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OK , thank you Gal'zhbievka is some 5 miles NW of Yampol this as far as the OBD is being concerned something I was aware about , though in what respect is this connected to Retchkalov's fault and him being reprimanded ? Was Grigory Oleferenkos's wingman ? which publication cited the P-39 flat spin at 9000 feet ?
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It was the single training flights.
8.25 with airfield Gal'zhbievka flew on a reconnaissance mission Pokryshkin (commander of 9 GIAD), Chavchanidze (commander of 16 GIAP) and Fedorov (Navigator 16 GIAP). Rechkalov (Deputy commander of 16 GIAP) was to serve as commander of 16 GIAP.
7 minutes later flew to the training Olefirenko (the sixth), after 18 minutes crashed. The source of about "flat spin at 3000 meters" - "Book losses 16 GIAP"
The reprimand was not - it was a random tragedy. The story of the reprimand is in some memoirs after the war.