3014 POLISH & ENGLISH PUBLICATION + FREE DECALS i 4 of Janowiczyt 14 pafdriemvika 1942 roku, Dwa po- Br fnyJankersy 8 gaya pone, Woks bomboxscow praetacrsy sig away ciemych chmur, Od ezasu do czas prver ak w chmarach ukazywala si w dole por Imarszezona powierzchnia Moras Srodziemne 30. Widocenoi x aby ie ya najlepsra, Sy by pokrywaty iq drobymi opelkam’ doszem, Na miciace rozwianych przez. pe simolotGw cig pojawiay sl owe. Na soceescle, in Dl- dc] afrykaiskiego wybracts, tym bards} sig Dragasniat, Nagle chmury si skoicaty i zalu- 1 hunker wsaly dalle na wachodains hor Zone crerwona tareze wschodzacego stoic, Dowodca ILKG 7, odiaaczony 5 wreesnia 1940 roku Kreydem Rycerskim tpt. Heinrich Paepcke, dosrzet jut cenit nie wybezera aderaleee aig el demicge alot porteralece ‘wa kreska. Junkersy zaez¢ty obnizaé putap lou schodaae tuk nad wode. Po chwili mozm Bylo jt torpnzni charakterystycone poszarpane brzegi okolic El Alamein. Jeszcze minuta low {va bombowce mingly ling brzegowa 7. prawej strony majaczyly w oddali biale zabudowania Ras Shagig. ale ziemia milczata, Biel och te straelsunkarsy wily oe 100 meirsuy aby dokhdniej prayrece sig oko icy. Ming ju2tinkg Kolcjoweclagnaca sig watz wybrzeta. Ponte} widae byl killa sto: Jeh pod para paciggbw, ale Paepcke je zigno- rowat. Jego cclem byly magazyny i sklady, ktove zoinie 7 rorpoznaniem lomicrym przepro zonyin wieczarem poprzednicgo nia tiahy znajdowae sie na pohudnie od El Alancin. Tlko sdre one sq? Dookota tylko pinch kal, killa Pinerysoyh dig, Kite tera: nly kowpetnie puste. Stohce wschodzito coraz wyZej i dowdd- C2 ULKG 77 wiedzial, te ne moze hez kofin bo w ten sposdb scagie tu chmarg nyshiveox ctober 14 1942. Two Junkers 885 in O avtied. tameuflage drum est wards, Formations of dark clouds rolled past the bombers. From time to time gaps in the clouds revealed the undulating the Mediterranean. Visibility from the cockpit was rather poor, The canopy glazing was alter. nately spattered with water droplets and blast: ed clear by the slipstreem. Fortunately, the sky ecame clearer as the Gwo Ju 88s drew closer to the north African coastline. Finally, the last douds behind them, the crews saw the red disk of the rising sun far away on the eastern horizon, In the lead nxachine the Kommandesr of IJKG 77, lIptm, Heinrich Paepcke, awarded the Ritteréreuz on September 5, 1940, had already noticed the very narrow coastline, an orange tiead against the darle sky. Both Junkers drop: ped to sea level. After a while the crews recog: nized the characteristic rugged shore of the FL Alamein area. Minutes later they swept over it Hugging the ground, the white buildings of Ras Shagiz loomed out to the right, but the area vwas silent. There was no indication that their presence had been noticed, They pulled up to 1000 m to get a better view of the area. They had already flown pase the rallroad running along the shore. A few trains were to be seen steaming below but Paepcke did not pay atten: tion 0 them. His targets were storehouses and dumps, which according to the previous evening’ recomiaissance were apparently located to the south of EI Alamein. But where were they? There was only sand and rocks as far as the eye could see and a few dirt roads devoid of talc ‘The sun was rising higher and the Kommandeur knew that they could not loiter indefinitely in enemy-held territory before enemy fighters rose 10 meet them, Junkers Ju BE okazat sie bari skutoeana mas ‘jaw Jego madlinosck oyeracyve zacanie warosly pu zainstalowanin pod sez auc rodynamiczych, tek Itirym négh wykonrwa pecyzyne atch pry pormey rove precise bombing with heavy bomb leads, Pictured isa Ju 1845 from Stab LG 30, a lc