I was reading through the episode on 09May43 on
WWW.allaces.ru. It lists that Serzh. Ilya Ivanovich Elgin of the 961 IAP rammed a Bf 109 in a dogfight after ramming it both aircraft exploded. Both III/JG 3 and I/JG 52 were operating in the area of Rostov-on-Don where this happen. JG 3 had no losses and no claims for an I-16. So did I/JG 52 have a loss?
Maj. Helmut Bennemann of Stab I/JG 52 claimed two I-16 at 10:03 and 10:06 at 98 840 and 98 730.
Also lost on I-16 in a air battle from the 961 IAP were:
Lt. Anatoliy Vasil'evich Kirichkov (KIA)
St. Serzh. Vladimir Petrovich Bakhtin (KIA)