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Re: 659 IAP KOLDUNOV
Gabor
I hope that this won't deviate the thread too much. My area of interest is also the incident dated Nov 7,44 whereby Koldunov and his wingmen Lt.Krivonogyh and ML.Lt.Schipulya were shot down by Lt's G.Bowers and J.Blumer of 82nd FG and those shot down out of 82nd FG by Koldunov such as Capt King ( possibly also due to flack) and 2nd Lt's Couldson and Brewer (both KIA )
Can you cite clear evidences which point out to the YAK-3 of Koldunov ? According my references a group of 6 YAK-9 led by Koldunov and Capt.Bondary including the two pilots mentioned above shot down 8-10 Km North of Nish airfield , were scrambled by Soviet ground forces to retaliate a straffing incident caused by 82nd FG which lead to the death on ground of Gen.Kotov. Some sources indicate that 2-4 additional YAK-3 were also involved, some cite only YAK-9's .
Pse advise
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