[Many Souffan]

Hello Andrey.
Thank you for your quick answer. I am sorry but I am not sure to go in your way.
If it is always advisable to use the conditional with the "maybe" and other "probably" for History Yours answers seem's to me little light. Naturally they can be an answer, but an answer among many answers...

Andrey : I think reasons were simpler. Many propaganda articles published some weeks or even months after events due to various reasons.

I don't think the reasons are simpler. You know I was (and I am always) a photographer during more 30 years. A photo can lie, can hide, can tell another story than you see. I always had a little interest for the photo of propaganda, and I learnt with some specialists to "listen" with my eyes the photographs.

As each person who has seen these photographs the first time, it was always associated with Erich Hartmann, with the times, I always thought it was a staged photo. With this thread, I opened widely my eyes, and I learnt many things about this story and about the poor Meissler. And I must say thank you very much.

But the story of these photos goes beyond a simple landing, a simple victory of a Russian pilot. I am convinced...

Andrey : Probably the Life Magazine wanted the "exclusive" photos and chose unpublished photos from the dozens (I think) shots.

Surely that Life wanted the "exclusive" but they can't because the choice was made by the Russians, only Russians, Propaganda oblige,

I am a specialist of Normandie Niemen, and it is the same thing, you can find some photographs at IWM sent by Russians (today these photos belong to Novesti agency), and you will see behind the photo the caption in Russian and his translation in British.
I am sure one day someone will find the photographs of this 109, and I am almost sure there are minimum 2 reportages

Andrey : Probably some days later

As you say "Probably" it is not sure, if you see the photographs, you can remark for example for some photos, the 109 seem's very clean, The atmosphere is not an atmosphere of June for example... Naturally I can make mistake...

When someone will find these photos, we will know the date.

For some photographs of French pilots of N-N taken by Russians It was always said (by French historians, myself first) taken in July 43, near the 14 July, in fact they were taken exactly at the 16th of may...

Andrey : Possibly to hide the fact of defection. Slovak pilots transmitted the groans before landing to make impression that they are wounded in combat. By the way, I saw the interrogation reports of these pilots.

Very interesting, Maybe there are here, some details to understand…

Thank you very much.

Ps: I will send you soon a pm