the role of the tranport on the eastern front
Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:29 pm
hallo all
strangely i never see much material on the eastern front issue so i decided to post a small article in the hope of starting a topic that was never open so far
In many discussion or articles about the italian presence in Russia is evident the valor and the sacrifice of the combattant on this front
In the case of the regia aeronautica this spirit of sacrifice was obvious in the tranport group that with aircrafts old and obsolete have often partecipated in all kind of missions especially those to resupply troops on the ground that have been surraunded or cut-off by the resolute counter offensive operated by the russians on the river Don sector
The italian aviator in spite of the poor maintenance status of theyr old aircrafts and the impossible whether conditions have sacrified many lives and endured the most difficult situations to try to bring relieve to at lest 12000 italian troups completly surrounded in the area of Tscherkowo
This missions were done with a scarcity of aircrafts but especially pilots with no reserves and very often without escort keept on the ground by the ferocious russian snow storms
The lack of personnel contribuited to the loss of one of the most heroic and well known figures of the Regia genr.Enrico Pezzi who disappeared with his aircraft and his crew during a mission on the Don area mission in which he took the place of another pilot who was not well and in no conditions to fly at all.
The sense of duty and sacrifies was very high in the ARMIR and in the R.A.
in the transport group many crew took off knowing to go most often to certain death but theyr resolve was to try to help and to save those on the ground that had basically no chance if werent rescued by those of the Regia
ciao a tutti
stefano
strangely i never see much material on the eastern front issue so i decided to post a small article in the hope of starting a topic that was never open so far
In many discussion or articles about the italian presence in Russia is evident the valor and the sacrifice of the combattant on this front
In the case of the regia aeronautica this spirit of sacrifice was obvious in the tranport group that with aircrafts old and obsolete have often partecipated in all kind of missions especially those to resupply troops on the ground that have been surraunded or cut-off by the resolute counter offensive operated by the russians on the river Don sector
The italian aviator in spite of the poor maintenance status of theyr old aircrafts and the impossible whether conditions have sacrified many lives and endured the most difficult situations to try to bring relieve to at lest 12000 italian troups completly surrounded in the area of Tscherkowo
This missions were done with a scarcity of aircrafts but especially pilots with no reserves and very often without escort keept on the ground by the ferocious russian snow storms
The lack of personnel contribuited to the loss of one of the most heroic and well known figures of the Regia genr.Enrico Pezzi who disappeared with his aircraft and his crew during a mission on the Don area mission in which he took the place of another pilot who was not well and in no conditions to fly at all.
The sense of duty and sacrifies was very high in the ARMIR and in the R.A.
in the transport group many crew took off knowing to go most often to certain death but theyr resolve was to try to help and to save those on the ground that had basically no chance if werent rescued by those of the Regia
ciao a tutti
stefano