[烛光生存狂]-罗马尼亚的攻击机大队

8th Assault Group

On 11 May 1943, the 8th Fighter Group became the 8th Assault Group. Three days later, its pilots and mechanics were sent to Kirovograd, where they started to train on the Hs-129B2 with German instructors. By August 1943 they had overcome the difficulties of flying twin-engine aircraft and were ready for action.

1943年5月11日,第8战斗机大队改编成为第8攻击机大队.3天后,人员和装备送到了基诺瓦格雷(Kirovograd),在德国教官的指导下开始接受Hs-129B2的训练.在克服了无数的困难后,1943年8月,罗马尼亚人完成了战斗准备.

On 10 August the 8th Assault Group moved to the front, on the Kramatorskaya airfield, after a short stay at Mariupol. It conssited of three squadrons: 41st, 42nd and 60th. Lt. cdor. av. Dutu Vasiliu(少校), the new commanding officer, joined the group, replacing cpt. av. Ioan Cara(上尉). The first mission was flown on 15 August by 12 Hs-129Bs, with good results. As a consequence, Il-2s attacked the airfield later that day, destroying one aircraft.

在马里乌波尔(Mariupol)短暂停留后,8月10日驻防克拉马托尔斯卡亚(Kramatorskaya)机场.大队由第41,42和60中队组成.Dutu Vasiliu上校接替Ioan Cara上尉成为新的大队指挥官.8月15日,起飞12架Hs-129B执行第一次任务,取得了不错的效果.第二天,Il-2空袭机场,摧毁1架飞机.

On 17 August, the Group executed 46 sorties against Soviet troop concentrations. The German intelligence intercepted a Soviet transmission saying that it is impossible to advance because of the attacks of Romanian assault aircraft. The airfield was attacked again. The first loss ocurred on 19, when adj. av. Petre Sârbu(下士) was gravely wounded. He managed to get back to the airfield, but he crashed and died.

8月17日,起飞46架次袭击苏联部队集结地.德国人截获的一份苏联电报说由于罗马尼亚攻击机的袭击,部队已经无法推进.机场再次遭到空袭.19日,Petre Sârbu下士身负重伤,他努力把飞机带回机场,但在迫降过程中阵亡.同时也成为了大队第一个阵亡者.

The missions went on the following days. Adj. av. Dumitru Marinescu earned an Iron Cross 2nd class on 23 August for destroying a Soviet mobile AA gun during his fourth mission that day, when 8 Hs-129Bs struck Soviet infantry with grenades. He was severely hit and barely managed to get back to Kramatorskaya, where he crash-landed his airplane.

战争在继续.8月23日,Dumitru Marinescu下士获得了一枚2级铁十字勋章.当天在执行他的第四次任务时,驾机摧毁了一辆苏联移动防空炮,当时8架Hs-129B正在对地面苏联步兵发动空袭.完事后,他努力把千窗百孔的飞机弄回来了克拉马托尔斯卡亚.

The group performed a special recon mission on 30 August in an area on the river Mius(米乌斯). The Luftwaffe had already lost Fw-189s to the objective's powerful AA defence. Four aircraft led by adj. av. Dumitru Marinescu took off before dawn. They flew really low over the Azov Sea and passed Taganrog(塔甘罗格) undetected and then they went left on the Donetsk(顿涅茨克) Valley at the same altitude. As the sun rose, they headed west and passed over the target area at 60-70 m, filming. The surprise was total, as the Soviet AA gunners did not expect to have Axis aircraft coming from the east. After they landed back at the airfield, the 8th Assault Group amassed its forces in order to strike fuel and munitions depots uncovered there. The 41st Squadron was supposed to go on the route used for the recon flight, the 42nd was supposed to fly at high altitude and attack in a dive, while the 60th Squadron was going to attack from the west and draw most of the Soviet fire towards it. The objective was destroyed, without considerable losses.

