First day of Greece Operations
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 8:33 am
Dear friends
I am working on my ancestor's war memoir of the Greco-Italian War. Here's a challenge for you, which I hope you will enjoy looking into.
There's an eyewitness account of a squadron of 10-12 Italian fighters flying along the coast outside Filiatra in the Peloponnese around 10 am on the day the war was declared 28/10/1940.
My questions and observations are :
- Is it reasonable to believe that the squadron was fighters? Due to the range of the raid from the airports I assume nearest aircraft that could fly comfortably there would be SM81 out of Lecce or RO37 BiS from Valona based on this resource https://www.globalsecurity.org/military ... -orbat.htm . Any other suggestions?
- Is the number of aircraft significant ? Is a cluster of 10-12 aircraft flying together an indication of the type of unit etc
- Can this particular sighting be verified by any available Unit Operational records ?
I know that this is an extremely obscure question, but I'm just counting on the expertise of the members and some good fortune.
Thank you for any insight you may be able to share,
I am working on my ancestor's war memoir of the Greco-Italian War. Here's a challenge for you, which I hope you will enjoy looking into.
There's an eyewitness account of a squadron of 10-12 Italian fighters flying along the coast outside Filiatra in the Peloponnese around 10 am on the day the war was declared 28/10/1940.
My questions and observations are :
- Is it reasonable to believe that the squadron was fighters? Due to the range of the raid from the airports I assume nearest aircraft that could fly comfortably there would be SM81 out of Lecce or RO37 BiS from Valona based on this resource https://www.globalsecurity.org/military ... -orbat.htm . Any other suggestions?
- Is the number of aircraft significant ? Is a cluster of 10-12 aircraft flying together an indication of the type of unit etc
- Can this particular sighting be verified by any available Unit Operational records ?
I know that this is an extremely obscure question, but I'm just counting on the expertise of the members and some good fortune.
Thank you for any insight you may be able to share,