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James A Pratt III 16th June 2011 22:15

Fw 189 claims Attack of the Airacobras
 
This is a repeat with more details of the Fw-189 claims made in the book "Attack of the Airacobras":
24-8-43 East of Gorlovka, one was rammed by Jr lt V. Berezkin after his plane was hit by the Fw-189s fire and he was wounded. He succeeded in bailing out after the ram and was fortunetly over Russian lines. During this same action Sr lt V Tsvetkov claimed a Bf 109. They were members of the 16 GIAP and were based at Novaya Tuzovka.

26-9-43 Berdyansk west of Mariupol in the evening. a fw 189 was claimed by Lt I. Babak and a Bf 109 was claimed by Cpt m. Petrov. 100 GIAP

28-5-44 Roman- Bakeu Rumania a Fw 189 was claimed by Jr Lts V. Petokhov and M. Novikov and have it on gun camera film. They were in the 16 GIAP and the bombat took place in the morning. They also had a Fw 190 they were chasing fly into the ground.

9-5-45 Prague 1657-1800 a Fw 189 was claimed by V Pshenichnikov of the 100 GIAP

James A Pratt III 16th June 2011 22:41

Re: Fw 189 claims Attack of the Airacobras
 
OOOPS sorry about the double post.

milanbencek 17th June 2011 09:50

Re: Fw 189 claims Attack of the Airacobras
 
Pschenichnikov clamed Fw 189, but he shot down US reco Lightning.....US pilot Capt. Thomas Petrus bailed out.

yogybär 17th June 2011 23:31

Re: Fw 189 claims Attack of the Airacobras
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by James A Pratt III (Post 129685)
28-5-44 Roman- Bakeu Rumania a Fw 189 was claimed by Jr Lts V. Petokhov and M. Novikov and have it on gun camera film. They were in the 16 GIAP and the bombat took place in the morning.

I wonder which german unit from Luftflotte 4 was operating Fw189's by then. NAGr14 did NOT: http://www.ww2.dk/air/recon/nagr14.htm


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