Thread: Mosquito claim over Rumania on 3 August 1944
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Old 17th October 2013, 19:29
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Re: Mosquito claim over Rumania on 3 August 1944
L.Rizotti regarding your Q

Indeed there was a case researched by me on that day. Two VVS Mosquitos were dispatched on Aug 3rd ahead of Operation Frantic IV of the 52nd and 82nd FG's from Poltawa which was planned for Aug 4,44 to gather recon over Ploesti, Arad and Bucharest. The Mosquitos may have taken off from Mirgorod , Pyriatin , Poltawa,Kharkov or any other VVS base in S.Ukraine. Both Mosquitos managed to take an evasive action when intercepted and one was damaged rather than shot down. The rest is unknown.

PS : Several years ago I discussed this case with my Russian contacts to determine which VVS Sqd operated Mosquitos in S.Ukraine, presumably they were temp.attached to Frantic task force from a Belarus base. SAAF 60 Rcn Sqd was not involved
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