22.06.44
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10.40
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3 Bf 109s (Stab) deploy to Villafranca.
1320 3 Bf 109s (Stab) scramble.
400 four-engined bombers and 60 Lightnings in the Bologna-Ferrara area. Geschwaderstab sights about 100 bombers at 7000 m. over Ferrara. Since our own Kette is at 5000 m. an attack cannot be carried out. The attack by the Gruppen was driven off by Lightnings. Bombs dropped on Ferrara city and Poggio Renatico airfield perimeter. No damage to military personnel.
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24.06.44
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0950–1100
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3 Bf 109s (Stab) freelance patrol in Squares AG, AF, UF, U[second letter missing off edge of page].
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10.30
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Contact with 3 Mustangs in AG at 1000-500 m.
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10.34
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One Mustang shot down by Fhj. Fw. Fährmann in AG2. Pilot baled out, Mustang crashed into the sea.
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25.06.44
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07.40
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4 Bf 109s (Stab) deploy to Maniago. The heavy bombers that were to have been attacked fly to the east, so no action.
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10.10
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Return flight.
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10.55
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Landing.
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15.01–17.20
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4 Bf 109s (Stab) freelance patrol. No sightings of enemy or contact.
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26.06.44
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07.42
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3 Bf 109s (Stab) deploy to Maniago.
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1 Bf 109 (Fw. Klein) follows on later.
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10.06
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4 Bf 109s scrambled against heavy bombers returning from the Reich.
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10.35–10.50
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Combat in the area northeast of Zagreb with around 40 Liberators at 3–4000 m. and 50 Lightnings. Attack on the bombers seriously hindered by enemy high-level fighter cover. It was again demonstrated to Jafü and the Flotte that the effective engagement of heavy bomber formations it is urgently necessary for us to employ our own top cover Gruppen in Italian airspace also.
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10.44
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One Liberator definitely destroyed by Ofw. Klein in NN2.
3 Bf 109s landed in Ljubljana, one in Gorizia.
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27.06.44
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09.33–11.08
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4 Bf 109s (Stab) freelance patrol in Rimini area. No sign of enemy and no special occurrences.
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28.06.44
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11.04–13.34
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4 Bf 109s (Stab) freelance patrol in Rimini area.
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13.30
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SW of Rimini sighted 4 Spitfires at 1000 m. altitude, 1km. distant. They could not be caught on account of their speed. Two bombs seen to be dropped. SW of Rimini Hptm. Gutowski hit in tail by own Flak.
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29.06.44
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08.36
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4 Bf 109s (Stab) transferred to Avaiano.
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11.35
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Since the heavy bombers did not fly to Germany, scrambled from there against enemy reported in TE.
Combat with 8 Spitfires east of Rimini over sea in UG at 4000 m., without success or loss.
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15.09–16.22
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3 Bf 109s (Stab) scramble. English flying boat said to have landed on water 20 km. north of Ravenna. Flying boat not found so reverted to freelance patrol. No enemy contact or special occurrences.
During the Gruppe transfer to Aviano, Fw. Wolters shot down over Poggio. For three days the bridges over the Reno right and left of the Geschwader accommodation have been attacked by fighter bombers. Bologna is on continuous alert.
On the Kommodore's orders Hptm. Klug flies to the Jafü. From there Oberst von Maltzahn learns that next day the Flotte is ordering a transfer to the GHEDI area. Transfer order to the Gruppen after Hptm. Klug returns to the Geschwader.
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30.06.44
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08.36
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4 Bf 109s (Stab) freelance patrol in the Bologna area, no contact with enemy. Patrol concluded by landing on the Gruppe airfield at Bettola.
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Transfer
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At first light the Stab and Gruppe advance parties look for the new airfields in [? goes off edge of page] in order to make sure of the servicing arrangements for the fighters due to land there at last light. From the Stab the He111 and Hptm. Klug in a Fi 156 go to Bettola in the morning.
Accommodation as follows:
Command Post about 2 km. east-southeast of the airfield on the […?] before Lake Garda.
Officers' billets: Castell Drugolo.
Signals Company: Villa Terzaga.
With the Komp. of the Geschwaderunterstab.
Although the Kommodore had been in Ghedi 14 days ago with the airfield command and went to the two airfields, Ghedi and Bettola, with the head of the construction staff and established all the work necessary (blast pens) for fighters on the bomber[?] field, nothing had been done. On the Geschwader base at Bettola they had set up a mere six "well" camouflaged boxes in the form of some car garages[? cannot find "carragen" in the dictionary!]. These had to be pulled down immediately.
In Ghedi II./JG 77 arrives on the […?] field and I./JG 77 on the runway to the east of this.
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