Attack of Soviet Aviation against Dvinsk (Daugavpils) Bridges

(June 30'41 )

Updated September 6, 2006
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This episode of attacks performed by the Soviet aviation against bridges across Zapadnaya Dvina river on June 30, 1941 is well-known on the west, but not much data avialable from Russian sources. I'd like to present some numerical data from the article [1] I managed to find here. I think these figures are somewhat less than mentioned in German memoirs.

In any case, I'm not going to insist they are 100% correct, because like any other data they need to be verified using cross-data including direct archival research.

Alex. (AMVAS)


Flight Scheme

 

Unit Leader Flew Out Attack Time Shook Down Landed Damaged Crew Losses*
on own airfields out of own airfields
1st Mine-Torpedo Aircraft Regiment
1/1 MTAR Capt. Tchelnokov 9 DB-3F 14:25 4 5 - 5 11/1
2/1 MTAR Capt. Grechishnikov 6 DB-3 14:20 2 2 2 3 7/0
3/1 MTAR Capt. Plotkin 9 DB-3 ~14:45 6 3 - 2 5/1
5/1 MTAR ? 8 DB-3F 15:30 1 7 - ? 0/4
TOTAL - 32 - 13 17 2 10+? 33/6*3
57th Bomber Aircraft Regiment
2/57 BAR Capt. Rubtsov 8 SB ~18:00 5 1 2 1 6/2
3/57 BAR ?*1 2 DB-3 9:40 - 2 - - -
Capt. Yefremov 6 DB-3 18:20 1 5 - 1 0/1
4/57 BAR Capt. Khrolenko 9 DB-3F 13:07 4 5 - 5 14/0
5/57 BAR Capt. Tchemodanov

3 DB-3

3 DB-3F

13:05*2 - 5 1 1 -
TOTAL - 31 - 10 18 3 8 20/3
73rd Bomber Aircraft Regiment
HQ Capt. Nikanorov*1 1 SB ~13:45 1 - - - 3/0
?/73 BAR ?*1 2 SB ~4:30 - 2 - - -
2/73 BAR Capt. Syromyatnikov 8 Ar-2 13:00 - 8 - - -
7 Ar-2 ~19:30 - 7 - - -
4/73 BAR Maj. Ivanov 6 SB ~8:30 5 1 - - 11/0
St. Lt. Kosov 5 SB 13:13 - 5 - - -
5/73 BAR Capt. Ivanov 6 SB 13:10*4 4 2 - ? 8/0
Ml. Lt. Darogan*1 1 SB ~13:45 1 - - - 2/0
TOTAL - 36 - 11 25 - ? 24/0*5
TOTAL - 99 - 34 60 5 18+? 77/9

* - Killed + missed / wounded

*1 - Recon mission;

*2 - Target not found;

*3 - Incorrect figure. Correct sum would be 23/6

*4 - rem. AMVAS: In original text 3:10. Corrected following the text of article.

*5 - Figure corrected by AMVAS. In original - 24/?


Abbreviations

BAR - Bomber Aircraft Regiment

MTAR - Mine-Torpedo Aircraft Regiment


Literature:
  1. M. Morozov, "Voshedshije v Bessmertije", Aviamaster, 2/2002.

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