Junkers Ju 88 Mediterranean TDW: 1941-1942 Chikamu 7
Ju 88 A, L1 + BT kubva ku9./LG 1 paCatania Airport, Ju 52/3m ndege dzekutakura dziri kumashure.
Mutungamiriri weItaly, Benito Mussolini, mushure mekubudirira kweWehrmacht muchirimo cha1940 muWestern Europe, akasarudza kupinda muhondo kudivi reGermany uye musi waChikumi 10, 1940 akazivisa hondo kuFrance neGreat Britain. Kubvira pakutanga, kutora chikamu kweItaly mukurwisana kwakashanduka kuva nhevedzano yekukundwa uye kukundwa kwakaitwa pairi nevaBritish, uyezve nevaGiriki, avo hondo yakatangwa musi waOctober 28, 1940. Mussolini akatendeukira kuGermany kuti abatsirwe.
Pana Mbudzi 20, 1940, Mussolini akagamuchira vimbiso yekubatsira zvakananga kubva kuna Adolf Hitler. Nechekare muna Ndira 8, 1941, ndege dzeX. Fliegerkorps, kusanganisira michina kubva kuStab, II, yakaendeswa kunhandare dzendege dzeItaly dzeCatania, Comiso, Palermo, Reggio, Calabria neTrapani muSicily. uye III./LG 1 akasiya basa kuEngland.
Ju 88 A kubva LG 1 mu hangar yeComiso Airport, Sicily, ine mamwe maviri ekuwedzera 900-lita matangi emafuta akamiswa pasi pemapapiro.
LG 1 muSicily: 8 Ndira kusvika 3 Kubvumbi 1941
Yekutanga kurwisa chiitiko pamusoro peGungwa reMeditera Ju 88 yakaitwa masikati eJanuary 10, 1941. Basa revabhomba raive rekurwisa ndege yeRoyal Navy inotakura ndege yeHMS Illustrious, iyo yakanga yamborohwa nemabhomba matanhatu e500-kg. Ju 87s yeSt.G 1 uye 2. Mutakuri wendege akakuvadzwa akanga achienda kuchiteshi cheLa Valetta muMalta apo vatatu Ju 88s kubva ku LG 1 vachiswedera kune zvikepe zveBritish vakarwiswa ne10 Hurricane fighters. MaGermany akaita kudonha kwechimbichimbi kwemabhomba uye, achibhururuka pamusoro pemafungu emafungu, akakwanisa kutizira kuSicily. Kurwiswa neanoverengeka Ju 88s kubva kuIII./LG 1, yakaitwa mushure memakumi emaminitsi akati wandei, yakaperawo mukutadza.
Mazuva maviri gare gare, ndege yeBritish reconaissance yakasimbisa mishumo yehungwaru yekuti ndege yeLuftwaffe yakaonekwa paCatania airport. Pakati pa21:25 na23:35, mabhomba gumi nematatu eWellington kubva kuNhamba 148 Squadron RAF iri kuMalta akarwisa nhandare yendege, ndokuparadza ndege shanu pasi, kusanganisira mbiri dzeJu 88 dzeIII./LG 1.
Musi waNdira 15, 1941, II./LG 1 yakasvika panhandare yendege yeCatania kuzosimuka manheru e16 Ju 88 vachipesana neBritish naval base paLa Valletta. Majunkers akadonhedza mabhomba gumi eSC 10 nemabhomba mana eSD 1000 mumakore makubvu. Panguva imwe cheteyo, ndege yeWellington kubva ku500 Squadron RAF yakadonhedza zvakare matani gumi nemashanu emabhomba paCatania Airport. Ndege ina dzakaparadzwa pasi, kusanganisira imwe Ju 148 kubva ku LG 15. Hondo yacho yakarasikirwa nevarwi vayo vekutanga 88 vakaurayiwa. Pakati pavo paiva naLieutenant Horst Nagel, mutyairi wengoro 1. Staffel. Masoja masere eLG 6 akakuvara, kusanganisira. chiremba wedhipatimendi, Dr. Gerhard Fischbach.
