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Re: Who shot down Capt. Nikolai A. Zelenov
Thank you for catching my error. I misread Andreas Brekken's message to me about the Planquadrats. What Andreas said was that the Planquadrat location of Thyben's June 29th Yak-9 claim as given in Tony Wood's Loss List (21447) would have put the shootdown close to Turku, which is considerably west of Vyborg. For that reason, Andreas thought it was incorrect and should have be 91447, putting the claim in the Vyborg vicinity.
It seems to me that the various comments provided have largely eliminated Thyben's Airacobra claim as being Zelenov. If Andreas is correct and Thyben's Yak-9 claim likely took place at 91447, it would seem more probable that he was the victor over Zelenov. Still, it appears that the location of Seevers' Yak-9 claim is close enough to Vyborg that he cannot be ruled out as having been the one who shot him down. Other views/new information are welcome.
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