Exactly! VA level (daily) reports are only the first 'snapshots' after the days, which could be changed in the next few days when planes returned from other emergency airfields, or when the ground crews repaired/scrapped the damaged, emergency landed planes. This can be checked only by reviewing the Soviet mechanical reports (alias 'Check-lists') for the airframes and aircraft engines. Unfortunately these are not published online, so information should be obtained from TsAMO RF. (Regiment level 'AKT' reports, or collective write-off reports, etc.) See a sample from 17 VA documentation in Hungary.
Gabor
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