[HGabor]

It is entirely possible that most Me 210 victories were claimed by Hungarian crews. On October 20, 1944 Nagy Dezső fhdgy. pilot and Csorba Ferenc szkv. gunner (102/2. Sq.) destroyed a La-5 at Szarvas, Hungary. This time multiple attacks hammered the soviet airfield at Szarvas, where La-5FN (S/N: 39212966, white '66') of 5 VA, 92 IAP was destroyed. Pilot, Ml.Lt. Ivan Sergeevich Bemov was injured. The reported 8 Ju 88s were in fact Hungarian Me 210Ca-1 fast-bombers. (No daytime Ju 88s operated in the area.)

On October 23, 1944 Bárdossy Vilmos hdgy. pilot and Bilau József szkv. gunner claimed a La-5 at Túrkeve, Hungary. This time La-5F (S/N: 39215288) of 5 VA, 486 IAP was lost at Orosháza, Hungary. Pilot, Ml.Lt. Alexandr Durakov lost engine and belly landed unhurt. Due to the distance, these were probably two different events.

On November 4, 1944 the Kalmár Oszkár őrm. - Gazsi István tiz. and the Szentpéteri György hdgy. - Kotulán Péter szkv. crews (both from 102/1. Sq.) claimed 1-1 Yak-3 over Sári, Hungary. Found no such permanent losses in the soviet 5 VA records.

On November 13, 1944 Orbán József zls. pilot and Vörös Tibor tiz. gunner (102/2. Sq.) claimed a Yak at Nagyszénás, Orosháza-N. This day the 5 VA lost 2 Yak-9M, 2 Yak-1B and 1 Yak-9D permanently.

On November 23, 1944 Hungarian Me 210 crews claimed 2 Yak-3 and 2 La-5.
All these claims require more investigation regarding reported distance, circumstances, etc. Observing combat results from an Me 210 was not easy, that's why the relative high number of potential overclaims.

Gabor