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Re: Barkhorn: claims vs. victories
Combat diary of 5 VA, 7 GvShAD reported on October 23, 1944 that the 131 GvShAP lost 2 IL-2s (10620 and 302820 - both to Lipfert) indeed, while Zubov's No.1873563 returned to base without gunner, Sgt. Nikolai Mihailovich Gusev, who probably bailed out from the plane during Düttmann's attack and went missing. Plane landed with the pilot alone and by November 4, 1944 it was written off by the regiment and was sent to a major, "factory repair" to 38 ОТТР. So looks like it was a "so-so" victory for Düttmann. Note, that serials 302820 and 1873563 were in "short form", without the irrelevant factory part (Factory No.18 and 30: 18-7-xxxx, 30-xxxx)
Gabor
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