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Re: StG.5 1942
A short comment on Seaplanes post: 30 May 1942 was the day PQ 16 arrived in Murmansk (or at least the part of the convoy that was supposed to arrive there, and not more east), so the Ju 87 raids should have been near Murmansk. I doubt Stukas will be used against a convoy at sea at extreme range.
This is from the Osprey book "Artic Bf 109 and Bf 110 Aces" by Jogn Weal, page 45:
"The following afternoon, 30 May, 19 merchantmen of convoy PQ 16 passed Kildin Island at the entrance to the Kola Inlet on the last leg of their voyage to Murmansk. It was at this point that JG 5 entered the fray by escorting Stuka strikes on the Allied ships as they made their way south along the inlet towards their final destination."
According to the book, JG 5 pilots flew at least two Stuka escort missions against Murmansk on 31 May, 1 and 2 June before a ten day pause due to bad weather.
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