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Originally Posted by Dénes Bernád
On 25 Sept. 1944, only one ARR Bf 109G-6 was lost, to the rear gunner of a Ju 188 near Kolozsvar/Cluj/Klausenburg, Transylvania.
By the way, can anyone confirm the loss of this Luftwaffe long-range recce aircraft?
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I know, that cpt. Lucian Toma was lost on that day. Rumanian sources says he was shot down by the gunners of a Ju 188, attacked succesfully by him, but it is only the Rumanian version, the story has always two sides.
Incidentally I just pointed out, that it was a claim rather against a Rumanian, than a Bulgarian aircraft. (and of course it is just a claim, which not always match with a real loss in the other side - need to check the remained sources from both sides carefully).
Kolozsvár and Szamosfalva areas are in PlQ. 37... grids but since it was a dogfight in quite high altitude, maybe the claim was not exactly in the same area, where the aircraft of Toma actually crashed.