Cherbourg-Maupertus, Cherbourg-Théville, or Maupertus sur Mer Airfield

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'Clock High!:

jerry brewer
JU-87 units at maupertus a/f Aug41
Sat Aug 2 15:57:46 2003
195.92.67.71

Hi
anyone know which Ju-87 unit was at maupertus a/f 6th Aug 41, apparently one was burnt out and three damaged in a strafing attack.
cheers
Jerry

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

LwFlieger
Maupertus
Sun Aug 3 07:02:45 2003
64.12.96.45

I can find no references to a Ju 87 unit at such a location. Perhaps the name is misspelled?

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

jerry brewer
location
Sun Aug 3 21:52:52 2003
195.92.67.67

Hi
It is the correct spelling apparently the airfield was near cherbourg.
Cheers
Jerry

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Pierre BABIN
Maupertus
Mon Aug 4 21:53:33 2003
194.158.104.36

An airdrome was (and is, in 2003) located 12 km East of Cherbourg during WWII. The name of this place is "Maupertus sur Mer".

Pierre Babin

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

LwFlieger
Cherbourg-Maupertus
Mon Aug 4 00:48:11 2003
205.188.208.76

I have been advised by LdZ IV that the airfield in question is in fact Cherbourg-Maupertus, also known as Cherbourg-Théville. Using Cherbourg as a key-word I have searched our unit files and have come up with the following units at Cherbourg with Ju 87s:

I./StG 2
moved to Cherbourg (late Jul or early Aug 40);
relocated from Cherbourg to St. Malo /Brittany (early Aug 40);

I./StG 51
based at Cherbourg, attacked convoy Jumbo near Plymouth without effect (1 Jul 40);
sent 37 a/c to attack Portland harbor, sunk Foyle Bank (5,582 tons) and set a tanker on fire (4 Jul 40);
Gruppe redesignated as II./StG 1 (9 Jul 40).

Stab/StG 77
Geschwader concentrated in Caen - Cherbourg area under VIII. Fl.Korps for attacks on Channel convoys and ports in S England (toward end of Jun 40).

I./StG 77
based at Cherbourg-Théville, attacked a convoy off Portland, damaged 7,085 ton freighter Empire Daffodil (9 Jul 40);
from Cherbourg-Théville, attacked a convoy off the Isle of Wight and sunk two small ships (21 Jul 40);
bombed convoy Bacon in Weymouth Bay (27 Jul 40);
relocated to Maltot (8 km SW of Caen) (25-30 Jul 40);
sent temporarily to Paris-Le Bourget, then went to Cherbourg-Théville (Jan 41);
transferred from Théville to Arad /NW Romania to support Operation Marita, the invasion of the Balkans (31 Mar 41)

Therefore no main-line Ju 87 unit was based there in August 41. However, there was likely an Ergänzungs unit in the area but I can't check it out since my copy of Carlsen and Meyer Vol. 2 is in storage a thousand miles away! Sorry!

[Richard T Eger]

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jerry brewer
thanks for the reply (nm)
Fri Aug 8 21:00:06 2003
195.92.67.70