Junkers Ju 88 Mediterranean TDW: 1941-1942 Mahele 7

Ju 88 A, L1 + BT mai 9./LG 1 ma Catania Airport, Ju 52/3m mokulele mokulele ma hope.

ʻO ke alakaʻi o Italia, ʻo Benito Mussolini, ma hope o ka lanakila ʻana o ka Wehrmacht i ka pūnāwai o 1940 ma Western Europe, ua hoʻoholo e komo i ke kaua ma ka ʻaoʻao o Kelemania a ma Iune 10, 1940 i hoʻolaha i ke kaua ma Farani a me Great Britain. Mai kinohi mai, ua lilo ke komo ʻana o Italia i nā hoʻouka kaua i ke ʻano o nā pio a me nā pio i hoʻokau ʻia ma luna ona e ka poʻe Pelekania, a laila e nā Helene, kahi i hoʻouka ʻia ai ke kaua ma ʻOkakopa 28, 1940. Ua huli ʻo Mussolini i Kelemānia no ke kōkua.

Ma Nowemapa 20, 1940, ua loaʻa iā Mussolini ka ʻōlelo hoʻohiki e kōkua pololei mai iā Adolf Hitler. Ma ka lā 8 o Ianuali, 1941, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā mokulele X. Fliegerkorps, me nā mīkini mai Stab, II, i nā kahua mokulele Italia o Catania, Comiso, Palermo, Reggio, Calabria a me Trapani ma Sicily. a me III./LG 1 i hoomaha mai ka lawelawe ana maluna o Enelani.

ʻO Ju 88 A mai LG 1 i ka hangar o Comiso Airport, Sicily, me ʻelua mau pahu wahie 900-lita hou i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma lalo o nā ʻēheu.

LG 1 ma Sicily: 8 Ianuali a 3 ʻApelila 1941

ʻO ka hana kaua mua ma luna o ke Kai Mediterranean ʻo Ju 88 i mālama ʻia i ke ahiahi o Ianuali 10, 1941. ʻO ka hana a nā poʻe pōā, ʻo ia ka hoʻouka ʻana i ka moku mokulele ʻo Royal Navy HMS Illustrious, ka mea i pā mua ʻia e ʻeono mau pōkā 500-kg. Ju 87 na St.G 1 a me 2. E holo ana ka moku mokulele poino i ke awa o La Valetta ma Malta i ka manawa i hooukaia mai ai he ekolu Ju 88 mai LG 1 mai i na moku Beritania e 10 mau koa Hurricane. Ua hana ka poʻe Kelemania i kahi pōkā ulia pōpilikia, a lele ma luna o ka piko o nā nalu, ua hoʻokō ʻia e pakele i Sicily. ʻO kahi hoʻouka kaua a kekahi mau Ju 88 mai III./LG 1, i hana ʻia ma hope o nā ʻumi mau minuke, ua pau pū me ka hāʻule ʻole.

ʻElua mau lā ma hope mai, ua hōʻoia ʻia kahi mokulele hoʻokele Pelekane i nā hōʻike naʻauao ua kū mai ka mokulele Luftwaffe ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Catania. Ma waena o ka hola 21:25 a me 23:35, he ʻumikūmākolu mau mokulele mokulele ʻo Wellington mai No. 148 Squadron RAF i noho ma Malta i hoʻouka i ka mokulele, a luku ʻia ʻelima mau mokulele ma ka honua, me ʻelua mau Ju 88 o III./LG 1.

Ma Ianuali 15, 1941, ua hōʻea ʻo II./LG 1 i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Catania no ka lele ʻana i ke ahiahi o ka lā 16 Ju 88 e kūʻē i ke kahua kaua moana Pelekane ma La Valletta. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Junkers i nā pōkā he 10 SC 1000 a me ʻehā mau pōkā SD 500 ma nā ao mānoanoa. Ma ia manawa hoʻokahi, ua hoʻokuʻu hou nā mokulele Wellington mai 148 Squadron RAF i 15 mau tona o nā pōkā ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Catania. ʻEhā mau mokulele i luku ʻia ma ka honua, me hoʻokahi Ju 88 mai LG 1. Ua lilo pū ka regiment i kāna mau koa mua 6 i make. Ma waena o lākou ʻo Lieutenant Horst Nagel, ka mea hoʻokele o ka 6. Staffel. He ewalu mau koa LG 1 i eha, me. kauka oihana, Kauka Gerhard Fischbach.

