[Leo Etgen]

Hello Nokose

One would have to know if there were any additional Russian losses in the same time and location to be certain but going on what you have written I would believe that there is a good chance this was the same aircraft that Strassl claimed. As you mentioned it was frequently quite difficult to identify an aircraft correctly in aerial combat and as both of these were in-lined engined aircraft it is likely that he simply misidentified the Yak-7 as a single-seat Il-2. Hopefully others can add their opinions as well. Many thanks for this information.

Horrido!

Leo