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raevski	Posted: June 10, 2008 06:49 am
Fruntas Group: Members Posts: 64 Member No.: 1824 Joined: February 04, 2008	Did Romanian Airforce launch raids on the Soviet Navy. What planes were used? Torpedo bombers? Stukas? IAR 81?

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Posted: June 10, 2008 01:50 pm

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Did Romanian Airforce launch raids on the Soviet Navy.
What planes were used?
Torpedo bombers?
Stukas?
IAR 81?

He 111 H6 (torpedo bombers)
Cant 501 (torpedo flyng boat )

Bernard Miclescu	Posted: June 11, 2008 03:28 pm
Plutonier major Group: Members Posts: 335 Member No.: 53 Joined: July 22, 2003	But without any achevements i suppose... Am I wrong???? BM

Victor	Posted: June 12, 2008 05:59 am
Admin Group: Admin Posts: 4350 Member No.: 3 Joined: February 11, 2003	IIRC, in 1941 Blenheims and He-111H3s were also used for several anti-shipping raids and some sinkings were claimed. See for details: http://www.worldwar2.ro/forum/index.php?showtopic=6

sid guttridge	Posted: June 12, 2008 09:56 am
Locotenent colonel Group: Members Posts: 862 Member No.: 591 Joined: May 19, 2005	Hi Cantacuzino, While those types were capable of carrying torpedoes, were they ever actually issued with any? They certainly seem never to have been used. The only strikes against Soviet vessels I can recall were medium bomber attacks on the port of Odessa in 1941. I doubt their effects can be distinguished from similar attacks by German aircraft. Cheers, Sid.

Bernard Miclescu

Posted: June 13, 2008 08:44 am

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QUOTE (Victor @ June 12, 2008 07:59 am)

IIRC, in 1941 Blenheims and He-111H3s were also used for several anti-shipping raids and some sinkings were claimed. See for details: http://www.worldwar2.ro/forum/index.php?showtopic=6

Thanks Victor,

But the achievements that you mentionned are from the Odessa campaign, so the bomber units involved used bombs and no torpedos (at least for the Blenheim unit and i suppose that it was the same for the He 111 unit).

My question is about the unit based in Romania, (Mamaia ???) that used the He 111 H6 armed with torpedos. Also for the Cant Z501; although i'm quite shure (?) that they didn't do any achievements.

But we are right, i have to read again the 3 ARR books... time lacking.

BM

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Posted: June 13, 2008 12:37 pm

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raevski's initial question was not strictly restricted to torpedo-bombers.

Your question was if there was any success or not.

In the above mentioned book, at page 251 there is a profile of the Bristol Blenheim Mk. I no. 5. The caption reads:

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Romanian Bristol Blenheim Mk. I no. 5 a member of the group that damaged and then sank the Soviet cargo vessel Novorosiisk (1351 tons) on 12 August 1941, at 1204 hours and then damaged the gunboat Krasnii Adjaristan during the siege of Odessa. A group of 22 aircraft damaged 9 days later the cargo vessel Briansk (3378 tons) and missed the leader Tashkent.

On the next page, there is a profile of a Potez 63-1 no. 8. The caption reads:

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Potez 63-1 no. 8 "Come Oldie" in original French camouflage paint during the campaign for Liberation of Bessarabia, 74th Squadron. No. 19 sunk two transport barges during the siege of Odessa.

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