Junkers Ju 88 Mediterranean TDW: 1941-1942 Part 7
Ju 88 A, L1 + BT daga 9./LG 1 a filin jirgin saman Catania, Ju 52/3m jirgin jigilar kaya a baya.
Shugaban Italiya Benito Mussolini, bayan nasarar da aka samu a Wehrmacht a cikin bazara na 1940 a yammacin Turai, ya yanke shawarar shiga yakin a gefen Jamus kuma a ranar 10 ga Yuni, 1940 ya ayyana yaki kan Faransa da Burtaniya. Tun daga farko shigar kasar Italiya a cikin fadan ya koma jerin cin kashin kashin da turawan ingila suka yi mata, sannan daga bisani Girkawa suka kaddamar da yakin a ranar 28 ga Oktoban 1940. Mussolini ya juya zuwa Jamus don neman taimako.
Ranar 20 ga Nuwamba, 1940, Mussolini ya karbi alkawarin taimakawa kai tsaye daga Adolf Hitler. Tuni a ranar 8 ga Janairu, 1941, jirgin X. Fliegerkorps, ciki har da injuna daga Stab, II, an tura su zuwa filayen jiragen saman Italiya na Catania, Comiso, Palermo, Reggio, Calabria da Trapani a Sicily. da III./LG 1 sun yi ritaya daga hidima a Ingila.
Ju 88 A daga LG 1 a cikin rataye na filin jirgin sama na Comiso, Sicily, tare da ƙarin tankunan mai mai lita 900 da aka dakatar a ƙarƙashin fikafikan.
LG 1 a Sicily: 8 ga Janairu zuwa Afrilu 3, 1941
Yaƙi na farko a kan Tekun Bahar Rum Ju 88 da aka gudanar a yammacin ranar 10 ga Janairu, 1941. Aikin 'yan kunar bakin waken dai shi ne su kai farmaki kan jirgin ruwa na Royal Navy mai suna HMS Illustrious, wanda a baya ya afkawa wani bama-bamai masu nauyin kilogiram 500. Ju 87s mallakar St.G 1 da 2. Jirgin da jirgin ya lalace yana kan hanyar zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa na La Valetta da ke Malta a lokacin da mayakan Hurricane guda 88 suka kai hari kan jiragen ruwa Ju 1 na LG 10 guda uku. Jamusawa sun yi wani harin bam na gaggawa kuma, suna shawagi a kan kogin raƙuman ruwa, sun yi nasarar tserewa zuwa Sicily. Harin da wasu Ju 88 suka yi daga III./LG 1, wanda aka kai bayan dubun-dubatar mintuna, shi ma ya ƙare cikin rashin nasara.
Bayan kwanaki biyu, wani jirgin leken asiri na Burtaniya ya tabbatar da rahotannin sirri cewa jirgin Luftwaffe ya bayyana a filin jirgin saman Catania. Tsakanin karfe 21:25 zuwa 23:35, 'yan kunar bakin wake goma sha uku na Wellington daga lamba 148 Squadron RAF da ke Malta sun kai farmaki a filin jirgin, inda suka lalata jiragen sama biyar a kasa, ciki har da Ju 88 guda biyu mallakar III./LG 1.
Ranar 15 ga Janairu, 1941, II./LG 1 ya isa filin jirgin saman Catania don tashi da yammacin ranar 16 ga Yuli 88 a kan sansanin sojojin ruwa na Birtaniya a La Valletta. Junkers sun jefa bama-bamai 10 SC 1000 da 500 SD 148 bama-bamai ta cikin gajimare mai kauri. A lokaci guda kuma, jirgin Wellington daga 15 Squadron RAF ya sake jefa bama-bamai tan 88 a filin jirgin saman Catania. An lalata jirage guda hudu a kasa, ciki har da Ju 1 daya daga LG 6. Rundunar ta kuma rasa sojoji 6 na farko da aka kashe. Daga cikinsu akwai Laftanar Horst Nagel, matukin jirgin 1. Staffel. Sojoji takwas LG XNUMX sun jikkata, ciki har da. Likitan sashen, Dr. Gerhard Fischbach.
