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Aerial photo: a goods train of about 25 wagons on the pier siding

13 July 1941 Probable

The photographs of 13 July 1941 show the station yard in use under the occupation: the two-hall locomotive shed, a turntable, two round water tanks, the station buildings and the goods shed with wagons. A goods train of about 25 wagons stands on the curved siding from the main line to the pier.

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Where
Railway station, Locomotive shed, Goods warehouse, The pier and harbour
Threads
War and occupation, Railway, Harbour and pier
Certainty
Probable likely, but not fully proven

Pictures

  • Myloi station, the village, the level crossing and the curved siding to the pier with a long goods train, July 1941

    Myloi station, the village, the level crossing and the curved siding to the pier with a long goods train, 13 July 1941. Reichsluftfahrtministerium (Sonderluftbildabteilung); DAI Athens Archive

  • A goods train of about 25 wagons on the curved siding to the pier, with a level crossing and the first village houses, July 1941

    A goods train of about 25 wagons on the curved siding from the main line to the pier, 13 July 1941. Reichsluftfahrtministerium (Sonderluftbildabteilung); DAI Athens Archive

  • Full-resolution detail of the 1941 aerial photo: two round water reservoirs between the tracks, a turntable in front of the locomotive shed, a small building with wagons and a long boundary wall.

    Full-resolution detail of the 1941 aerial photo: two round water reservoirs between the tracks, a turntable in front of the locomotive shed, a small building with wagons and a long boundary wall. Reichsluftfahrtministerium (Sonderluftbildabteilung); DAI Athens Archive

Sources

  • German Archaeological Institute Athens, archive, Film 14, LB-RLM-EB-5-11-001 to -020 (Reichsluftfahrtministerium, 13 July 1941)
  • Visit Myloi research dossier, 'R3 maps and aerial photographs' (georeferenced interpretation of DAI Film 14), October 2026

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  2. 28 December 1940

    A soldier born in Myloi dies in the military hospital of Mesolongi

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  3. 1941–1942

    A second German reconnaissance flight photographs the bay

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  4. 1941–1943

    A coastal gun near the tower of Bouboulina

    Among the occupation defences of Myloi was a coastal gun next to the tower known as the tower of Bouboulina. The base of the gun emplacement could still be seen in 1994.

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