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Here is what I have for 17:28-18:10 (Moscow) 15 IAP had 6 Yak-7B covering their troops in the region of Nizhnebakanskaya - Neberdzhayevskaya (which is to the SW of Krymskaya). St. Lt. Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Bastrikov claimed his 6th victory which he stated caught fire and Ml. Lt. Aleksandr Vasil'evich Losev claimed his 2nd victory which was stated to have crashed near Amanad. At 17:48 (Moscow) Lt. Semen Nararovich Samoylov claimed his 2nd victory between Krymskaya and Moldovanskaya. He claimed the pilot bailed out but hit the ground. On the JG 52 site that Laurent provided it states that Uffz Karl Spreitzer 7./JG 52 was shot down in a dogfight with two Russian Spitfires at about 16:35 (Berlin) 2 km south of Krymskaya in Bf 109 Wknr. 14 036. Could it be that Spreitzer survived Bastrikov and Losev to fall victim to Samoylov on the way home?