs/stream
coming from the north to the south, were seen on
Freya/Himmelbett/Würzburg stations (HZ) in the vincinity of the
target?
I have info that HZ was there, but not when active. I also
remember the attack was a surprise, or at least its TGT, the LW
thinking Berlin was the TGT.
So I am not sure when/in which campaign to activate that HZ.
You having just read the book might remember...
Greetz, Rob.
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Re: Campaign dates
By: Airborne Date: July 4, 2020, 6:47 am
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I don't believe they were, but I will dig some to find out more.
Ok, the raiders were likely picked up by Freya while over the N
Sea (not effected by window as much). However, the diversionary
raid (8 Mossies) to Berlin drew most NF away. Around 200 NF
were airborne including over 50 single seaters. This was the
first big use of the Wild Boar or freelancing and only a few NF
per box were kept back. When about 20 miles from the Danish
coast, the bombers started dropping window bundles. I have come
across no close in box detection of the raiders true target.
The Berlin diversion was extremely effective and only when the
raid was underway at the true target were NF sent there. This
was good news for the 1st or 2nd waves but not so much for the
3rd wave when the NF arrived in force. This was mostly where
the 40 or so bombers were brought down.
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Re: Campaign dates
By: Flying Dutchman Date: July 5, 2020, 3:15 am
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Roger that.
"This was the first big use of the Wild Boar or freelancing and
only a few NF per box were kept back."
The crux was the LW thinking Berlin was the TGT, not as much
that they had no HZ capacity or capability.
I deliberately left out Peenemünde HZ until after the raid, but
will change it to active status earlier.
I have a VERY low quality pic of it all, but active as well as
projected HZ sites are on it including Peenemünde but
the low quality prevents me from distinguishing between that:
[attachimg=1]
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