Ju 86 P loss(es) on 15 April 1941 in Ukraine

[Mirek Wawrzynski]

The pilot was supposed to fire a short burst into the left, working engine - that is, it would be shot down. A long time ago, I read this information somewhere and that is how I remembered it.


It is very interesting to keep two Germans in the prison in Rivne for over 2 months. The Russians developed some of the photos from the camera, which was not damaged. They knew that these were "they were not cadets from the aviation school in Krakow", who accidentally got lost while flying their "Ju 88" - this was supposed to be, according to the Germans, the version of the plane with a crew of four. Two members of the crew "Ukrainian and Russian earlier parachuted".

This version was given by the Germans to the Russians who questioned them. The Russians, however, did not send the spies back to Moscow, but kept them in a prison in Równo until June 25, from where they "miraculously" escaped. The Germans entered Równo on June 28, 1941. Three days later.

A very interesting story. It seems that one of the Germans was then recruited by the NKVD's shallow intelligence to work for the Russians, and both were intentionally left behind to facilitate their return to their own. Prisoners from Równo were evacuated to the east before the Germans entered on June 28, 1941. An interesting spy game is emerging? I emphasize that this is pure speculation!

The Russians probably recruit at least one German and attempt to use it for their own intelligence purposes? I wonder what the counterintelligence work of the Germans looked like?


R.
mirekw