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My friend Cyril Kirche in Moscow sent me a copy of the magazine Герои Неба Военнфя Археология 4 [20] 2013 with an article by Ruslan Lukashev "And the Sky Wept With Snow" about the group he is with that recovers the shot down remains of the aircraft and aviators both Russian and German from WW2. There are many such groups and men in Russia that do this to give a proper closure to families and to honor the fallen. In this instance they recovered a Soviet LaGG-3 in the winter time in the forest near a small village.

09 Aug 1943
He-111 raid in the region of Kurdyuki
Losses of the 523 IAP
LaGG-3 (# 2924) Serzhant Mikhail Ivanovich Korotaev (KIA)
LaGG-3 (# 3087) Kapt. Mikhail Georgievich Kuz'kin (KIA)

12/JG 51 Lt. Ernst Weismann
LaGG-3 (64) 14:52 PlQu. 46262
LaGG-3 (65) 14:54 PlQu. 56121

In this instance M.I. Korotaev was given a military funeral and his family was there.