Hello Andreas,
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Originally Posted by Andreas Brekken
Been a few days in the mountains skiing - will get back to our discussion later today.
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I’m glad to hear you!
For comparison, Soviet analogue (but daily, not monthly) of “Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen”, in attachment:
Attachment 10013
Explanation:
Form No.4
Combat strength report of 216.SAD for 16.4.1943 (made late in 15.4.43)
Columns:
1. Line number
2. Regiment
3. Dislocation (airfield)
4. Aircraft type
5. Serviceable planes on the airfield
6. Non-serviceable planes on the airfield
7. Has repaired [last 24 hours]
8. Has left
9. Has arrived
10. Losses
11. Sum of planes
On hands:
12. Pilots
13. Observers
14. Air gunners
15. Engineers
16. Technicians, Mechanics
17. Junior specialists
Combat-ready crews:
18. For daylight hours
19. Among them, for night also
20. Pilots outside the unit
Below the table remarks were written.
For example, for the famous 16.GIAP the following remarks:
Popovicheskaya airfield: 1 Airacobra on forced landing off Novotitarovskaya [column 8]
Krasnodar airfield: 8 Airacobras damaged in dogfights [column 6]
Column 8: 2 Airacobras FTR (Major Kryukov, jr.Lt Naumenko)
Column 20: 1 pilot in hospital
The form No.4 has varied a bit from one unit to other, the filling was also different. In some units it contained the factory numbers, for example.
Best regards,
Andrey