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Re: 152 IAP late P-40 Warhaws with red star on white circle insignia Aug 1944
Kari,
Glad to be of help. Let me add to the previous list 2 more P-40s on September 26, 1944:
S/N: 1863 (piloted by Maj. Hodakovskii, Regiment commander) and S/N: 355 (#65), piloted by Maj. Zsmurko, Dep. Reg. Com. - both planes belonged to the 152 IAP HQ, or Regiment Stab., not one of the regular squadrons.
As of the 152 IAP aerial activity on August 9, 1944:
Between 10:00-14.05 (Moscow time) 2 Kittyhawks flew recce. missions by the lead of Lt. Bogaterih? while bombing artillery positions in the No.1686-6 sector with 4 FAB-100 bombs (and strafing gunfire).
Between 14:05-15:22 (Moscow time) 4 Kittyhawks flew escort mission of 4 hrs and 30 mins total flight-time. The protected plane was an R-5 biplane of 5 OAP GFV in the No.2664-7,8 sector area.
(This day the 22 P-39 Aerocobras and the 12 Kittyhawks of the 1 гв. сад, including the 152 IAP Kittyhawks flew 43 missions (47 hrs 19 mins) altogether, including 33 P-39 Aerocobra (36 hrs, 13 mins) and 6 P-40 Kittyhawk (6 hrs 36 mins) recce. missions, plus 4 P-40 Kittyhawk escort missions (4 hrs 30 mins), - so I am not sure about the claimed IL-2s and the 5 reported Kittyhawks, - perhaps they belonged to different units.)
Gabor
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