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Soviet Air Attack on "Cernavodã" Rail Bridge| Der Maresal |
Posted: October 22, 2003 02:51 am
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"On 25 August 1941 six TB-3s carrying 12 SPBs(*) flew to the vital Chernovod rail bridge over the Danube in Romania. All 12 SPBs attacked, with two 250 kilogram (551lb) bombs each, bringing down this difficult and distant target."
* SPB's were basic I-16 fighters mounted under the wings of a TB-3 bomber which acted as an "aircraft carrier" - see picture below... 
- Who has heard more about this attack? What the entire bridge really destroyed? Howcome the VVS's slow TB-3s were able to penetrate into romanian airspace without being intercepted by ARR? What were the consequences of this attack? |
 
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| Cristian Craciunoiu |
Posted: October 22, 2003 09:15 am
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You will find almost all details in Modelism 1/2003. Translate them please for the others if they are interested.
There are also some interesting details in the booklet called Stalins'Eagles in russian and in the magazine Aviatzia i Vremea ( Aviation and Time ). They stopped traffic for 6 hours over the bridge and the unit ceased to exist after this mission. All pilots were used in the convetional way and one by one lost in action. It was a very heroic story indeed from all points of view. Soviet atackers and Romanian defenders did their best. |
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| cipiamon |
Posted: October 22, 2003 01:46 pm
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These are good stories for to be ilustrated. I whant to do that
in the near future |
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| Der Maresal |
Posted: October 22, 2003 03:56 pm
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Good, but for now you are an archeologist so go find more about that crash site! Your work is interesting and we all want to see what you dig up next. If you find german or russian inscription, take a close up picture and post it here, maybe i or denes can help. Ask more old people for information, (while they still live), I wish i could do that if I was in romania... have not seen my motherland since 1990... :cry: Go work now! 
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| cipiamon |
Posted: October 22, 2003 04:28 pm
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i feel good to hear that, first i need somebody here that has a car, in the near future i'll colaborate whit C-2, he has 4X4, we will go and try to dig somthing up. Its only a matter of time till we will find somthing intresting
Romania after comunism is not a place you wanna be, trust me  |
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| cuski |
Posted: October 22, 2003 04:39 pm
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The west is not exactly "heaven on earth" either, cipi 
But that's off topic. |
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| George |
Posted: November 09, 2003 02:22 pm
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In the daily report from the Col.Gheorghiu,head of the A.A.Zone Ialomita, there whre tree attacks on Cernavoda bridge on August 10 1941,in which in was damaged,the pipeline across the bridge set on fire,and in the last attack,the ship "Stefan cel Mare" damaged.
Somewhere in the zone was found an airplane crashed,sed to be an "Maxim Gorki" with tre good engine.I will provide the location soon. May be the mothership for the bombers? It was not specified the date of crash. The bridge was bombed also on August 8 1941.one pilar being damaged. |
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| Cristian Craciunoiu |
Posted: November 10, 2003 03:12 pm
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No pilar was not ever damaged, not even when a monitor hit it by mistake. See the magazine I told you about.
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| George |
Posted: November 11, 2003 04:43 pm
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The railway bridge "Regele Carol I" from Cernavoda was first attacked on August 9 1941 by a single bomber at 04.45 in the morning,the pipe line set on fire witch was put out after 2 hours.One pilar was slightly damaged.
It is also from the daily raport of the Reg.A.A. Ialomita and Regiunea 3-a Aeriana. |
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| i16stealth |
Posted: January 03, 2004 09:35 am
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Do you mean that all attackers were shot after mission? :?: I heard that soviet attackers had no losses. |
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| Victor |
Posted: January 03, 2004 02:14 pm
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No, he meant that after this mission the pilots were used in convetional (non-Zveno) missions and eventually were lost during the war. |
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| dragos |
Posted: July 10, 2004 09:17 pm
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The bridge at Cernavoda damaged by the Soviet attack.
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| cipiamon |
Posted: July 13, 2004 07:12 pm
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Great picture Dragos!!! Thanks for sharing !
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