[Nikita Egorov]

Due to poor leading of the Pe-2s from 1 BAK a group of 291 IAP was routed to Taganrog instead of Rostov. Two planes landed and were captured, third hesitated and Germans opened fire, thus bringing down another two planes. Squadron commander and his deputy plus two more pilots were lost.
Later that day the whole 291 IAP was dispatched to conduct a strafing attack on the Taganrog airfield to destroy captured planes. Judging by Prien book that have photos of that captured planes this attack was in vain.
Though german sources deny that those planes were later used in combat sorties, Soviet documents contain some reports of them being faced in the air with mixed soviet and german markings...