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Stukas in a naval role?

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raevski	Posted: January 09, 2010 02:36 am
Fruntas Group: Members Posts: 64 Member No.: 1824 Joined: February 04, 2008	Were Romanian Stukas ever used against Soviet shipping?

C-2	Posted: January 09, 2010 06:13 am
General Medic Group: Hosts Posts: 2453 Member No.: 19 Joined: June 23, 2003	From the stories of Stuka pilot Mihai Belcin,he made some sorties ,while stationed in Krimea against soviet naval forces.

Victor	Posted: January 10, 2010 07:35 am
Admin Group: Admin Posts: 4350 Member No.: 3 Joined: February 11, 2003	They never actually made an attack though.

raevski	Posted: January 11, 2010 05:32 am
Fruntas Group: Members Posts: 64 Member No.: 1824 Joined: February 04, 2008	was that due to no targets or not ordered to. Where i am coming from. I am building a Black sea Axis Fleet in miniature for wargaming, i am trying to assess which aircraft (Romanian Flown) i should use to Support them. So far i have JRS79B1 and IAR 80C.

Victor	Posted: January 11, 2010 02:41 pm
Admin Group: Admin Posts: 4350 Member No.: 3 Joined: February 11, 2003	JRS79B1? Why?

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QUOTE (Victor @ January 11, 2010 02:41 pm)

JRS79B1? Why?

according to Axworthy, the JRS79B1 was given the 20mm cannon for anti shipping purposes.
I also have used Blenheims, they were used in a Reece role i believe and anti sub.

Victor

Posted: January 12, 2010 08:14 am

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QUOTE (raevski @ January 12, 2010 02:01 am)

QUOTE (Victor @ January 11, 2010 02:41 pm)

JRS79B1? Why?

according to Axworthy, the JRS79B1 was given the 20mm cannon for anti shipping purposes.
I also have used Blenheims, they were used in a Reece role i believe and anti sub.

In reality, no.

The anti-shipping raids were carried out during the 1941 siege of Odessa using the same bombers that were used against ground targets. It is possible that the JRS-79Bs were used in bombing Soviet convoys on some occasions, but I never heard of a special modification for anti-shipping attacks or of a JRS-79B squadron being strictly devoted to the anti-shipping role.

Victor	Posted: January 15, 2010 04:31 pm
Admin Group: Admin Posts: 4350 Member No.: 3 Joined: February 11, 2003	Returning to the supposed naval actions of the Romanian Stukas, I just went through the Roba & Craciunoiu book and could not find any mention of a anti-shipping sortie by the 3rd Dive Bomber Group. All ordered targets were on the ground.

Dénes	Posted: January 15, 2010 05:36 pm
Admin Group: Admin Posts: 4368 Member No.: 4 Joined: June 17, 2003	Without checking my references, the only actual anti-naval combat sorties of Rumanian Stukas I can remember of were the ones executed in late August 1944, against withdrawing German fluvial ships, retreating on the Danube Westwards. Gen. Dénes

C-2	Posted: January 15, 2010 06:54 pm
General Medic Group: Hosts Posts: 2453 Member No.: 19 Joined: June 23, 2003	Belcin told me about this too. He was together with Stan Nicolae. They were not so pleased to make this strike against undefended convoy of former allies. They talked before the dive ,not to hit any ship.So they did.

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