Luftwaffe gegen arktische Begleitzüge 1942
Convoy battles in the Arctic ocean in 1942
- Scale:
- 1:72
- Status:
- Ideas
A collection of Luftwaffe medium bombers - in various roles - deployed to the Arctic Region to fight the convoys.
- Do 215 B-4; 1.(F)/124, reconnaissance, liaison and courier missions
- He 111 H-6; Wekusta 5, weather reconnaissance
- He 111 H-6 LT; I/KG 26, torpedo bomber
- Ju 88 A-4; Erpr.St/KG 30, anti-shipping bomber
- Ju 88 A-4; II/KG 30, dive bomber
- Ju 88 A-4 LT; III/KG 26, torpedo bomber
- Ju 88 D-1; 1.(F)/22, reconnaissance
Could the second He 111 be another courier plane (N9+KA?), and the Wekusta Heinkel be another Ju 88? Hmm... And a place for a Do 17?
Bonus option:
- FW 200 C-4; KG 40, long range maritime reconnaissance
I reserve the right to change the topic to Luftwaffe hunting the Pedestal convoy in the Mediterranean! That'd lose the only Do 215 and the second He 111 equipped unit, as II/KG 26 was the only operational unit equipped with them, facing the Pedestal, but it'd give A LOT more Ju 88 units! LG 1, KG 54, KG 77, KGr 606, KGr 808, AufklGr 121, AufklGr 122, AufklGr 123, Wekusta 26... maybe too many to have them all...
I'll have to give it a thought... and I gave it:
- Do 17 Z-5; Flugbereitschaft Luftkommando 2
- Do 215 B-9; Flugbereitschaft Luftflotte 2
- He 111 H-6 LT; II/KG 26
- He 111 H-6; 6./KG 100
- Ju 88 A-4; LG 1, desert camouflage with black undersurfaces
- Ju 88 A-4; KG 54, modified green camouflage with brown areas
- Ju 88 A-4; KG 77, green camouflage with dotted lower surfaces
- Ju 88 D-1; 1. or 2.(F) /Aufkl.Gr 123, all-blue two tone camouflage
- Ju 88 D-5; Wekusta 26, desert camouflage
Choices, choices!