Re: Losses of KG 51 on 22.06.41
Hi
If the attacks were versus Stryj, so it possible that they attacked 62. SzAP, Soviets on I-153s had claimed two rammings over there against bombers. There was second regiment (one IAP) too but not yet got fighters (some unofficial could be there too?, but I do not have any info about this, but it is possible).
It is also possible, that they attacked Drohobycz airfiled too (???), which is not so far from Stryj. It was base of 10. IAP where were Jak-1s, and I-153 too.
The story was edited 5 and 6 years ago, in the magazine, which is not already edited Militaria i Fakty (last issue summer 2009).
Just now I am going to edit in Poland a book about this subject only Polish too, and used some information from these articles giving many new fact ect. It will be 3 times more then articles.
The price for one issue was 29,00 zlp, which is now about 7,0-7,2 Euro, without shipment. It was not standard article, but rahter small monography (vol. II 16 pages, vol. I 10 1/2, and the begining 17 pages).
It is not easy job with translation, it is long story indeed.
The photos of bombing with SD 2 one I-153 is in vol. 2, p. 17.
1) The Day of Armagedon. To Beat the Red Blizkrieg. 22 VI 1941 Smashing Stalin’s Military Aviation vol. 2. Dzień Armagedonu - uprzedzenie „Czerwonego Blizkriegu”. 22 czerwca 1941 r. rozbicie wojsk lotniczych Stalina, cz. II, p. 14 + 2 color pages with 8 colors (I-16 2 x typ 5, 1x typ 10, 1xUTI-4, 3 x I-153, 1 x I-15 bis), 21 b&w photos, [in:] Militaria i Fakty 1 (26)/2005 (I 2005).
2) The Day of Armagedon. To Beat the Red Blizkrieg. 22 VI 1941 Smashing Stalin’s Military Aviation vol. 1. Dzień Armagedonu - uprzedzenie „Czerwonego Blizkriegu”. 22 czerwca 1941 r. rozbicie wojsk lotniczych Stalina, cz. I, p. 10 ˝, 13 b&w photos, [in:] Militaria i Fakty 4 (25)/2004.
3) Red Blizkrieg. Stalin’s Invasion on German in July 1941. Czerwony Blitzkrieg. Inwazja Stalina na Niemcy w lipcu 1941 r., p. 17, 29 b&w photos, 2 maps, [in:] Militaria i Fakty 2 (23)/2004.
Regards,
mirekw
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