Generalleutant Gerhard Barkhorn (1919–83). Three weeks after he left the Crimea, Barkhorn was shot down and badly wounded by Soviet P-39 fighters. He returned to flight duty in October 1944, flying defensive missions over the Reich. He began flying the Me-262 jet fighter in 1945 but scored no victories in it. By the end of the war he claimed 301 aerial victories, making him the second-highest-scoring Luftwaffe pilot of World War II. After brief captivity by US forces in 1945, Barkhorn joined the Bundesluftwaffe in 1956. He commanded the 31st Fighter-Bomber Wing, initially equipped with American-made F84F jet fighters, and then F-104 Starfighters, from 1957–62. He retired from the Luftwaffe as a
| US Army rank | Wehrmacht rank | Soviet rank |
|---|---|---|
| General of the Army | Generalfeldmarschall | Marshal of the Soviet Union |
| General | Generaloberst | General-Armiyi |
| Lieutenant General | General der (Infanterie) | General-Polkovnik |
| Major General | Generalleutnant | General-Leytenant |
| Brigadier General | Generalmajor | General-Major |
| Colonel | Oberst | Polkovnik |
| Lieutenant Colonel | Oberstleutnant | Podpolkovnik |
| Major | Major | Major |
| Captain | Hauptmann | Kapetan |
| First Lieutenant | Oberleutnant | Starshiy Leytenant |
| Second Lieutenant | Leutnant | Mladshiy Leytenant |
| Master Sergeant | Oberfeldwebel | Starshina |
| Technical Sergeant | Feldwebel | Starshiy Serzhant |
| Staff Sergeant | Unterfeldwebel | -- |
| Sergeant | Unteroffizier | Serzhant |
| Corporal | -- | Mladshiy Serzhant |
| Private First Class | Obergefreiter | Yefreytor |
| Type | No. | Class | Name | Commissioned |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battleships | 1 | Gangut | 1914 | |
| Heavy cruisers | 2 | Kirov | 1940–41 | |
| Light cruisers | 4 | Svetlana | 1928–32 | |
| Admiral Nakhimov | 1927 | |||
| Bogatyr | 1905 | |||
| Flotilla leaders | 3 | Tashkent | 1939 | |
| Leningrad | 1938 | |||
| Destroyers | 14 | Soobrazitel’ny (Type 7U) | 1940–41 | |
| Gnevny (Type 7) | 1938–39 | |||
| Fidonisy | 1924–25 | |||
| Derzky | 1914 | |||
| Submarines | 44 | S-Class | 1940–41 | |
| L-Class | 1931–41 | |||
| M-Class | 1933–41 | |||
| Shchuka | 1932–38 | |||
| Dekabrist | 1929 | |||
| AG-class | 1922–30 | |||
| Minesweepers | 13 | Tral-class | 1936–41 |
Black Sea Fleet Naval Aviation (VVS-ChF)
62nd Fighter Brigade (62 IAB):
• 8th Fighter Regiment (8 IAP) at Yevpatoriya with 22 I-153, 19 I-15bis, 41 I-16, and 1 MiG-1
• 32nd Fighter Regiment (32 IAP) in Bel’bek Eupatorium with 31 I-153, 50 I-16, 3 I-15, and 5 TB-3
• 9th Fighter Regiment (9 IAP) near Sevastopol with 64 I-153 and I-15bis
• 119th Reconnaissance Regiment (119 OMRAP) with MBR-2 flying boats
63rd Bomber Brigade (63 BAB):
• 2nd Mine-Torpedo Aviation Regiment (2 MTAP) based at Sarabus and Karagoz [70x DB-3F]; only 12 of 62 aircrews were trained
• 40th Bomber Regiment in Sarabus (40 BAP) [47x SB-2]
3rd Training Aviation Regiment at Dzhankoy [11x SB-2, 10x I-15bis, 6x I-153] 16, 45, 60, 80, 82, 83 OMRAE [MBR-2 flying boats]
