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Re: Ju 86 P loss(es) on 15 April 1941 in Ukraine
Juha, Hi,
…looking again at the TsAMO Stabia OKH plots I think we can identify a likely candidate for the GAF overflight which 31st IAP unsuccessfully tried to intercept. This is SU 1326, which passed westwards over Kaunas on April 10th 1941. It was equipped with three cameras (S,R,L) the imagery from which was plotted by V Abteilung. They are to be seen in TsAMO Fond 500, 12451, Akte 837, frames 50-52. Slight mystery: the ‘Spektrum’ installation (plot on scan 51) is cited as returning imagery at 1:15,000, while the R and L scale is 12,000. The plots are all pretty congruent indicating one pass, but what was the f/l used on ‘S’?
Knowing the crash locations of the two Mig-3 could help confirm this was the a/c involved.
Best
ChrisG
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