[HGabor]

Thanks Paul,

We do have it, but it still would take lots of time to collect the data for the losses of the different soviet AC types in 1944-1945. Now I just put together the Douglas A-20 Boston losses of the soviet 5 and 17 VA between 12.1944 – 05.1945. Note that the 5 VA (2nd UF) used only A-20G models, while the 17 VA (3rd UF) used A-20B,C,G,J, and UA-20C trainers. Later they used A-20K as well. Both the 5 and 17 VA used the Bostons as their ONLY official daylight bomber plane. (Pe-2s were only in Recce. units, Po-2s flew in the night, or as messenger, medical planes, etc.)

Permanent A-20 Boston bomber losses of the soviet 5 and 17 VA (2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts in Hungary)

December, 1944 losses – (Battle for Budapest, - mainly 5 VA)
5 VA:..........................................17 A-20G Bostons (Dogfight: 7, AAA: 5, Accident: 5)
17 VA:.......................................... 5 A-20 Bostons (Dogfight: 3, Accident: 2)

January, 1945 losses – (German Konrad I-II-III offensives for Budapest, DFS 230, Ju 52, He 111 etc. airlift to Budapest, Pest side fallen on January 18, 1945)
5 VA:........................................... 5 A-20G Bostons (Dogfight: 1, AAA: 2, Accident: 2)
17 VA:..........................................15 A-20 Bostons (Dogfight: 10, AAA: 2, Accident: 3)

February, 1945 losses - (Budapest (Buda side) fallen on February 13, 1945 - Catastrophic Axis breakout from the soviet cyrcle with almost complete loss)
5 VA:..........................................NONE! !!
17 VA:..........................................3 A-20 Bostons (Dogfight: 1, Accident: 1, Other: 1)

March, 1945 losses (Last German Panzer offensive of WWII near Lake Balaton)
5 VA:.......................................... 5 A-20G Bostons (Dogfight: 2, AAA: 3)
17 VA:.........................................20 A-20 Bostons (Dogfight: 7, AAA: 9, Accident: 3, Other: 1) – Koldunov’s 866 IAP heavy battles near Lake Velencei and Balaton

April-May, 1945 losses (Mainly in Austria and Cz / Slo)
5 VA:.......................................... 9 A-20G Bostons (Dogfight: 3, AAA: 4, Accident: 2)
17 VA:.......................................... 6 A-20 Bostons (Airfield accident: 4, Other: 2)

Gabor