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Re: Ju 86 P loss(es) on 15 April 1941 in Ukraine
A few corrections and additions
On April 15, 1941, about 10 kilometers south of Równo, the Ju 86 P-2 crashed at about 4:20 pm. The Soviet WNOS posts spotted around 4 p.m. a twin-engine plane flying from the east through Szepietówka towards Łuck. The Russians sent to intercept an unknown intruder, an inspector following the pilot technique of senior lieutenant P.M. Szałunow in I-16 type 5 (old version, not new one like type 24 or 27, or 29 ) from the 46th IAP from the 14th SAD. This fighter regiment stood at Dubno airfield in Kiev Special Military District.
The German crew had to turn off the right engine on their Ju 86 due to a malfunction. The Germans tried to reach their own area at low altitude. They ran out of luck. At an altitude of about 500 meters, Szałunow intercepted the intruder and forced the crew to make an emergency landing around 16.20-16.30 Moscow time.
After the outbreak of the war, the Germans were miraculously not shot in the Równo (Rivne) prison and managed to free and return on 25 June 1941. This crew was very, very lucky. After June 22, 1941, NKVD prison units killed all political prisoners, conspirators, and other hostile elements in their all prisons and pre-trial detention centers. In the short perion (23-30 June) there were killed about, at least 10 000 prisoners. Probably this figure is a little bit higher then 10 000 killed?
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Mirek Wawrzyński
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