Defense of the sky over Moscow during the Great Patriotic War

When the formation and then strengthening of the air defense system of the capital of the USSR began during the Great Patriotic War, the 57th Fighter Aviation Brigade was created in the Moscow region on the basis of already existing scattered squadrons. It included 16, 27, 34, as well as 11 and 24 air regiments. These formations became the basis of the future fighter air defense of Moscow. New aircraft began to arrive in the Moscow region and a pilot retraining center was created. According to the distribution, the 11th regiment received the latest Yak-1 fighters at that time.

These regiments were manned by well-trained pilots, whose level of combat and flight training exceeded the average level of the Soviet Air Force. Many of these pilots subsequently distinguished themselves in combat and were awarded orders and medals.

The fighting in the Moscow sky was conducted unevenly. The first raids of the enemy aviation occurred on the night of July 22, 1941, after which, already on August 10-12, the Germans withdrew a significant part of their bombers from the Moscow direction, then showing very limited activity, because they were forced to switch their aviation, including bomber, to other directions. However, reconnaissance flights continued for a long time.

The next stage of the German bombing of Moscow began in October 1941. German aviation supported the ground offensive of its troops according to the Typhoon plan. After the successes of the Wehrmacht, the German command decided to resume the bombing of Moscow in order to sow panic. One of these raids took place on October 22, 1941. It was attended by 37 German aircraft. On this day, a large-scale air battle took place, which is not typical for the autumn weather, which was not favorable for air flights. In this battle, the Soviet pilots proved to be very good. The pilots of the 34th Regiment showed special heroism, having fought 24 battles with fifty sorties, of which 12 ended in victories, as a result of which 13 German twin-engine bombers were shot down, which was a very good result.

Already in our time, on May 7, 2015, a monument dedicated to the exploits of Soviet pilots who defended Moscow during the Great Patriotic War was opened in Lyubertsy near Moscow.

Comments

[AlexKruglov1976]

So we will continue to parasitize on the victory of our grandfathers, for lack of and inability to achieve our own?

Better tell us about the protection of the sky over Moscow during the NWO - very soon it will be needed more than ever.

The difference between the situation in 1941-1945 and the present is that after June 22, 1941, all grain and oil deals with the enemy were stopped.

[Stanislav_Shishkin]

Quote: AlexKruglov1976

The difference between the situation in 1941-1945 and the present is that after June 22, 1941, all grain and oil deals with the enemy were stopped.

There are many more differences. There is no need to choose from them only what, as you think, allows you to throw dirt on the command of the NWO.

[AlexKruglov1976]

There is no point in throwing mud at the top political leadership of the Russian Federation - in 2022, with its grain deals, humanitarian corridors, gestures of goodwill, it completely fell out in it.

[Monster_Fat]

The best book about how effective the air defense of the USSR was during the Second World War is the book: " Mikhail Zefirov - Swastika over the Volga. Luftwaffe against Stalin's air defense "The value of this book is that all operations of the Luftwaffe are considered: both from the point of view of our historiography and according to German data (our and German reports are compared). There is also about raids on Moscow - how they went, how successful they were and the real reasons for their termination.Read it, it is very useful to make a really more or less close to reality picture of the confrontation that took place then.

[Konnick]

The fighting in the Moscow sky was conducted unevenly. The first enemy air raids took place on the night of July 22, 1941, after which, already on August 10-12, the Germans withdrew a significant part of their bombers from the Moscow direction, then showing very limited activity, because they were forced switch their aviation, including bombers, to other directions. However, reconnaissance flights continued for a long time.

They were not forced, their tactics of warfare implied the concentration of aviation in the direction of the main attacks, on August 10-12, the Germans did not switch to other directions, but transferred aviation to one direction, to assist Guderian in his offensive in the direction of Lokhvitsa to encircle Kiev. Along the way, having defeated the Bryansk Front with aviation and wounding the front commander Eremenko .. And our fighter aircraft "forced" remained in Moscow and peacefully plied the open spaces above the Bolshoi Theater. Also, our Moscow air defense aviation was inactive on October 1-2, 41 near Vyazma, when the most powerful Luftwaffe air group, assembled from the entire eastern front, drove the personnel divisions of the Western and Reserve fronts into the forests without a fight, and then forcing them to surrender, allowing their ground forces with almost no resistance , having defeated the divisions of the people's militia, put up on the main roads, to rush to Moscow. That's how they were "forced" to transfer German aircraft to other directions.
At a time when Moscow was covered by an excessive number of fighters, our units and formations on other fronts remained practically without air cover, and these praises for Moscow's air defense are somehow doubtful.