DEFE 3/15

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DEFE3/15 covers the period between 23rd and 27th December 1943 – however, some information related to dates outside this period.

In the page below are some notes/summaries gleaned from the pages of DEFE 3/15 I hope that these are of assistance to any fellow researchers.

The link to DEFE 3/15 at the national archives is here.

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Note the date of the event refers to a date in the message not necessarily the date of the message.

Flifue = FliegerFührer


Page Date of event Notes
300 22/12/43 Reference to sorties of 1(F)./33
296 22/12/43 reference strength return for Stab./NAGr 12, 2./NAGr 12, IV./JG 27 and 13./SG 151 (?)
280 23/12/43 Flivo 14 Korps
260 23/12/43 reference strength return for 1./NAGr 12; 8./JG 27; 11./JG 27; 1./LG 1 (?); 13./SG 151 –
248 23/12/43 aircraft of 1./KG76; 2./KG 76 and 4./KG 76
217 23/12/43 strength 1./NSGr 7
214 23/12/43 strength return of II./KG76
210 23/12/43 Luftflotte 2 2./NAGr 11; 1./NAGr 11; Stab./NAGr 11
208 23/12/43 III./JG 53
207 23/12/43 sorties Flivo Croatia
206 23/12/43 II./JG 4
204-5 24/12/43 various sorties by aircraft from unspecified units
176 24/12/43 III./JG 53
175 24/12/43 1./ NAGr 11
171 24/12/43 Flifue Luftflotte 2 intentions for 25/12/43 – II./SG 4; I./JG53 and I./ JG 77
166 24/12/43 Naval Comand requested photo recce of Ponza and Ichia
163 24/12/43 Sorties by aircraft of unspecified units – Ju 88 weatrher and sea recce south of Peloponnese and off Otranto-Sparvintento. Scramble of Me 109 from Kalamaki
161 26/12/43 Group of vessels leaving Rhodes to be escorted by Ju 88
158-9 24/12/43 1(F)./33 sortie. Other recce sorties. Ar 196 sorties off Toulon and Marseilles. Recce sorties if Ju 88s around Perugia
151 25/12/43 Sighting of Allied Submarine by Luftwaffe.
147 25/12/43 Stab./53; I./JG 77 and I./ JG 4 – reference to ferrying planes to be given up.
137 23/12/43 (26/12/43) III./JG 27; IV./ JG 27 strength aircraft and pilots
136 24/12/43 (26/12/43) strength part staffel Milos (?)
123 25/12/43 Do 24 damaged at Kythera during airstrike by three aircraft
115 23/12/43 (26/12/43) strength of 3./126 six Ar 196 serviceable out of 11.
114 26/12/43 Recce order for Flifue Luftflotte 2 as for 25/12/43
111 26/12/43 Various air activity around Crete. Ju 88 and Ar 196
110 25/12/43 Luftwaffe air activity in Süd-Ost – Recce ; Weather recce; Bomber sorties etc. Otranto- Spartivento; Agram; Kalamaki and Peloponnese. Units not defined.
108 25/12/43 Orders for Luftwaffe support of 10th Army. II./SG 4; I./JG53; I./JG 77 for 26/12/43
105 26/12/43 Air escort for naval group leaving Rhodes for Leros
104 26/12/43 Ship requested fighter escort.
96 25/12/43 II./KG 76 reported no aircraft in Italy but had two crews from nine ready.
93 25/12/43 Sorties west Med. Also sortie of 1(F)./33
87 26/12/43 II./JG 27 claims for 19/12/43 and 20/12/43.
86 25/12/43 Recce orders for Flifue Croatia for 26/12/43 unchanged
54 26/12/43 Flifue Albania - intentrions for 26/12/43 and strength for 25/12/43 unchanged from 24/12/43
50 25/12/43 FliFue Luftflotte 2 intentions for 26/12/43.
47 26/12/43 FliFue Luftflotte 2 intentions for 27/12/43 – unchanged
41 25/12/43 (27/12/43) Flifue Croatia aware that British were on Vis and that the following airfields were being prepared for use – Vis; Brac; Korkula and Sant Andrea.
36 26/12/43 Recce orders for Flifue Croatia for 27/12/43
32 26/12/43 Recce orders for Flifue Croatia.
30 26/12/43 LuftwaffenKommando Süd-Ost appreciation of airfields in the Benghazi area.
29 26/12/43 I./JG 4 transfer of unspecified elements of unit from Treviso to Lavariano.
24 26/12/43 Flifue Croatia aware of Tito dropping points
23 26/12/43 Sightings by Luftwaffe at Scedro, Vis and Lagosta.
21 26/12/43 5 Me 109 arrived Lavaraino from Germany (see reference to I./JG 4 above)
17 24/12/43 Flifue Croatia advised 15 Korps regarding stores situations at a number of airfields.
8 26/12/43 LuftwaffenKommando Süd-Ost operations aircraft, soerties but not units.
7 25-26/12/43 Flifue Luftflotte 2 no operations due to weather and airfield conditions.
2-4 25/12/43 Western Med sorties of Luftwaffe.


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