Hello Juha,
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When you wrote “and the group facilitator it was only in the last mission, in which there were no losses.” Did you mean that Rechkalov was the formation leader only during his 2nd sortie of the day and that during that mission there was no VVS losses?
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That's right - it was. Only "aircraft of Lt. Oniszenko returned with 3 bullet hits" (by Robert)
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And one other question. What happened during Rechkalov’s 1st sortie on 31 May 1944 and in what capacity he participated, was it mission of the whole regiment during which Rechkalov acted as a squadron leader or what?
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Combat mission around 9:00 16 aircraft (troops undercover).
Flight 1 squadron - the leader of the attacking group Clubov, the leader of the ensure group Trofimov, leader of the cover group Chistov.
Rechkalov-Vakhnenko - "free hunt".
The battle at 9.40-9.50.
MIA Karpov, Petuhov, Baryshev (attacking group), Chistov (cover group); emergency landing Rudenko (cover group).
Rechkalov-Vakhnenko fight in the side - shot down 1 FW-190.
Cause of loss is listed as: "a cover group was fascinated by the pursuit of the bombers and did not complete the mission + other errors interaction ("attacking group" - "cover group" and inside)"
Rechkalov was Deputy commander for flight training (he watched the action groups and led a "free hunt"). Team battle is a task of the squadron.
Best regards,
Kirill