[HGabor]

Hi Nick,
I think it must be another Po-2 on December 17, 1944: Po-2 of 96 OKRAP, 17 VA, 3rd Ukrainian Front, S/N: 7242, engine: 12833, piloted by Grogorii Semenovich Matveichenko (л-т Матвейченко Григорий Семенович) downed at 15:05 (Moscow time, so 13:05 local, which means only 20 mins. difference!!!) at the altitude of 30-50 m. Plane crashlanded, Matveichenko was unhurt, plane was downed by 4 Fw 190s.

(The other Po-2 "loss" on December 17, 1944 in Hungary was Po-2 №4812 of 5 VA, 511 ORAP, 2nd Ukrainian Front. It was scrapped and handed over to 10 ПАМ for spare parts.)

So Nina's Po-2 №5666 on December 18, 1944 is still unsolved.
Cheers,

Gabor