Junkers Ju 88 Mediterranean TDW: 1941-1942 Ingxenye 7
Ju 88 A, L1 + BT kusukela ku-9./LG 1 e-Catania Airport, Ju 52/3m indiza yokuthutha engemuva.
Umholi wase-Italy, uBenito Mussolini, ngemva kwempumelelo ye-Wehrmacht entwasahlobo ka-1940 eNtshonalanga Yurophu, wanquma ukungena empini ngasohlangothini lweJalimane futhi ngoJuni 10, 1940 wamemezela impi eFrance neGreat Britain. Kusukela ekuqaleni, ukubamba iqhaza kwe-Italy ezimpini kwaphenduka uchungechunge lokuhlulwa nokuhlulwa okwalethwa amaBrithani, kwase kuba amaGreki, okwaqalwa ngawo impi ngo-Okthoba 28, 1940. UMussolini waphendukela eJalimane ukuze athole usizo.
NgoNovemba 20, 1940, uMussolini wathola isithembiso sokusiza ngokuqondile ku-Adolf Hitler. Kakade ngo-January 8, 1941, izindiza ze-X. Fliegerkorps, kuhlanganise nemishini yase-Stab, II, zathunyelwa ezinkundleni zezindiza zase-Italy eCatania, Comiso, Palermo, Reggio, Calabria naseTrapani eSicily. kanye no-III./LG 1 bayeke ukusebenza eNgilandi.
Ju 88 A from LG 1 in the hangar of Comiso Airport, Sicily, with two extra 900-litre tanker XNUMX-litre elected under the wings.
I-LG 1 e-Sicily: 8 January kuya ku-3 April 1941
Isenzo sokuqala sokulwa phezu koLwandle iMedithera Ju 88 eyenziwa ntambama ngoJanuwari 10, 1941. Umsebenzi wabaqhubi bezindiza kwakuwukuhlasela indiza ethwala izindiza zeRoyal Navy i-HMS Illustrious, ngaphambili eyayishaywe amabhomu ayisithupha e-500-kg. I-Ju 87s ye-St.G 1 kanye ne-2. Isithuthi sezindiza esilimele sasibheke echwebeni laseLa Valetta eMalta lapho ama-Ju 88 amathathu avela ku-LG 1 esondela emikhunjini yaseBrithani ehlaselwa yi-Hurricane fighters engu-10. AmaJalimane enza ibhomu eliphuthumayo futhi, endiza phezu kwamagagasi, akwazi ukubalekela eSicily. Ukuhlasela kwamaJu 88s ambalwa ukusuka ku-III./LG 1, okwenziwa ngemva kwamashumi ambalwa emizuzu, nakho kugcine ngokungaphumeleli.
Ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva, indiza yokuhlola yaseBrithani yaqinisekisa imibiko yezobunhloli yokuthi indiza yeLuftwaffe ibonakale esikhumulweni sezindiza saseCatania. Phakathi kuka-21:25 no-23:35, amabhomu ayishumi nantathu ase-Wellington aphuma ku-No. 148 Squadron RAF ezinze eMalta agasele esikhumulweni sezindiza, acekela phansi izindiza ezinhlanu, okuhlanganisa nama-Ju 88 amabili okunge-III./LG 1.
NgoJanuwari 15, 1941, II./LG 1 yafika esikhumulweni sezindiza saseCatania ukuze isuke ngobusuku be-16 Ju 88 ngokumelene nesizinda samasosha aseBritish eLa Valletta. Ojeqe bawisa amabhomu ayi-10 SC 1000 namabhomu amane e-SD 500 emafwini amnyama. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, indiza yaseWellington evela ku-148 Squadron RAF yaphinde yalahla amathani angu-15 amabhomu esikhumulweni sezindiza saseCatania. Izindiza ezine zacekelwa phansi, kuhlanganise neyodwa i-Ju 88 yakwa-LG 1. Ibutho liphinde lalahlekelwa amasosha alo okuqala angu-6. Phakathi kwabo kwakukhona uLieutenant Horst Nagel, umshayeli wendiza 6. Staffel. Amasosha ayisishiyagalombili e-LG 1 alimele, kuhlanganisa. udokotela womnyango, uDkt. Gerhard Fischbach.
