Re: Russian unit: 93 ОАКРП = (93 крап)
I was thinking about the IL-2 serials of 16 VA in 1944-1945 and I think those planes could come from other factories as well. Typically Zavod 1. Sturmoviks (S/N: xxxx, 1xxxx) went to Southern fronts, Zavod 18. planes (S/N: 187xxxx, 187xxxxx, 188xxxx, 188xxxxx) went ~everywhere, Zavod 30. planes (S/N: 30xxxx) went mainly to the North. (Simply due to logistics and reasonable delivery distances.) Certainly there were always exceptions, but this seems to be the tendency, based on hundreds of loss records.
This can be verified by the applied factory camouflage patterns in many photos.
Cheers,
Gabor
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