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Re: Loss of 1./JG 77 on 18 September 1941
Laurent
Neither Prien nor Mombeek list this incident in their relevant books.
I have however located it in a rather obscure/unknown book (unless you read Finnish) by Hannu Valtonen called Luftwaffen Pohjoinen Sivusta published in 1997.
Since 'our' Matti Salonen is a contributor I have a suspicion that the loss list at the end is from his files.
The text (translation thanks to my wife)
18.9.1941 Bf 109E WNr 6272 1./JG 77 crashed into Lake Kotozero (Kotozerolla in Finnish), Fw Wilhelm Schneider killed, aircraft damaged 90%.
Perhaps Matti would care to comment on this?
Cheers
Stig
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