[Johannes]

Hi Guys

Many thanks for your super prompt replies.

I certainly didn't know that the Russian's operated Catalina's, and as the Catalina's wings were mounted above the fuselage a fire between the two makes perfect sense. Actually it's very probable now that Catalina's were involved. Only other information I have is that there were three together, Carganico attacked from below them, and Villing attacked from above. Actually I had skipped a page and got the date wrong(sorry) true date was according to Villing 25th July 194, the rotte were on a mission over Murmansk, and the contact happened during their return flight, as stated Carganico attacked them from below and claimed one, the other two climbed to avoid him, and flew right before Villing, " all I had to do was shoot" he stated, also attacked the third aircraft, but didn't determine if it actually fell, however army troops reported that this too fell.

As Carganico had a problem with Villing, I guess we can assume no over-claiming as each must have witnessed the others claim. Villing implies that Carganico was bad-tempered, and Villing used the rules against him, which didn't help.

Hope the new date can produce some actual losses.

Kind Regards

Johannes