1941. Wings over Berlin is a Russian war film based on real events The film tells about a little-known feat of Soviet pilots namely the Bombing of Berlin in August 41 At the very beginning of Germany's war with the Soviet Union there were still opportunities to reach the capital of the Third Reich by long-range aviation The reason for the first bombing of Berlin by Soviet aircraft is considered to be a massive Luftwaffe raid on Moscow on the night of July 22 According to various sources from 150 to 250 bombers took part in it According to Soviet data 10 aircraft were shot down by anti-aircraft artillery and 12 by fighter aircraft However, the German side confirms only 7 aircraft The retaliatory raid on Berlin was of exclusively ideological significance The strike group of DB-3 aircraft had to cover almost 1800 kilometers without refueling The route started from the island of Saaremaa, Estonia then Svinemunde (Now Svinoujscie, the territory of Poland) Stettin (Now Stecin, the territory of Poland) and finally Berlin The group had to cover a distance of 1765 km of which 1,400 km over the sea The flight duration was 7 hours The main defense against the enemy's anti-air defense could only be the height of the flight but it was not just a high altitude but the limit — 7 thousand meters The temperature outside reached minus 35-40 degrees which is why the glass of the aircraft cabins and helmet glasses froze In addition, the pilots had to work in oxygen masks all the time in such an environment The pilots of the naval aviation of the first mine-torpedo regiment of the Baltic Fleet took part in the first strike On the night of the seventh to the eighth of August out of fifteen planes that took off only five reached Berlin the rest dropped bombs on spare facilities The German anti-air defense did not interfere in any way having discovered Soviet planes the German military took them for their own From the seventh of August to the fifth of September 1941 Soviet pilots carried out nine raids on Berlin dropping twenty-one tons of bombs on it and causing thirty-two fires in the city As a result of the retreat of Soviet troops rom Tallinn and The Moonsund archipelago flights to Berlin from the island of Saaremaa had to be stopped There is an inaccuracy in the film DB-3-2M-87 aircraft are shown although in fact DB-3F-2M-88 The film also shows Messerschmitt Bf.109 K-4 aircraft although they began to be delivered to the troops in September 1944
