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Rob, in the same battle Fw. Emil Zibler 9./JG3 claimed his 34th victory over a La-5 at 4:25 w. of Krasny Liman. Not for want of trying on his part, Ml.Lt. Kalsin in his La-5 from the 5 GIAP got away. WIA by splinters in the right arm, his La-5 had 13 holes in the fuselage, 4 in the motor and 2 in the planes.

The Soviet pilots claimed to have shot down two Bf 109. Kapt. Verteletskiy of the 5 GIAP one Bf 109 at Pervomayskoe. Ml. Lt. Sergey Grigorevich Glinkin 5 GIAP his 5th a Bf 109 2-3 km SW of Mayaki. I'm not sure of these locations compared to Sslawjansk but I believe that Uffz Oskar Loeffler 8./JG3 in Bf 109G-4 (19339) 100% 10 km SE of Sslawjansk might have been from Glinkin. It lists the cause as "Erdabwehr bei Tierfangriff, Ueberschlag Notandung" (My German is not good at all, sorry).