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Another assessment of Generalmajor Peltz's record is given in the US XIII Corps HQ's "G-2 estimate of enemy situation", dated 3 February 1945:
… Peltz was given command of an anti-shipping force in North Africa in 1942 on which occasion he took such heavy losses his unit had to be disbanded. In succeeding commands he persisted in competing when overmatched, therefore we may expect he will continue his gamble against superior forces and make attacks on a scale similar to the airfield attacks of 1 January.
The Allies had trouble keeping track of Peltz's career (sometimes he held two commands simultaneously) as this signal of 23 December 1944 shows:
Fliegerkorps IX addressed Peltz at Jagdkorps II. Comment: Peltz up till recently AOC [Air Officer Commanding] Fliegerkorps IX. Not known therefore whether he is interested in his old or his new capacity.
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The captions for the photos “above” and “right” are reversed.
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Luftwaffe bomber operations over Africa in the weeks prior to the landings in mainland Italy included a raid on Bizerta on the night of 6/7 August 1943 and one on Algiers on 27 August.
Follow the link for extracts from the of Villafranca di Verona aerodrome, describing bomber operations from there in the period 9 September–24 November 1943. The translations are mine.
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Photo caption about II./KG 100 in Kalamaki. RAF summaries of Ultra intelligence give some glimpses into this deployment:
Period 6.9.42–11.9.42 inclusive: He 111s of II./KG 100 at Athens/Kalamaki.
Period 12.9.42–19.9.42 inclusive: 25 He 111 H-6 of Sonderkommando Koch at Athens/Kalamaki, also 3 He 111 H-6 and 1 Ju 88 D-5 of Kommando Fritzel.
Period 11.10.42–20.10.42 inclusive: He 111 and Ju 88 of Kommando Koch.
Period 16.11.42–22.11.42 inclusive: Message to III./KG 100 at Athens-Skaramanga.
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Incorrect caption to the photo at the top of the page. It appears correctly captioned in Kampfflieger Volume 2, page 161.
The two Ju 88s reported missing from the Bari attack on 2 December 1943 were:
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3./KG 30
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Ju 88 A-4
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142162
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4D+IL
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Uffz. Karl-Heinz Hellwig (pilot)
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missing
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Uffz. Otto Schuhmacher (observer)
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missing
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Uffz. Karl Rittner (wireless operator)
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missing
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Ogefr. Waldemar Gebert (air gunner)
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missing
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1./KG 54
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Ju 88 A-4
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300267
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B3+EH
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Fw. Walter Klein (pilot)
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missing
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Ofw. Hugo Hinsch (observer)
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missing
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Uffz. Julius Rübel (wireless operator)
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missing
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Gefr. Paul Höfler (air gunner)
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missing
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A later casualty of the raid may have been a reconnaissance machine shot down by fighters over Bari on 4 December 1943, probably while trying to obtain photographic confirmation of the bombers' success. It had taken off at 11.05 hours.
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2.(F)/122
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Me 410
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100206
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F6+YK
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Oblt. Josef Schumm (pilot)
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missing
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Uffz. Heinz Kummer (observer)
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missing
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