[Laurent Rizzotti]

Hello all,

I found several website bearing the following information (and probably reproducing each another):

"On 22 March 1943, the well-known ace woman Lidya Litvyak was attacked by four Messerschmitt Bf 109s over Khar'kov area. Litvyak managed to shoot down two of the German fighters, while driving off the rest. This aerial engagement coincided exactly with the only two German Bf 109s lost in the same area on this date. The two German fighter pilots shot down were Leutnant Franz Müller (Bf 109G-4, coded "BH + XB") and Unteroffizier Karl-Otto Harloff (Bf 109G-2, coded "yellow 2") of the 9th squadron, fighter wing 3 (9./JG 3). German records have each of these men, who both survived, being reported shot down by Russian fighters."

I would be interested in the usual details of these two losses (Wnr, % damage, location) if they are effectively confirmed by German records.

I post a similar message on the Allied forum to check Soviet claims.

Thanks in advance