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Just one more addition to the claim of Emil Bitsch on 26.02.42 there were more losses in the area:
26.02.42 Sergeant Dmitry Pavlovich Malykov, pilot in LaGG-3-equipped 416 IAP (VVS of 1st Shock Army, North-Western Front),
did not return from a combat mission in the area of D. Staro-Mushevo, Staraya Russa district, Leningrad region.

On 26.02.42 Ml. Lieutenant Nikolai Vasilyevich Polyakov, pilot in Yak-1-equipped 744 IAP (1 UAG, NW-Front), did not return from a combat mission from the region Lysino, Leningrad region.

However 1./JG.51 also operated there and claimed 3 victories:
26.02.42 N.N. 1./JG 51 a/c  - 10.32 (JFV 9/1) Anerk: Nr. (595)
26.02.42 N.N. 1./JG 51 a/c  - 13.12 (JFV 9/1) Anerk: Nr. (596)
26.02.42 N.N. 1./JG 51 a/c  - 13.19 (JFV 9/1) Anerk: Nr. (597)

BTW could anybody fill the gap of claimants (names, locations...) of I./JG.51 pilots operating during the Demyansk airlift?