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07-02-2007, 05:56 PM
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 |  Iraqi Insurgency Air Force This has really stumped me - I can't find any more info anywhere else.  
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08-02-2007, 08:29 PM
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 | Iraqi Insurgency Air Force Hi Kyt, thought that you might find the attachments, regarding the Iraqi Insurgency Air Force of interest to you. One of the Pilot's is Major Martin Drewes, see picture. What rank he held that time I woudn't know. Regards Wespe Last edited by Wespe; 08-02-2007 at 08:36 PM. Reason: One more Picture |
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08-02-2007, 08:32 PM
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| That's great Wespe, thanks. Do you happen to have any other details? And welcome to the forum - how about an introducing yourself in this section
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08-02-2007, 09:03 PM
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| Hi Kyt, all that I have on this so far,which you probably already know is: The unit was 4. ZG/76 Haifischmaul / Sharksmouth Martin Drewes was piloting a BF-110 D-3 during Mai 1941 and on June 20th 1941 he shot down a Gloster Gladiator in the Iraq (sorry for that) The Luftwaffe man next to him is his radio operater Ofw. Petz Unit: Sonderkommando Junck (ex-4./ZG76) Al Rashyd (Baghdad), mid-May 1941. A Staffel-strength unit of Bf.110D-3s was committed to Sonderkommando Junck, the Luftwaffe undercover detachment supporting the revolt against the British in Iraq in 1941. These were machines from 4./ZG76 which had hastily received Iraqi markings upon their arrival in Mosul in mid-May 1941. After only two weeks of combat, the Germans departed for Syria by the end of May having lost no less than a dozen Bf 110s during their involvement in the Arab country. Some of these planes had a RLM79/RLM78 desert camouflage scheme, but others operated in Iraq in their standard continental 'Grauen' scheme  Unit: KG4 Serial: 5J+JM Fourteen Heinkel He.111H-6s were operated by KG4 General Wever in Iraqi markings, supporting the unsuccessful May 1941 uprising against the British in that country. Two or three German Ju.90B-1 were used for Luftwaffe staff and equipment transporting to Iraq during unsuccessful anti-British rebellion in 1941. Iraqi markings were painted roughly over German. Ju.52/3m Unit: 1./KGrzbV 106 Serial: 6 (ex 4V+FN) Ju.52/3m with Iraqi markings, belonging to the 'Lufttransport staffel Rother' (name derived from the unit's commander, Heinrich Rother), or the 1./KGrzbV 106. The aeroplane was used for transport from Sicily to Iraq and Syria in 1941 during the anti-British uprising in Iraq. It had previously carried the code 4V+FN (now overpainted): flown by Lt. Stober. KG 200 was most likely involved, and there were also Italian units involved Regards Wespe Bf 110 D-3, ZG 76, Irak, Mai 1941 110 D-3, ZG 76, Irak, Mai 1941 Last edited by Wespe; 09-02-2007 at 12:10 PM. |
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09-02-2007, 05:09 PM
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| Thanks for the information, Wespe - much appreciated.
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09-02-2007, 10:38 PM
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 | Some great photos and info here on this site: May 1941 - The Iraq Mission - Aircraft of World War II - Warbird Forums Hello Mike, I am a great friend of Major Martin Drewes (the last Sonderkommando Junck suvivor!). He have a fantastic photo collection with divers unplublished images of the Irak and Syrian Missions!! I am a publisher (Adler Editora) and aviation artist. The book "Sonderkommando Junck - 4./ZG 76 Haifisch Guppe - Mission in Iraq and Syria" - adler books launch in 2008.
__________________ Spidge,  ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm |
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__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm |
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