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Nick, I've looked at the loss of Serzh. Abu Grisovich Bugov 4 GIAP KBF before and he was flying a I-16 and was shot down around 12:30 (Moscow). Spaete's claim was for an I-26 at 13:20 (Berlin or eastern European? 2 hours behind the first and 1 the latter). Bugov's lost is mystery claim as there is no one in JG54 claiming an I-16 around 10:30 or 11:30. Spaete's dogfight was probably with the 3 GIAP KBF at about 14:00 (Moscow) with LaGG-3. If their was a loss or damaged LaGG-3 from that fight, I haven't found it yet. Sergey Ivanovich Sukov claimed a Bf 109 in that fight but the only loss is Bf 109F-4 (8347) of the 5./JG54. There is no way to confirm Sukov shot down this one because of no time of loss. The Soviets made 6 claims for Bf 109s that day.