Da sanyin safiya na Janairu 16, 1941, 17 Ju 88 A na II. da III./LG 1, 20 Bf 110s ne suka yi wa rakiya daga ZG 26, suka nufi La Valletta, inda aka kori jirgin HMS Illustrious na Faransa. Bama-bamai kirar SC 1000 guda biyu sun fashe a tsakanin ramin da jirgin dakon kaya, tarkacen su ya haifar da lahani mai sauki ga jikin jirgin. Bam din SC 1800 na uku ya kai ga Essex moped (11 GRT) wanda ya lalace sosai. A cikin tashar jiragen ruwa, mayakan Fulmar na 063 Squadron na FAA ne suka kai wa maharan hari, inda suka ba da rahoton harbo jiragen guda biyu. Jamusawa sun yi hasarar jirgin sama ɗaya a kan Malta, Ju 806 A-88, W.Nr. 5, L2275 + CT daga 1. Staffel (matukin jirgi, Oblt. Kurt Pichler), wanda ma'aikatansa suka ɓace. Wasu karin jiragen sama guda uku, da mayaka ko makaman kare dangi suka lalata, sun fado a lokacin saukar tilas a Sicily. A wannan rana, rundunar ta yi asarar wani Ju 9 A-88, W.Nr. 5, wanda wani dan kunar bakin wake dan kasar Italiya ya kai hari a kasa.
Bayan kwana biyu, a ranar 18 ga Janairu, 12 ga Ju 88s sun sake kai hari tashar jiragen ruwa na La Valletta, ba tare da nasara ba. Daya Ju 88 A-5 Bom, W.Nr. 3276, L1 + ER na 7. Mayakan guguwa sun harbe ma'aikata kuma suka sauka a kilomita 15 a arewacin Malta, ma'aikatansa sun bace. Washegari, HMS Illustrious ya kai hari da 30 Ju 88 LG 1s wadanda suka jefa bama-bamai 32 SC 1000, 2 SD 1000 da 25 SC 500 a tashar jiragen ruwa. Matukin jirgi na Burtaniya sun ba da rahoton saukar jiragen bama-bamai har 9 Ju 88, amma hasarar ta kasance jiragen guda biyu. hade da ma'aikatan hedkwatar 8th: Ju 88 A-5, W.Nr. 3285, L1 + AS, da Ju 88 A-5, W.Nr. 8156, L1 + ES da Ju 88 A-5, W.Nr. Jirgin mai lamba 3244, wanda ya fado a kan tilas a sauka a Posallo, ma'aikatansa sun fito daga hatsarin ba tare da wata matsala ba.
A cikin kwanaki masu zuwa, mummunan yanayi ya hana jirgin LG 1 sauka a tashoshin jiragen sama. A halin da ake ciki, da safiyar ranar 23 ga watan Janairu, wani jirgin leken asiri ya bayar da rahoton cewa, jirgin dakon jirgin HMS Illustrious ba ya tashar jiragen ruwa na La Valletta. Ingantattun yanayin yanayi ya ba da damar goma sha ɗaya Ju 17 A-10s na III./LG 88 ya tashi da ƙarfe 5:1, wanda ke da alhakin gano jirgin na Burtaniya. Ƙananan gajimare da ruwan sama mai yawa sun hana samun nasarar bincike, kuma bayan 20:00 jiragen sun koma filin jirgin saman Catania. A hanyar dawowa, ba a san wasu dalilai ba, wasu motocin gaba daya sun rasa na’urorin rediyo da na’urorin kewayawa. Jiragen sama uku sun yi asara a cikin duhu kuma dole ne su sauka kusa da Sicily, daga cikin matukan jirgi 12, kawai Ofw. Herbert Isaksen na Staffel na 8 ya yi nasarar ceton rai tare da isa babban yankin kusa da Capo Rizzutto.
Washegari da tsakar rana, wani jirgin leken asiri na Jamus ya hango HMS Illustrious, tare da rakiyar mahaukata guda huɗu. A kusa da 16:00 17 Ju 88 na II ya tashi daga filin jirgin saman Catania. Gruppe da 14 daga III./LG 1 sun kai ga tawagar Burtaniya. Harin ya ci tura, duk bama-baman sun rasa. A kan hanyar dawowa Ju 88 A-5, W.Nr. 2175, L1 + HM na 4. Staffel (matukin jirgi - Uftz. Gustav Ulrich) an harbe shi da wani jirgin yakin Birtaniya "Gladiator", yana yin wani jirgin leken asiri na meteorological a kan Tekun Bahar Rum tsakanin Sicily da Malta. Wasu jiragen saman Jamus sun sauka a arewacin Afirka a filin jirgin Benghassi-Benin saboda rashin man fetur.
