Junkers Ju 88 Mediterranean TDW: 1941-1942 Qaybta 7
Ju 88 A, L1 + BT laga bilaabo 9./LG 1 ee Catania Airport, Ju 52/3m diyaaradaha qaada gadaasha.
Hogaamiyihii Talyaaniga, Benito Mussolini, ka dib guushii Wehrmacht gu'gii 1940 ee Galbeedka Yurub, wuxuu go'aansaday inuu galo dagaalka dhinaca Jarmalka wuxuuna 10-kii Juun 1940 ku dhawaaqay dagaal ka dhan ah Faransiiska iyo Ingiriiska. Bilawgiiba ka-qaybgalkii Talyaanigu wuxuu isu beddelay guul-darrooyin iyo guul-darrooyin is-daba-joog ah oo uu Ingiriisku u geystay, ka dibna Giriigga oo uu dagaalku ka billowday Oktoobar 28, 1940-kii. Mussolini waxa uu u aaday Jarmalka gargaar.
November 20, 1940, Mussolini wuxuu helay ballan ah inuu si toos ah u caawiyo Adolf Hitler. Horeba Janaayo 8, 1941, diyaaradaha X. Fliegerkorps, oo ay ku jiraan mashiinnada Stab, II, ayaa la geeyey garoommada hawada Talyaaniga ee Catania, Comiso, Palermo, Reggio, Calabria iyo Trapani ee Sicily. iyo III./LG 1 ayaa ka fariistay shaqada England.
Ju 88 A oo ka timid LG 1 oo ku taal hangarka Madaarka Comiso, Sicily, oo leh laba haamo shidaal oo dheeri ah oo 900-litir ah ayaa laga hakiyay baalasha hoostooda.
LG 1 gudaha Sicily: 8 Janaayo ilaa 3 Abriil 1941
Dagaalkii ugu horreeyay ee ka dhacay badda Mediterranean Ju 88 wuxuu dhacay galabnimadii Janaayo 10, 1941. Hawlgalka diyaaradaha duqeynta geystay ayaa ahaa inay weerar ku qaadaan markabka HMS Illustrious oo ay leeyihiin ciidamada badda ee Royal Navy, kaasoo ay horay ugu dhaceen lix bam oo culeyskiisu yahay 500-kg. Ju 87s oo ay leeyihiin St.G 1 iyo 2. Markabka burburay ayaa ku sii jeeday dekedda La Valetta ee Malta markii saddex Ju 88 oo LG 1 ah oo ku soo dhawaaday maraakiibta Ingiriiska ay weerareen 10 dagaalyahan oo duufaanno ah. Jarmalku waxay sameeyeen bam degdeg ah, iyagoo dul heehaabaya mawjadaha hirarka, waxa u suurtagashay inay u baxsadaan Sicily. Duulaan ay qaadeen dhowr Ju 88s oo ka yimid III./LG 1, oo la qaaday dhowr iyo toban daqiiqo ka dib, ayaa sidoo kale ku dhamaaday fashil.
Laba maalmood ka dib, diyaarad British ah oo sahan ah ayaa xaqiijisay warar sirdoon oo sheegaya in diyaaradda Luftwaffe ay ka soo muuqatay garoonka Catania. Intii u dhaxaysay 21:25 iyo 23:35, saddex iyo toban bam oo Wellington ah oo ka socday No. 148 Squadron RAF ee fadhigeedu yahay Malta ayaa weeraray garoonka, iyagoo burburiyay shan diyaaradood oo dhulka ku sugnaa, oo ay ku jiraan laba Ju 88s oo ay lahaayeen III./LG 1.
Janaayo 15, 1941, II./LG 1 wuxuu yimid garoonka diyaaradaha ee Catania si uu uga duulo fiidka 16 Jul 88 oo ka soo horjeeda saldhigga ciidamada badda Ingiriiska ee La Valletta. Junkers ayaa 10 SC 1000 bambooyin ah iyo afar SD 500 oo bambooyin ah ku tuuray daruuro qaro weyn, isla markaasna, diyaaradda Wellington oo ka socotay 148 Squadron RAF ayaa mar kale 15 tan oo bambooyin ah ku soo ridey garoonka Catania. Afar diyaaradood ayaa ku burburay dhulka, oo uu ku jiro mid Ju 88 ka LG 1. Guutada ayaa sidoo kale laga dilay 6-dii askari ee ugu horreeyay. Waxaa ka mid ahaa Lieutenant Horst Nagel, duuliyaha 6. Staffel. Siddeed askari oo LG1 ah ayaa dhaawacmay, oo ay ku jiraan. dhakhtarka qaybta, Dr. Gerhard Fischbach.
