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Aerial photo: the long pier, the likely boarding place of April 1941
13 July 1941 Probable
Frame 112 of 13 July 1941 shows the long railway pier with fields running down to the coast. Eleven weeks earlier this was the most likely place where Wilson's party went aboard; a smaller jetty further north is the other candidate.
Read the full story: 1941, war in Greece: Myloi from above
- Where
- The pier and harbour
- Threads
- War and occupation, Harbour and pier, Railway
- Certainty
- Probable likely, but not fully proven
Pictures
The long pier at Myloi in July 1941, with fields running down to the coast (frame 112). © D-DAI-ATH-Archiv, LB-RLM-EB-5-11-010, courtesy of the German Archaeological Institute, Athens
Sources
- German Archaeological Institute Athens, archive, Film 14, LB-RLM-EB-5-11-001 to -020 (Reichsluftfahrtministerium, 13 July 1941)
- Visit Myloi, '1941, war in Greece: Myloi from above' Open (opens in a new tab)
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