Divebombers diverted to aid Army Group North

22nd August 1941: A ground attack mission against Soviet transport

The Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 110 fighter-bomber. It was more successful as a night fighter.

The Bf 110 twin-engined fighters of Schnellkampfgruppe 210 had been heavily engaged supporting Army Group Centre’s thrust towards Moscow in Operation Barbarossa. The Messerschmitt Bf 110, known as the Me 110, was not a natural dive bomber, but in two months of …