Subaxnimadii hore ee Janaayo 16, 1941, 17 Jul 88 A ee ka tirsan II. iyo III./LG 1, oo ay galbiyeen 20 Bf 110s oo ka yimid ZG 26, waxay u socdeen La Valletta, halkaas oo siday diyaaradda HMS Illustrious laga soo dejiyay French Creek. Laba bam oo nooca SC 1000 ah ayaa ku qarxay inta u dhaxaysa tiirarka iyo qolofta qaadka, jajabkooduna waxa uu waxyeelo fudud u gaystay qolofta markabka. Bam saddexaad oo SC 1800 ah ayaa ku dhacay mooto Essex ah (11 GRT) kaas oo si ba'an u burburay. Dekadda dusheeda, duqeymaha waxaa weeraray dagaalyahannada Fulmar oo ka tirsan FAA’s 063 Squadron, kuwaas oo soo sheegay in laba diyaaradood la soo riday. Jarmalku wuxuu hal diyaarad ku waayey Malta, Ju 806 A-88, W.Nr. 5, L2275 + CT oo ka socda 1. Staffel (duuliyaha, Oblt. Kurt Pichler), oo shaqaalihiisa la la'yahay. Saddex diyaaradood oo kale, oo ay waxyeello u geysteen dagaalyahannada ama madaafiicda lidka diyaaradaha, ayaa shil galay xilli ay si khasab ah ugu degi jireen Sicily. Isla maalintaas, guutuhu wuxuu lumiyay Ju 9 A-88 kale, W.Nr. 5, kaas oo uu dhulka ku garaacay bambaanooyin Talyaani ah oo soo degay.
Laba maalmood ka dib, 18kii Janaayo, 12 Ju 88s ayaa mar kale duqeeyey dekedda La Valletta, guul yar. Mid ka mid ah Ju 88 A-5, W.Nr. 3276, L1+ER of 7. Shaqaale waxaa toogtay dagaalyahanada Duufaanta waxayna ku degeen meel 15 km waqooyi ka xigta Malta, shaqaalaheedii ayaa la la'yahay. Maalintii xigtay, HMS Illustrious waxaa bartilmaameedsaday 30 Ju 88 LG 1s kuwaas oo ku tuuray 32 SC 1000, 2 SD 1000 iyo 25 SC 500 bam ee dekedda. oo lagu daray shaqaalihii xarunta 9aad: Ju 88 A-8, W.Nr. 88, L5 + AS, iyo Ju 3285 A-1, W.Nr. 88, L5 + ES iyo Ju 8156 A-1, W.Nr. 88, oo ku burburtay si qasab ah garoonka Posallo, shaqaalaheedii ayaa ka soo baxay shilkaasi iyagoo aan waxba gaarin.
Maalmihii xigay, cimilo xumo ayaa ku soo degtay diyaarad LG 1 garoomada diyaaradaha. Dhanka kale, subaxnimadii 23-kii Jannaayo, diyaarad sahan ah ayaa sheegtay in markabka xamuulka qaada ee HMS Illustrious uusan hadda joogin dekedda La Valletta. Xaaladaha cimilada oo hagaagay ayaa loo oggolaaday kow iyo toban Ju 17 A-10s oo ka tirsan III./LG 88 inay kiciso 5:1, oo loo xilsaaray raadinta markabka Ingiriiska. Daruur yar iyo roobab culus ayaa hor istaagay sahanka guusha leh, 20:00 ka dib diyaaraduhu waxay ku noqdeen garoonka Catania. Soo laabashadiisa, ayaan la ogeyn sababaha, qaar ka mid ah gaadiidka ayaa gebi ahaanba waayay raadiyaha iyo qalabkii ay ku hagi jireen. Saddex diyaaradood ayaa ku lumay mugdiga waxayna ku qasbanaadeen inay ku degaan meel u dhow Sicily, oo ka mid ah 12 duuliye, kaliya Ofw. Herbert Isaksen oo ka tirsan shaqaalaha 8-aad ayaa ku guuleystey in uu naftiisa badbaadiyo oo uu gaaro dhulweynaha u dhow Capo Rizzutto.
Duhurnimadii maalintii xigtay, diyaarad Jarmal ah oo sahan ah ayaa aragtay HMS Illustrious, oo ay galbinayaan afar wax burburiya. Abbaaraha 16:00 17 Ju 88 ee II ayaa ka duulay garoonka Catania. Gruppe iyo 14 ka socda III./LG 1 oo u jeeda kooxda Ingiriiska. Duullaankii wuu fashilmay, bambaanadii oo dhan waa la waayay. Waddada dib u soo noqoshada Ju 88 A-5, W.Nr. 2175, L1 + HM ka 4. Staffel ( duuliye - Ufts. Gustav Ulrich ) waxaa toogtay dagaalyahan British Gladiator, samaynta duulimaad sahan saadaasha hawada ee badda Mediterranean ee u dhexeeya Sicily iyo Malta. Qaar ka mid ah diyaaradaha Jarmalka ayaa ku degay Waqooyiga Afrika garoonka diyaaradaha ee Bengassi-Benin shidaal la'aan awgeed.
