Translate

Wednesday, 30 September 2020

German aircraft used for mine sweeping activities above the Danube in 1943

In his report dated 6 September 1943 over the month August informed the Beauftragte des Vierjarhresplanes für Romanian his responsible Ministerialrat at Berlin that the Danube above Braila became again dangerous for shipping due to mines. Except for compiling a minesweeper squadron by the navy were 4 Junker aircraft fitted it with magnetic minecsweeping equipment. Since some days the aircraft were active above the Danube and destroyed already mines in the heights of Cernavoda and Giurgiu.

Source

High Command of the Kriegsmarine (OKM). Case 231. Website

No comments:

Post a Comment