Kharkov air war for May 1942
 

According to a Russian book that I read there was little impact (according to Russian records) made by the axis air forces in this campaign outside of the Luftwaffe. It had the 11th as a premptive strike against the Kharkov airfields. Priens JFV 9/III has the III/JG77 being the only German fighter unit in the area with Bf 109 F-4/R-1 (13 195) being 25% damaged by bombs at Kharkov-north. I've checked some of the VVS losses.
claims all by the 9./JG77
Obfw Wilhelm Baumgartner I-61 (24) 03:58 ?possibly a Yak-1 186 IAP
Obgefr Karl Grummboeck I-61 (3) 06:00 Yak-1 6 IAP
" " " I-61 (4) 07:05 ? LaGG-3 23 IAP
Lt. Heinz Luedemann I-61 (.) 07:33 Yak-1 273 IAP
Lt. Heinz Luedemann I-61 (.) 16:38 Yak-1 6 IAP
Obfw Wilhelm Baumgartner I-61 (25) 17:10 Yak-1 6 IAP
Obfw Reinhold Schmetzer I-61 (31) 18:20 ?Yak-1 6 IAP
Lt Gustav Blasy Pe-2 (.) 18:40 PlQu 61743 Pe-2 99 BAP
Obfw Wilhem Baumgartner Pe-2 (26) 18:42 Pe-2 99 BAP

Re: Kharkov air war for May 1942
 

Soviet Losses for the 11May42
6 IAP 6 Yak-1
273 IAP 1 Yak-1
13 GBAP 1 Su-2 Burned in emergency landing
282 IAP 5 I-16 (four made forced landings)
186 IAp 2 Yak-1 (one MIA and one to AAA)
99 BAP 4 Pe-2 (one to AAA, two to fighters and one MIA)
23 IAP 2 LaGG-3 (MIA) in the Pavlograd region
So were the other axis air forces involved this day?

Re: Kharkov air war for May 1942
 

Hello Michael,

Thanks! As always, interesting information! Can you please tell us the title of that book or your source?