Mumangwanani eJanuary 16, 1941, 17 Ju 88 A weII. uye III./LG 1, yakaperekedzwa ne20 Bf 110s kubva kuZG 26, yakananga kuLa Valletta, uko mutakuri wendege HMS Illustrious akamiswa kubva kuFrench Creek. Mabhomba maviri eSC 1000 akaputika pakati pepier negomba remutakuri, zvimedu zvawo zvichikonzera kukuvadzwa kwakareruka kuchikepe chechikepe. Yechitatu SC 1800 bhomba yakarova Essex moped (11 GRT) iyo yakakuvadzwa zvakanyanya. Pamusoro pechiteshi, mabhomba akarwiswa nevarwi veFulmar kubva kuFAA's 063 Squadron, iyo yakashuma ndege mbiri dzakapfurwa. MaGermany akarasikirwa nendege imwe pamusoro peMalta, Ju 806 A-88, W.Nr. 5, L2275 + CT kubva ku1. Staffel (mutyairi, Oblt. Kurt Pichler), avo vashandi vakanga vasipo. Dzimwe ndege nhatu, dzakakuvadzwa nevarwi kana anti-ndege artillery, dzakadonha panguva yekumanikidzwa kumhara muSicily. Pazuva rimwe chetero, mauto akarasikirwa neimwe Ju 9 A-88, W.Nr. 5, iyo yakaroverwa pasi nebhomba rekuItaly raimhara.
Mazuva maviri gare gare, muna Ndira 18, 12 Ju 88s yakabhomba chiteshi cheLa Valletta zvakare, pasina kubudirira. Imwe Ju 88 A-5 bhomba, W.Nr. 3276, L1 + ER ye7. Staffel akapfurwa neHurricane fighters ndokumhara makiromita gumi nemashanu kuchamhembe kweMalta, vashandi vayo vasipo. Zuva rakatevera, HMS Illustrious yakanangana ne15 Ju 30 LG 88s iyo yakadonhedza mabhomba 1 SC 32, 1000 SD 2 uye 1000 SC 25. Vatyairi vendege vekuBritain vakashuma kudonhedza mabhomba 500 Ju 9, asi kurasikirwa chaiko kwaive ndege mbiri. yakabatanidzwa nevashandi vedzimbahwe re88: Ju 8 A-88, W.Nr. 5, L3285 + AS, uye Ju 1 A-88, W.Nr. 5, L8156 + ES uye Ju 1 A-88, W.Nr. 5, iyo yakadonha pakumhara kwechimbichimbi paPosallo, vashandi vayo vakabuda mutsaona iyi vasina kukuvara.
Mumazuva akatevera, mamiriro ekunze akaipa akamhara LG 1 ndege panhandare dzendege. Zvichakadaro, mangwanani e23 Ndira, ndege yekucherekedza yakashuma kuti mutakuri wendege HMS Illustrious akanga asisiri pachiteshi cheLa Valletta. Kuvandudzwa kwemamiriro ekunze kwakabvumira gumi nerimwe Ju 17 A-10s yeIII./LG 88 kuti iende pa5: 1, iine basa rekutsvaga ngarava yeBritish. Makore akaderera nemvura inonaya zvakadzivirira kubvunzurudzwa kwakabudirira, uye mushure me20:00 ndege dzakadzokera kuCatania airport. Pakudzoka, nekuda kwezvikonzero zvisingazivikanwe, dzimwe mota dzakarasikirwa zvachose neredhiyo nemidziyo yekufambisa. Ndege nhatu dzakarasika murima uye dzaifanira kumhara pedyo neSicily, yevatyairi gumi nevaviri, chete Ofw. Herbert Isaksen we12th Staffel akakwanisa kuponesa hupenyu uye akasvika kumahombekombe pedyo neCapo Rizzutto.
Masikati ezuva rakatevera, ndege yekuGermany inoongorora yakaona HMS Illustrious ichiperekedzwa nevaparadzi vana. Panenge 16:00 17 Ju 88s kubva kuII yakasimuka kubva kuCatania airport. Gruppe na14 veIII./LG 1 vari kunanga kuchikwata cheBritish. Kurwisa kwakakundikana; mabhomba ose akapotsa. Pakudzoka Ju 88 A-5, W.Nr. 2175, L1 + HM kubva 4. Staffel (mutyairi - Uzbekistan Gustav Ulrich) akapfurwa pasi nemurwi weBritish Gladiator achibhururuka nendege yekuongorora mamiriro ekunze pamusoro peGungwa reMediterranean pakati peSicily neMalta. Dzimwe ndege dzeGermany, nekuda kwekushaikwa kwemafuta, dzakamhara kuNorth Africa panhandare yeBengasi-Benin.
