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Re: Russian Air Detachment - Bari - 1944
Alex,
On August 25, 1944 17 VA, 659 IAP Yaks escorted A-20 Bostons of 17 VA, 244 BAD, however, the Yak losses this day were from 866 and 897 IAP: ml.Lt. Victor Vasilevich Yablochkin (866 IAP) later returned and was killed on March 8, 1945 in his Yak-3, S/N: 310099 from Tbilisi (engine: 422-166) in dogfight with -probably Hungarian- Bf 109s over Dömsöd, Hungary. Other Yak loss was Yak of famous 897 IAP squadron commander: Capt. Pavel Petrovich Karavai, who also returned later.
So no clue about the Yugoslav mission, perhaps the escort was from a spec. Yak-9DD group, not from a regular 288 IAD regiment.
Gabor
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