Ma ke kakahiaka nui o Ianuari 16, 1941, 17 Ju 88 A no II. a me III./LG 1, i alakai ia e 20 Bf 110s mai ZG 26, e holo ana i La Valletta, kahi i hoopae ia ai ka mea lawe mokulele HMS Illustrious mai French Creek. ʻElua mau pōkā SC 1000 i pahū ma waena o ka uapo a me ka ʻili o ka mea lawe, ʻo ko lākou mau ʻāpana i hoʻopōʻino iki i ka ʻili o ka moku. Ua paʻi ke kolu o ka pōkā SC 1800 i kahi moped Essex (11 GRT) i pōʻino loa. Ma luna o ke awa, ua hoʻouka ʻia nā pōkā e nā mea hakakā Fulmar mai ka FAA's 063 Squadron, ka mea i hōʻike i ʻelua mau mokulele i pana ʻia. Ua lilo i na Kelemania he hookahi mokulele maluna o Malta, Ju 806 A-88, W.Nr. 5, L2275 + CT mai 1. Staffel (pilot, Oblt. Kurt Pichler), nona ka poʻe i nalowale. ʻEkolu mau mokulele hou aʻe, i hōʻino ʻia e nā mea hakakā a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea kaua anti-aircraft, i hāʻule i ka wā o ka pae ʻana i Sicily. Ma ia la hookahi, ua pio hou ka regimana i ka Ju 9 A-88, W.Nr. 5, ka mea i hahau ʻia ma ka honua e kekahi mea hoʻokuʻu mai Italia.

ʻElua lā ma hope mai, ma ka lā 18 o Ianuali, 12 Ju 88s i hoʻopaʻa hou i ke awa o La Valletta, me ka pōmaikaʻi liʻiliʻi. Hookahi Ju 88 A-5 bomber, W.Nr. 3276, L1+ER o 7. Ua pana ʻia ʻo Staffel e nā mea kaua Hurricane a pae i 15 km ma ka ʻākau o Malta, ua nalowale kāna poʻe holo moku. I ka lā aʻe, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo HMS Illustrious e 30 Ju 88 LG 1s nāna i hoʻokuʻu i 32 SC 1000, 2 SD 1000 a me 25 SC 500 mau pōkā ma ke awa. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā pailaka Pelekane i ka iho ʻana i 9 Ju 88 mau pōkā, akā ʻo ka pohō maoli he ʻelua mokulele. hui pu me na ohua o ke keena nui 8: Ju 88 A-5, W.Nr. 3285, L1 + AS, a me Ju 88 A-5, W.Nr. 8156, L1 + ES a me Ju 88 A-5, W.Nr. 3244, ka mea i hāʻule ma kahi pae hoʻokuʻi ʻia ma Posallo, ua puka mai kāna poʻe holo mai ka ulia me ka ʻole o ka pōʻino.

I nā lā aʻe, ua pae ka ʻino i nā mokulele LG 1 ma nā mokulele. I kēia manawa, i ke kakahiaka o Ianuali 23, ua hōʻike ʻia kahi mokulele ʻike ʻike ʻaʻole ka mea lawe mokulele HMS Illustrious i ke awa o La Valletta. ʻO ka maikaʻi o ke ʻano o ka ʻāina i ʻae ʻia he ʻumikūmākahi Ju 17 A-10s o III./LG 88 e lele i ka hola 5:1, i hana ʻia e ʻimi i ka moku Pelekane. ʻO nā ao haʻahaʻa a me ka ua nui ka mea i pale i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi ʻana, a ma hope o 20:00 ua hoʻi nā mokulele i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Catania. I ka hoʻi ʻana mai, no nā kumu ʻike ʻole, nalowale loa kekahi o nā kaʻa i kā lākou lekiō a me nā lako hoʻokele. ʻEkolu mau mokulele i nalowale i loko o ka pōʻeleʻele a pono e pae ma kahi kokoke i Sicily, o nā pailaka he 12, ʻo Ofw wale nō. Ua mālama ʻo Herbert Isaksen o ka 8th Staffel i ke ola a hiki i ka ʻāina nui kokoke i Capo Rizzutto.

Ma ke awakea o ka la aʻe, ua ʻike aku kekahi mokulele mākaʻikaʻi Kelemania iā HMS Illustrious, i alakaʻi ʻia e nā moku luku ʻehā. Ma kahi o 16:00 17 Ju 88 o II i haʻalele mai Catania Airport. ʻO Gruppe a me 14 mai III./LG 1 poʻo i ka hui Pelekane. Ua hāʻule ka hoʻouka kaua, ua hala nā pōkā a pau. Ma ke ala hoʻi ʻo Ju 88 A-5, W.Nr. 2175, L1 + HM mai 4. Ua pana ʻia ʻo Staffel (pilot - Ufts. Gustav Ulrich) e kekahi mea koa Pelekania Gladiator, e hana ana i ka lele ʻana i ka meteorological reconnaissance ma luna o ke Kai Mediterranean ma waena o Sicily a me Malta. Ua pae aku kekahi mau mokulele Kelemania ma ʻApelika ʻĀkau ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Benghassi-Benin ma muli o ka nele o ka wahie.