Re: 02Apr45 USAAF & VVS dogfight
hi,
in stalin eagles you find other combat usaaf vs vvs:
07.11.44
60 P-38 of the 82FG attack ground targets along roads from Sjenica to Novi Pazar, Raska and Mitrovica in Yugoslavia. Due to navigation error they attacked General GP Kotovīs Corps advancing towards Belgrade in the vicinity of Nisch, NW Sofia. General Kotov and other men were killed before General VA Sudets gave free reign to alert flights of Yaks of 659IAP under the leadership of IA Koldunov. In the combat usaaf lost 3 fighters and soviets lost 2 pilots kia and one more bail out.....
regards
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