By Pierre Kosmidis Battleship Kilkis (Greek: Θ/Κ Κιλκίς) was a 13,000 ton Mississippi-class battleship originally built by the US Navy in 1904–1908. The Stuka dive bombers hit “Lemnos” in the background, with “Kilkis” visible in the middle of the photo As Mississippi she was purchased by the Greek Navy in 1914, and renamed Kilkis, along […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos, documents and additional information by Lt. Col. (ret.) Hans Peter Eisenbach, used by kind permission. Click the links below for additional reading: A personal account of a Luftwaffe pilot in Greece: Friedrich “Fritz” Eisenbach in Kefalonia, Rodos, Leros – The Ju 87 “Stuka” dive bomber operations in Greece, 1943 Dogfight over […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Information, photos and documents by Lt. Col. (ret.) Hans Peter Eisenbach, used by kind permission. A new book by acclaimed researcher and author Lt. Col. (ret.) Hans Peter Eisenbach is published, featuring the history of Sturzkampfgruppe I./3 in 1941. The book documents the history of Sturzkampfgruppe I./3, also known as the “Grazer Gruppe”, in 1941 and represents […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos and info submitted by Cynrik De Decker, used by permission Aviation enthusiast and researcher Cynrik De Decker from Belgium has the Flugbuch (flight log book) from a Stuka gunner of StG 3. The logbook ends with a crash landing on June 10, 1942 with Ju 87 S7+MN at Athens Eleusis. It appears that […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos, documents and additional information by Lt. Col. (ret.) Hans Peter Eisenbach, used by kind permission. Click the links below for additional reading: A personal account of a Luftwaffe pilot in Greece: Friedrich “Fritz” Eisenbach in Kefalonia, Rodos, Leros – The Ju 87 “Stuka” dive bomber operations in Greece, 1943 Identified! […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos and Research: George Karelas George Karelas, a respected researcher and deep scuba diver is credited, along with his associates, with some of the most impressive finds related to World War 2 in Greece, including aircraft wrecks, shipwrecks and even the lost panzer division, a deep sea enigma that lasted for […]
SOURCE Junkers Ju 87R-4 Stuka (Wk. Nr. 6234), coded L1+FW, built in 1941. This Stuka served with Lehrgeschwader 1 and later Sturzkampfgeschwader 5. According to FHCAM, this Stuka was originally intended for service in North Africa, but instead it wound up taking part in the invasion of the Soviet Union. The aircraft was on […]
By Pierre Kosmidis SOURCE OF PHOTOS AND RESEARCH A Stuka JU 87 D aircraft wreck was found in Tver region , central Russia in June 2007, according to the website www.warrelics.eu This Luftwaffe dive bomber was identified as WNr 2761 Stammkennzeichen VD+GY, Kennung T6+GS, with the crew of pilot FF Besatzung Uffz Karl Friedl, and […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos, documents and additional information by Lt. Col. (ret.) Hans Peter Eisenbach, used by kind permission. Το Ju87 “Stuka”, το οποίο ανελκύσθηκε στη Ρόδο πριν από μερικά χρόνια και έκτοτε βρίσκεται στις εγκαταστάσεις του Μουσείου Πολεμικής Αεροπορίας στην Αεροπορική Βάση Δεκελείας στο Τατόι, έχει μια πολύ ενδιαφέρουσα ιστορία. Χάρη σε δύο πολύ αξιόλογους ερευνητές, […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Copyright of all photos, documents and additional information: Lt. Col. (ret.) Hans Peter Eisenbach, used by kind permission. Click the links below for additional reading: A personal account of a Luftwaffe pilot in Greece: Friedrich “Fritz” Eisenbach in Kefalonia, Rodos, Leros – The Ju 87 “Stuka” dive bomber operations in Greece, 1943 […]