The Stalingrad Airlift November
1942
To supply Sixth Army with
300 tons a
day,
the absolute minimum amount
demanded
by the army
(which really needed 500 tons) would necessitate
an average of 150 fully laden Ju 52s landing
in
the pocket each day. (500 tons an average
of 250 Ju 52s landing in the pocket, including loading,
unloading, losses, etc. it would mean they needed 800 Ju 52s
to realize 500 tons each day.)
Of the 7 airfields inside the Stalingrad pocket, only Pitomnik was
properly equiped to handle
large-scale operations. It even had lights, flare paths and signal
equipments for night operations.
This is not complete, I tried to add as much info as I found. If someone
can help me to complete,
please let me know.
Ju 52 = Junker 52
He 111 = Heinkel 111 |