Re: Who shot down G. Barkhorn?
 

encarta.msn.com says

"Map of Beltsi [Bălţi], Moldova",

so Beltsy and Balti is the same. FULL STOP :p .

Anyway, there is another place called Balta ca. 150km W of our Balti, but definitely this was not the target of german Reccons by then. So, the AF of "B" was the one of Balti imho. Or maybe Botosani, but atm I don't know wether this was soviet territory by 31.05.44.

in June 1941, 55.IAP with a well-known guy called Pokrshkin was based in... Beltsi aaaah Balti. He came back 3 years later... and now the circle is closed ;) .

Re: Who shot down G. Barkhorn?
 

>Map of Beltsi [Bălţi], Moldova",

>so Beltsy and Balti is the same. FULL STOP

Na, na, na.. not so easy. :)

As far as I see [Bălţi] - is the transcription. I suppose "ă" reads as "e" and "ţ" reads as "ts", "ц". So its just a true trascription.

Indeed as far as I know Romanians and local jews called the place as Balts=Бэлц.

Bălţi = Бэлци. Beltsy = Бельцы.

Anyway that was a Russian town, at least in 1944, so it called Beltsy. And Kishinyov is Kishinyov.

Re: Who shot down G. Barkhorn?
 

No. "ă" reads more like "oe", or "ö", like Schröder.

Anyhow, Bălţi and Balta are different towns. Beltsy is calledBălţi in Rumanian.

No. In 1944, that city - along with Bessarabia - was part of Rumania, so the Rumanian name was the official one. Things, of course, changed rapidly, so from 1945 the official name reverted to the Russian one.

Almost. :)
Kishinyov in English transliteration is actually Kishinev.

Here is the map I drew, published in my book on the Rumanian air force, where many dual (or triple) names are listed, including Beltsy/Bălţi.

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/189...iasmall5xn.jpg

Re: Who shot down G. Barkhorn?
 

Talking of Beltsy/Bălţi, here is a photo of a MiG-3 captured in that area in 1941, being hauled away:

http://www.og12a.de/soldat51a.jpg

I am wondering which VVS unit might had this fighter belonged to?

Re: Who shot down G. Barkhorn?
 

right map
http://vif2ne.ru/nvi/forum/files/Karlenko/YUF.jpg

Re: Who shot down G. Barkhorn?
 

To add yet another pair of photos taken in the same area, here is the burning wreck of a Ju 52, reportedly destroyed on 'Balti' airfield.

http://www.fotobethge.de/bilderebay/L14066-8.jpg
[Source: eBay]

P.S. To Admin., I suggest to split this topic in two.

Re: Who shot down G. Barkhorn?
 

This MiG-3 was reportedly found also on Balti airfield.

http://www.fotobethge.de/bilderebay/L12066-43.jpg
[Source: eBay]

Re: Who shot down G. Barkhorn?
 

55.IAP incl. A.I.Pokryshkin was there on 22-06-41. 4., 146., 8.IAP were also in this district, but different AF's.

It is well possible that some MiG's never left transport boxes before Axis captured them.