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[Volker Böhme]

Hi FSAviator,

thanks for the reply. Yes, I do enjoy the relase.

And thanks for the information about (not) beaching the aircraft. It looks indeed like no beaching gear or cradle was used for the 506. Other types were beached quite regularly, like the Short Empire Flying boat every 20 flying hours, using attachable beaching gear.

Best regards,
Volker

 

[Volker Böhme]

Hi,

here's more from the 1931 airfield directory. I mentioned it in another post (http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?90756-Historic-airfield-ressource).

Ajaccio:


Cagliari:

Napoli:

Pisa:

Athens (Phaleron Bay - as used by Imperial Airways):

Tobruk:

The info on Trieste isn't very helpful:



And finally, a sketch of Souda bay as of May 1942, from a different source (http://www.allworldwars.com/Airborne-Invasion-of-Crete-1941.html):



Note that I just took the seaplane bases from the directory - FsAviator mentions a totally different location for Pisa, for example. The directory and the relevant timeframe for the Z.506 are 10 years apart and the directory mainly lists civilian airfields and seaplane bases, not military bases. The locations may well differ, but in some occasions they match quite well. I did not include Brindisi in this list, where the military base is well covered in a link above.

Best regards,
Volker

 

[Volker Böhme]

Hi,

sorry for bumping the thread, but in case someone is interested: This site now has a list of airbases in Greece and the (then Italian) Dodecanese. Mainland Italy and Northern Africa will still have to wait.

Best regards,
Volker

 

[Volker Böhme]

Hi all,

bumping the old thread once again, but a list of Luftwaffe airbases in Italy is available now as well:
http://www.ww2.dk/lwairfields.html

Best regards,
Volker

 

[zmike]

Hi Volker,

Thank you for the Italian airfield locations and data.

FSAviator.

 

[Volker Böhme]

Hi all,

I went through the Z.506 seaplane base list and compared it to deZeng's list mentioned above. Sometimes the base names are different or are specified to distinguish them from nearby land bases:
Arbatax: Look up Tortoli in deZeng's list.
Brindisi: different location, compare to forgottenairfields website mentioned above.
Cagliari: Look up Elmas.
Marsala: Look up Marsala Stagione.
Naples: Look up Naples-See.
Olbia: DeZeng suggests other side of bay.
Pisa: Look up Torre dde Lago.
Pollensa: Can't find it in DeZeng's list.
Taranto: Taranto (Sea)
Trieste: different location, compare to forgottenairfields.

La Spezia, Orbetello and Oristano match.

Note that airfields located in the (now Greek) Dodecanese are listed in the Greece list. North African bases are yet to come.

Best regards,
Volker

 

[zmike]

Hi,

I will take a look. Pollensa is in Majorca (Spain) and was never a Luftwaffe (or Regia Aeronuatica) base. Hence no listing.

FSAviator.

 

[Volker Böhme]

Hi,

yes, my fault, sorry about Pollensa and thank you for correcting it.

Note that I used the map titles as keywords for comparison.

Best regards,
Volker