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PLACES

Map of part of Central Italy showing the main places mentioned in this account.


Rieti

Airfield occupied by I./SG 4 during April 1944 and the target of a number of attacks by Allied aircraft.

Cutella

Base of the Kittyhawk squadrons of No. 239 Wing RAF including Nos. 112 and 250.

Palombaro

SG 4's target on the afternoon of 7 April 1944.

 

From the German 334. Infanterie Division, 2230 hours, 5 April 1944:

In a conversation with IA [Operations Officer] of FANAL [code name of Fliegerführer Luftflotte 2] PX5A [map reference for Palombaro] is reported as a fighter-bomber target, being a concentraion point for supplies and enemy assembling. Slight air defence is probably in the target area. Heavy AA battery in area QX5C since yesterday.

Lanciano

SG 4 attacked vehicle concentrations here on the morning of 20 April 1944.


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