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dinamik
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21.11.2014 22:41:42
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WWII; ВВС; 1941;
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Вот, клевещут, что бои 16 октября 1939 выглядели немного иначе
>>Извиняюсь..а что ,разве "Спиты" не воевали над Францией? С мая 1940го?
>>Литхэрт сбил 21 мая над Дюнкерком Не-111
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>Даже раньше еще:
>On 16 October 1939, the Spitfire first saw action against the Luftwaffe when three aircraft each from 602 and 603 Squadrons intercepted, over Rosyth, nine Junkers Ju 88s of 1./KG30, led by Hauptmann Helmuth Pohle, which had attempted to attack the cruisers HMS Southampton and HMS Edinburgh[10] in the Firth of Forth. Two Ju 88s were shot down, and another heavily damaged
>С трудом себе представляю, чтобы 3 И-16 сбили хотя бы 2 Ю-88 из 9-ти.
On 16 October 1939, Junkers Ju-88s of 1/KG 30 led by Hauptmann Helmuth Pohle attacked British warships in the Firth of Forth. Nine of the Ju-88s were intercepted over Rosyth by three Spitfires of 603 Squadron, each of which attacked Pohle's aircraft which was hit repeatedly and crashed into the sea. Pohle was the only survivor and was taken prisoner of war. This, the first enemy aircraft to be destroyed by Fighter Command, was credited to Squadron Leader Ernest Stevens, the commanding officer of 603 Squadron. At the same time, two other sections of 603 Squadron engaged and shot down a Heinkel He-111 which had been sent to observe the results of Pohle's raid. Three more Spitfires, this time from 602 Squadron, were joined by two of 603 in time to catch one more of the Ju-88s and shoot it down. Later that day, another He-111 was shot down by 603 Squadron. Thus did the Spitfire spectacularly open its account against the enemy.
http://www.deltaweb.co.uk/spitfire/into_act.htm