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Re: Who shot down Capt. Nikolai A. Zelenov
Hello Juha and David,
Yes, I do have LeR 3 in my library and I agree that at the height of the summer offensive in '44 that the Finns just took to the skies with any Bf-109 they had without repainting them. I guess there is no 100% way of declaring who shot down Zelenov. The only option is to study the available evidence and make an educated guess.
David,
It must have been amazing to correspond with Thyben personally! With that being said, I have to say that I was surprised that Thyben said he was flying a Bf-109 on the date in question. I say that because 5/JG.54 was equipped with FW.190s at the time, not Bf.109s. The German unit stationed in Finland at that time only had like 5 or 8 Bf.109s assigned to them and they were of the G6 version, not G2, and supposedly they had left Finland the day before. So, your statement is indeed interesting. Was Thyben flying a borrowed Finnish Bf.109?
Mike
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