Prvý bitevný útok slovenského letectva na východnom fronte (Vinnica – Niemirov, 20. júl 1941)

The First Combat Attack of the Slovak Air Arms on the Eastern Front (Vinnica – Niemirov, 20 July 1941)

Autor: ŠUMICHRAST Peter

ŠUMICHRAST, Peter: Prvý bitevný útok slovenského letectva na východnom fronte (Vinnica – Niemirov, 20. júl 1941). 

ŠUMICHRAST, Peter: The First Combat Attack of the Slovak Air Arms on the Eastern Front (Vinnica – Niemirov, 20 July 1941).

Vojenská história, 4, 16, 2012, pp 69-81.

 The author of the published paper declares in the introduction that, in connection with the combat engagement of the Slovak Air Arms on the Eastern Front, it should be emphasized that the SVK AF recorded no major combat victory until 20 July 1941. However, the situation was bound to change considerably, because on 20 July 1941 Fighter Squadron 12 received orders from the German 17th Army to conduct, between 19.15 and 20.30 (note by P. Š.), a low-altitude air raid on the retreating Soviet units east of the town of Vinnica. The successfully executed air raid met with great interest in the Slovak Army Command. The actors of the then most significant combat mission of the Slovak military aviation received, in the short history of the Slovak Air Arms, recognition and decorations, For Bravery Class II and III, from the Chief of the Slovak Army.

Key words: Military History. Slovakia. WWII. The Slovak Army’s involvement on the Eastern Front.

Ročník: 16 | Číslo: 4/2012 | Stránky: 69-81