[HGabor]

Hi Craig, yes, that logbook would be a real treasure! I am afraid back then Hartmann's captors did not see the value and significance of that logbook and perhaps it went missing in the past few decades forever. Hope not. Certainly if I spend a decade in captivity, my memory would loose so much details. Wondering which of Hartmann's claims are supported by official unit documents and which ones are only from personal memoires? Anyways, until it's cleared out, here are the last Yak losses of the soviet 5 VA in Moravia in April-May, 1945:

5 VA, 331 IAD has scrapped ('износ') many planes due to wear and tear between April 26 - May 7,1945:

April 26, 1945. Combat for Brno. Covering troops in 58 sorties beside 14 recce. sorties:

Yak-1B, S/N: 03168, '03' (513 IAP) - already in service on January 14, 1945.
Yak-9T, S/N: 0815305, '10' (122 IAP) - already in service on January 01, 1945.

April 27, 1945. Combat for Brno. Covering own troops and 5 VA IL-2s of 264 ShAD, 4 GvShAD. 3 dogfights without own combat losses. 2 Fw 190s downed:

Yak-1B, S/N: 10175
Yak-1B, S/N: 45182, '45' (179 IAP) - already in service on January 14, 1945.
Yak-1B, S/N: 48182, '48' (513 IAP) - already in service on January 14, 1945.
Yak-9T, S/N: 1015333, '33' (513 IAP) - already in service on January 14, 1945.
Yak-9T, S/N: 1515351, '51' (513 IAP) - already in service on January 14, 1945.

April 29, 1945. Covering 5 VA IL-2s of 264 ShAD, 4 GvShAD in the Viskov area in 79 sorties. 1 Me 109 downed in dogfight without combat loss:

Yak-1B, S/N: 34176, '34' (179 IAP) - already in service on January 14, 1945.

May 5, 1945. 14 sorties, no special event:

Yak-1B, S/N: 27169, '27' (179 IAP) - already in service on January 14, 1945.

May 7, 1945. Covering 5 VA IL-2s of 264 ShAD, 4 GvShAD in 180 sorties. 6 recce. sorties, no combat loss:

Yak-1B, S/N: 18177, '18' (179 IAP) - burned during refill/maintenance at night. Already in service on January 14, 1945.


5 VA, 6 GvIAD scrapped on April 28, 1945 two fighters:

Yak-1B, S/N: 24175
Yak-9D, S/N: 1615370

Much more interesting plane was a Yak-1B of 31 GvIAP on May 2, 1945 as being one of the last Yak combat losses of the 5 VA:
5 VA, 6 GvIAD, 31 GvIAP, 1st Sq., Yak-1B, S/N: 39174, lost at 13:50 local at 600-700 m. 4 (2x2) Yaks, covering ground forces at Viskov. Flight was under flak fire. Pair-leader, Morozov after the 'flak-dance' lost his wingman Kutsenko, when 2 'Fw 190's attacked them in a quick ambush. Pilot, Gv.Ml.lt. Grigorii Emelyanovich Kutsenko went missing. Believed that he was lost during crashlanding after being hit by flak. (or a fighter, which could be a Bf 109 pair as well!!!) Too bad, these are just theories, no evidences on any side for this.

And another one:

5 VA, 6 GvIAD, 31 GvIAP, 1st Sq., Yak-9D, S/N: 2015367, lost on April 23, 1945 between 11:20-12:30 local, during crashlanding at Nesedlovice(?) while covering ground troops. Hit by flak, engine stopped, crashlanded. Plane broken, pilot, Gv.Ml.Lt. Petr Arsentevich Folomeenkov was injured.

Gabor