8月30日,大队在米乌斯河地区执行了一次特殊的侦察飞行任务.目标区域强大的防空火力已经让德国空军损失了几架Fw-189.

A Hs-129B2 in winter camouflage, belonging to the 41st Squadron

Because of the situation on the front, the group had to move in September to the Staryi Bliznetzy airfield, but the stream of close air support missions continued, as the Axis forces in the sector were under a lot of pressure. When returning from one such mission, on 10 September, a very odd incident ocurred. The 16 Hs-129s were flying very low, as usual, at 10-15 m. From a cornfield, a camouflaged T-34 fired one shot, which cut off a part of the wing of the aircraft of Oblt. Dieter Orth(中尉), the German liason officer. The plane hit the ground and exploded instantly. The rest of the aircraft quickly gained altitude and discovered 8 hidden T-34s, which had infiltrated behind Axis lines. They returned to the airfield, reloaded and went back to the cornfield. Within 10 minutes all had been destroyed.

The next day, adj. av. Teodor Zăbavă, one of the aces of the former 8th Fighter Group (11 kills) was brought down by Soviet AAA, but he managed to return to his unit after one day. On 19 September, adj. av. Ion Enache was damaged by AA guns and forced to crash land his aircraft, the third one in two weeks on the front! Amazingly he survived this time also and the Hs-129 was repairable.

The situation on the front meant that the 8th Assault Group had to move again: first to Melitopol(梅利托波尔) and then to Kherson(赫尔松). The day of 6 October was an "usual" day for the Romanian unit. The missions went on one after another. However, for adj. av. Gheorghe Zamfir, it proved to be a quite an experience. During an attack on Soviet armor near the village of Shirokoe his aircraft was hit by 20 mm gun fire, just as he had launched his bombs. A shell had stopped in the armor in his back. He managed to bring it back to the airfield. After 10 minutes he took off in another mission and in another airplane. This time they attacked artillery positions at Alexandrovka(亚历山德罗夫卡). A well-camouflaged tank fired a lucky shot, which hit him in the fuselage and cut off a part of his controls. He barely managed to return to base, where the aircraft broke in two as he was taxiing on the runaway. After 30 minutes he was back in the air again. The Hs-129B2 formation attacked a Soviet troop concentration at Guterka. As he fired his guns, an incediary shell hit his ammo, which started to explode. With the aircraft in flames he headed towards the front line. He managed to put it down and got out just in time. The Hs-129 exploded. Adj. av. Gheorghe Claru landed next to the burning wreck, took his wounded comrade on board and returned him safely to the airfield.

On 26 October 1943, 20 Hs-129s stopped in its tracks a Soviet assault on Nikolaev(尼高拿夫). First they took out several Soviet batteries, which were trying to neutralize the few German guns in the sector. On the return trip they surprised Soviet infantry in a village close to the front and fired all the remaining ammo at it, leaving few survivors on the narrow streets. The German command in the sector thanked them later for their support.

On 29 October the 8th Assault Group moved to the Chaplinka airfield. During the first days of November, the Romanian Henschel pilots practically saved the 24th Infantry Division, which was retreating followed closely by Soviet forces. They managed to fly about 15-16 missions per day each! No other Romanian group made as many sorties in one day, as the 8th Assault Group did then. There was always a patrulă (Romanian for Schwarm四机编队) in the air covering the infantrymen. Thus they managed to rescue the lives of more than 10,000 men. Five assault aircraft were lost, as were two pilots. The other three were rescued by their comrades.

Kherson, November 1943. This Hs-129B2 belonged to the 41st Squadron

On 13 November the group had to be relocated to the Nikolaev airfield. Despite the difficult weather conditions, the troops on the front needed their help and they had to intervene. On 5 December 1943, 16 Hs-129Bs surprised 12-15 T-34s hidden in a small valley and quickly took them out. Then they went on and discovered Soviet infantry infiltrating behind Axis lines and attacked it, causing lots of casualties. The 8t

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