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Re: JG 52 victories
I bought the book "A Dance with Death Soviet Airwomen in World War II" by Anne Noggle a few years ago and found the following. 125 BAP (all female bomber unit except a few male gunners) raided German positions at Krymskaya on 02 June 1943. Nine Pe-2 were led by Yevgeniya Timofeyeva the regiment's deputy commander. They left the target with no fighter escort. Five of the Pe-2 were shot down by Bf 109. Mariya Dolina received the HSU for this mission. They claimed to have shot down four German fighters but none appeared to have went down.
JFV 12/II 02 Jun 1943
2./JG 52 Obfw Rudolf Trenkel Pe-2 (74) 13:27 PlQu. 34 Ost/ 85112
2./JG 52 " " " Pe-2 (75) 13:28 85112/ NE of Krymskaya
2./JG 52 Gefr. Friedrich Goepfert Pe-2 (1) 13:29 34 Ost/ 85121
3./JG 52 Fw. Werner Manz Pe-2 (2) 13:45 34/ 86391
There is no one in any other unit making a claim for the 5th Pe-2 shot down.
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