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26 July 1942
Pe-2 bombers of the 32 BAP took off at 18:07 (M) to bomb a column of German forces in the area of Novo-Pavlovka and Spasskoe. They experienced German antiaircraft fire and then attacks by German fighters of Bf 109 and Bf 110 starting at 18:54 and 18:55 (M). The Pe-2 (21/06) flown by Ml. Lt. Fedor Belan went down near Zemlyansk to German AAA. The Pe-2 flown by Kapt. Kocherov fell near Kolybelka to German fighters.

The only claim at the time by the German JGs in this area was II/JG 77.
Lt. Jürgen Brocke 4/JG 77 Pe-2 (20) 18:02 No location