DPC72042 Forgotten Operations: Eisbär, Autumn 1943

Ar 196:

• D1+FH, 2./SAGr 126, Salamis NB, Greece;
• 7R+AK, 2./SAGr 125, Luftwaffe, Suda Bay AB, Crete;

Beaufighter Mk.IF:

• without code, No. 252 Sqn, Royal Air Force, Lakatamia AB, Cyprus;

Beaufighter Mk.VI:

• VB502, No. 46 Sqn, Royal Air Force, Cyprus;
• JL514, No. 227 Sqn, Royal Air Force, Lakatamia AB, Cyprus;

Bf 109 G-6:

• 8+I, 7./JG 27, Luftwaffe, Maleme AB, Crete;
• 13+~ “Marga”, 11./JG 27, Luftwaffe, Kalamaki AB, Greece;

B-25G-12 Mitchell:

• 264842 “Shady Lady”, 379th BS, 310th BG, U.S.A.A.F, temporarily in Libya;

C-47 Dakota:

• FD767/HO, No. 216 (511) Sqn, Royal Air Force, Egypt;

He 111 H-6:

• 1H+BP, 6./KG 26, Luftwaffe, Greece;

Ju 52 3mW:

• + E, Seetransportstaffel 1, Luftwaffe, Crete;
• 1Z+MN, LTrSt See 1, Luftwaffe;

Ju 87 D:

• + D, StG 151, Luftwaffe, temporarily in Greece;
• S7+DP, 6./StG 2, Luftwaffe, relocated from the Eastern Front;

Ju 88 A-4:

• L1+KK, I./LG 1, Luftwaffe, Melemes AB, Crete;

MC.202:

• 396 “Mirka”, 396 Stormo, 154 Gruppo, Italian Air Force, Rhodos;

MC.205V:

• -+17, JG 77, Luftwaffe, temporarily in Greece;

P-38G Lightning:

• 16, 37th FS, 14th FG, U.S.A.A.F, Gambut AB, Libya;

Spitfire Mk.Vb Trop:

• ER483, No. 74 Sqn, Royal Air Force, Antimachia AB, Cos;

Spitfire LF.Vb:

• EF552, No. 7 Sq, Royal Air Force, Cyprus;

Wellington Mk.VIII:

• HX654, No. 458 Sqn, Royal Air Force, Kabrit AB, Egypt;

all aircraft “Operation Eisbär”, autumn 1943