Losses of KG 51 on 22.06.41

[Mirek Wawrzynski]

There was edietd in Germany in 2000 in Propylaen editor very interesting and important book concerning the "bloody shambles" done by NKWD in Soviet western prisions between 22-30 June 1941.

She was written by Bogdan Musiał, "Konterrevolutionare Elemente sind zu erschissen", Berlin-Munchen 2000. Next year had beed edited in Poland too.
There are information about finding in Tarnopol prison 3 Wehrmacht soldiers and 7 next from Luftwaffe, in Łuck prison had been found next 9 bodies of Wehrmacht soldiers. According NKWD reports in Tarnopl prison had been killed 575 prisoners, according those who went there and opened prison on begining of July 1941, amounts of victims was nearly 1000.

NKWD had made great pruges during June 1941 in all prison in Western Bialorusia and Ukraine. It had been killed about 10.000 (officialy admited in NKVD internal reports for Ł. Beria) or even 20.000 prisoners (rather too high figures, among civilians living near these places).
Among killed there were a few tens of first German PoW, captured in these first days of war too.

Regards
mw

[Mirek Wawrzynski]

The III/KG 51 had in fact contact in Stanisłwaów area only with 12. IAP of 64. IAD, not with 149. IAP (he and 247. IAP, 166. IAP fought versus Stab, I, II/KG 27, III/JG 77, I(J)/LG 2), as a wrongly mentined earlier. The whole 64. IAD had lost over 50% of its nominal strenght on 22.06.

The losses were heavy for 12. IAP too, which lost on the ground 36 fighters destroyed, damaged (only 4 were later repaired) plus 3 next were shot down of the 60 fighters: I-153 (45) and I-16 typ 5 (15).

12. IAP was on Bouszew airfield near Stanisławów. Pilots of 12. IAP had claimed 11 victories (3 fighters plus 8 bombers) on 22.06.

regards,
mw

[Mirek Wawrzynski]

Can anyone have daily combat diary (KTB) of III / KG 51 on 22 June 1941?

I wanted to spread the losses and victories over Ju 88 among Germans and Russians. However I do not have exact hour flight and the attack's place, so I can not do that.

For example 12. IAP was 9 times attacked on 22.06.41 by small formation 5-1 planes.

In addition to the pilots of the 12th IAP versus III/KG 51 fought also pilots from 87., 92. IAP, 62. SzAP, who also have some claimes too.

Regards,
mw