Black cross red star volume 1

[James A Pratt III]

A fine book an updated and expanded version of the old Volume 1. I do have a some comments:

page 101 picture a Ju 88 bomber crew ended up in Soviet captivity after being shot down by Soviet fighters over Leningrad. 2 of the men are wearing army uniforms? This could be the original Soviet caption.

page 114 15th Tank corps should be Mechanized corps

page 212 10 Aug 41 Odessa Soviets no ships hit Babarossa to Odessa has the Tug SP-11 sunk

page 232 Aircraft Carrier Victorious raid on Liinahamari has 1 Bf 110 lost. There were 9 Ju 87s of IV/LG1 that joined the combat according to my notes from:
Send Her Victorious Michael Apps
Sea Eagles The Operational History of the Messerstmidt Bf 109T Francis L Marshall

One Ju 87 over shot an Albacore and was shot down by it

Luftwaffe.no has L1+EW #5310 2 MIA this day

page 250 has the "... anti-aircraft guns of the legendary revolutionary ship Aurora hit two of the Ju 88s, which both crashed in German-controlled territory."
Warship 2019 artical "In Aurora's shadow: The Russian Crusiers of the Diana class" by Stephen McLaughin on the ship has in 1922 10- 130mm, 2 -3inch AA , and 2 MGs and in 1925/26 4 old 75mms added. He also has During the Great patriotic War guns were transfered to land batteries defending Leningrad the ship was used as a floating barracks for submarine crews. On 30 Sep 41 the ship was damaged by german shore based artillery and grounded at Oranienbaum.

This may have been Soviet wartime propaganda. Looking at all the flak around Leningrad I would say there were many AA guns firing at these planes