[Nokose]

20 Apr 1943 08:50-10:16 (M)
16 Yak-1 from 812 IAP covering forces at Novorossiysk. Engage in dogfight with 6 Bf 109, 2 Fw 189 and 12 Ju 88 at H. 3000-4000 m.

Soviet Victory Claims:
Lt. Ivan Svezhintsev Me-109 & Fw 189
Lt. Dmitriy Tyugayev (Tyugaev) Me-109 & Fw 189
St. Lt. Ivan Batyachko Ju-88
Group: May. Aleksey Eremin, Lt. Aleksandr Tishchenko, Kapt. Nauchik, Serzhat Mikhail Patrakov for one Ju 88.
No losses of Bf 109 in JG 3 and JG 52.

812 IAP Losses
Yak-1 (Fl. co) Lt Nikolay Nazarovich Morozov (MIA)
Yak-1 Serzhant Viktor Vasil'evich Babukin (MIA)
Yak-1 (deputy AE co) St. Lt. Petr Ivanovich Sorokin (MIA)
Yak-1 Starshina Pavel Arsent'evich Zaspin (MIA)
Yak-1 St. S-t. Aleksey Ivanovich Ivanov (MIA)
Yak-1 Ml. Lt. Adamchuk
Yak-1 (# 27114) S-t. Vladimir Emel'yanovich Kovalev (MIA: Found near hamlet of Gapon 2010. 44° 47'32.46 N 37° 57'28.908E (PLQu. 7526?)
Yak-1 St. S-t. Martynenko made emergency landing at Timashevskaya A/F
(Two of these not listed in "Dragons on Bird Wings")

German victories:
5/JG 52 Lt. Helmut Haberda Yak-1 (37) 08:28 34 Ost/86341
" Yak-1 (38) 08:30 75452
5/JG 52 Fw. Viktor Petermann Yak-1 (16) 08:40 85181
3./JG 52 Oblt. Rudolf Miethig Yak-1 (68) 08:22 85181 E. of Novorossiysk
" Yak-1 (69) 08:30 75431
6/JG 3 Lt. Friedrich-Wilhelm Schmidt LaGG-3 (2) 08:27 SW Novorossiysk 75427
9/JG 3 Oblt. Emil Bitsch LaGG-3 (54) 08:35
9/JG 3 Lt Ekkehard Tichy LaGG-3 (1) 08:37

Not covered in "Dragons on Bird Wings" except some victories and losses.