Ekuseni ngovivi ngoJanuwari 16, 1941, 17 Ju 88 A okuka-II. kanye no-III./LG 1, ephelezelwa ama-20 Bf 110s ukusuka ku-ZG 26, alibangise e-La Valletta, lapho inkampani yendiza i-HMS Illustrious yamiswa khona e-French Creek. Amabhomu amabili e-SC 1000 aqhume phakathi kwe-pier kanye ne-hull ye-carrier, izingcezu zawo zadala umonakalo omncane emzimbeni womkhumbi. Ibhomu lesithathu le-SC 1800 lashaya i-Essex moped (11 GRT) eyalimala kakhulu. Ethekwini, amabhomu ahlaselwe amasosha e-Fulmar e-FAA's 063 Squadron, abike ukuthi kudutshulwe izindiza ezimbili. AmaJalimane alahlekelwa yindiza eyodwa phezu kweMalta, Ju 806 A-88, W.Nr. 5, L2275 + CT kusuka ku-1. Staffel (umshayeli wendiza, u-Oblt. Kurt Pichler), ithimba lakhe lalingekho. Ezinye izindiza ezintathu, ezilinyazwe ama-fighters noma izikhali ezilwa nezindiza, zaphahlazeka ngesikhathi zifika ngenkani eSicily. Ngalo lolo suku, ibutho lalahlekelwa enye Ju 9 A-88, W.Nr. 5, eyashaywa phansi ibhomu lase-Italy elalihlala phansi.
Ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva, ngo-18 January, i-12 Ju 88s yahlasela ichweba laseLa Valletta futhi, yaba nempumelelo encane. Ibhomu elilodwa le-Ju 88 A-5, i-W.Nr. 3276, L1+ER of 7. U-Staffel udutshulwe amasosha eSiphepho futhi wehla endaweni eyi-15 km enyakatho yeMalta, izisebenzi zayo zingekho. Ngosuku olulandelayo, i-HMS Illustrious yayihloselwe i-30 Ju 88 LG 1s eyawisa amabhomu angu-32 SC 1000, 2 SD 1000 kanye nama-25 SC 500 echwebeni. Abashayeli bezindiza baseBrithani babike ukuthi bahlehlise amabhomu afinyelela ku-9 Ju 88, kodwa ukulahlekelwa kwangempela kube izindiza ezimbili. kuhlanganiswe nezisebenzi zendlunkulu yesi-8: Ju 88 A-5, W.Nr. 3285, L1 + AS, kanye noJu 88 A-5, W.Nr. 8156, L1 + ES kanye noJu 88 A-5, W.Nr. 3244, ephahlazeke endaweni ephuthumayo lapho kuhlala khona izimo eziphuthumayo ePosallo, abasebenzi bayo baphume engozini bengenamyocu.
Ezinsukwini ezilandelayo, isimo sezulu esibi samisa izindiza ze-LG 1 ezikhumulweni zezindiza. Khonamanjalo, ekuseni zingama-23 kuJanuwari, indiza yokuhlola ibike ukuthi isithwali sezindiza i-HMS Illustrious sasingasekho echwebeni laseLa Valletta. Izimo zezulu ezithuthukisiwe zivumele i-Ju 17 A-10s eyishumi nanye ye-III./LG 88 ukuthi isuke ngo-5:1, inikezwe umsebenzi wokuthola umkhumbi waseBrithani. Amafu aphansi nemvula enamandla avimbele ukutholwa okuyimpumelelo, futhi ngemva kuka-20:00 izindiza zabuyela esikhumulweni sezindiza saseCatania. Endleleni ebuyayo, ngenxa yezizathu ezingaziwa, ezinye zezimoto zalahlekelwa ngokuphelele umsakazo wazo kanye nemishini yokuhamba. Izindiza ezintathu zaduka ebumnyameni kwadingeka zehlele eduze kwaseSicily, kubashayeli bezindiza abangu-12, u-Ofw kuphela. U-Herbert Isaksen we-8th Staffel ukwazile ukusindisa impilo futhi wafika ezweni elikhulu eduze kwase-Capo Rizzutto.
Emini ngakusasa, indiza yokuhlola yaseJalimane yabona i-HMS Illustrious, iphelezelwa ababhubhisi abane. Cishe ngo-16:00 17 Ju 88 of II wasuka esikhumulweni sezindiza saseCatania. U-Gruppe no-14 kusukela ku-III./LG 1 babhekisa amabombo eqenjini laseBrithani. Ukuhlasela kwehlulekile, wonke amabhomu ageja. Endleleni ebuyayo Ju 88 A-5, W.Nr. 2175, L1 + HM kusukela ku-4. U-Staffel (umshayeli wendiza - Ufts. Gustav Ulrich) udutshulwe umlwi we-Gladiator waseBrithani, enza indiza yokuhlola isimo sezulu phezu koLwandle iMedithera phakathi kweSicily neMalta. Ezinye izindiza zaseJalimane zehlela eNyakatho Afrika enkundleni yezindiza iBenghassi-Benin ngenxa yokuntuleka kukaphethiloli.
