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Old 5th April 2019, 10:02
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Re: A low but reliable soviet ace pilot

Hi Milan, why not sharing with all that regularly contribute to this forum:
On 16.09.43 Ml.Lt. Aleksandr Dmitrievich Karpov (5+1) of P-40 Kittyhawk-equipped 30 ORAE VVS-ChF was credited with 1 Bf.110 s/d in the Anapa area for personal victory No.1.
This could be:
16.09.1943 Küstenfl.St. Krim lost Bf.110F-2 Wnr.5045 „1K+CU“ südlich Noworossijsk - Absturz in See nach Luftkampf. Bruch 100 %; LF.4.

On 06.10.43 Ml.Lt. Aleksandr Dmitrievich Karpov (5+1) of P-40 Kittyhawk-equipped 30 ORAE VVS-ChF was credited with 1 „Hamburg“ (= Bv.138) s/d in the Krym area for personal victory No.2.
This could be:
On 06.10.43 1./SAGr.125 reported Bv.138C1 „7R+HH“ Wnr.130110 s/d by soviet fighters (Kittyhawks) in the sea zone off Jalta after contact with 3 russian destroyers (destroyer leader Charkow, destroyers Besposhchadny & Sposobny) at 08.15h; 2 crewmembers baled out and were saved by destroyer Sposobny though later died, when that was sunk. All crewmembers were posted MIA: Hptm. Hans Crömer (B), Lt. Harry Kremer (FF), Ofw. Hubert Schwippert (Bm), Uffz. Jacob Burens (Bf), Uffz. Gerhard Biskup (Bs) all MIA.

On 13.03.44 St.Lt. Aleksandr Dmitrievich Karpov (5+1) of P-40 Kittyhawk-equipped 30 ORAE VVS-ChF was credited with 1 Do.24 seaplane s/d for personal victory No.3 and 1/2 Do.24 shared s/d with Kaptitan I.T. Marchenko in the Ochakov area in two sorties.
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On 13.03.44 8. Seenotstaffel lost Do.24T3 „DJ+ZG“ Wnr.0081 s/d in Pl.Q. 0623/34 Ost by soviet fighters on a sea escort mission from Sevastopol to Odessa with the whole crew MIA: Uffz. Heinz Kluck (FF), Uffz. Hans Görtz (B), Uffz. Gerhard Klimke (Bf), Ofw. Heinz Engmann (Bm), Uffz. Günther Köpp (Bm), Fw. Martin Starke (Bs) & Oberarzt Dr. Lampersleiben (San) MIA.
On 13.03.44 8. Seenotstaffel lost Do.24T3 „KO+JP“ Wnr.3266 s/d in Pl.Q. 0623/34 Ost by soviet fighters on a sea escort mission from Sevastopol to Odessa with the whole crew MIA: Uffz. Ludwig Klein (FF), Uffz. Rolf Conrad (B), Uffz. Erich Siedlaczeck (Bf), Fw. Ernst Gienke (Bm), Uffz. Ernst Hübner (Bm), Gefr. Ottmar Scharrer (San) MIA.

On 13.04.44 Ml.Lt. Aleksandr Dmitrievich Karpov (5+1) of P-40 Kittyhawk-equipped 30 ORAE VVS-ChF was credited with 1 „Hamburg“ seaplane (= Bv.138) s/d in the Sevastopol area for personal victory No.4.
This could be:
On 12.04.44 at 17.01h Aufkl.Fhr.Schw. meer reported Bv.138C1 „7R+BH“ WNr.130185 of 1./SAGr.125 lost in Qu.5475, probably through enemy fire, the crew with Lt. Gerhard Loy (B), Fw. Kurt Fischer (FF), Uffz. Hans Bornwasser (Bf), Ogefr. Siegfried Buchmann (Bm), Ogefr. Friedrich Tatje (Bs) went all MIA.
Though there is a discrepancy in the dates!

On 01.05.44 St.Lt. Aleksandr Dmitrievich Karpov (5+1) of P-40 Kittyhawk-equipped 30 ORAE VVS-ChF was credited with 1 Ju.52 s/d in the Evpatoriya area for personal victory No.5.
This could be:
5/1/44 2. TG 2 F Cap Hersons (10 km südwestl.) Absturz brennend ins Meer infolge Jägerbeschuß Ju 52 /3m 501208 I. 100 Ofw. Lövenich, Christian vm. Ostfront (Lfl.4) (Bf) Ofw. Unger, Erich [vm.] / (Bw) Uffz. Semlitsch, Josef [vm.] / (Bs) Ogfr. Brümmer, Richard [vm.] 4-0-0-0
Though the Evpatorja area is some 100km away from Cape Khersones...

If anyone could contribute or add...? If all these claims match this would be a rare 100% claim/loss case, which maybe depends on the fact, that Karpov seldom fought with large groups of enemy aircraft. We can see this phenonemum also with claims of the soviet PVO fighter pilots, which operated over own territory against single german recce planes.

Cheers

Michael
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