Claims of sinking Soviet ships and vessels in the Gulf of Finland 24-25 August 1941

[Andrey Kuznetsov]

Originally Posted by Mirek Wawrzynski

I think, that there were not so good trained as were Stuka's crews (+ other tactical quality of dive by Ju 87s). Ju 88s could not sink the next day the next 2 minsweepers (T-203, T-298)

I think the crews were excellent (as they were chosen for the hard special mission) but Ju88 was less suitable for the dive bombing in comparison with Ju87.
And during the war Ju87s has made many unsuccessful dive attacks against warships at sea too. Maneuverable ship was a hard target even for Ju87.

Originally Posted by Mirek Wawrzynski

The Russians were very fortunate, that Germany had no real dive bombers

Finnish Gulf convoys were insignificant targets in comparison with advance to Leningrad and other great ground battles of August 1941.
And it was a choice of Luftwaffe: excellent training --> relatively small number of crews --> huge areas without sufficient Luftwaffe support.

Originally Posted by Mirek Wawrzynski

I understand that during these attacks KG77 not suffered any loss?

Haven't special interest to the episode so don't know. One Ju88 from 3./806 MIA in the Finnish Gulf on 25.Aug.41

Regards,
Andrey