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Originally Posted by @irnimal
Hi Kirill,
On this same day, from the 233 ShAD, 728 ShAP lort Serzhant Yuriy Viktorovich Volkov (Mia), also in the Rzhev area. Do you know the time of the mission?
Accordin to Tony Wood's list, the only pilot that claimed was Gunther Schack, but that was almost 4 hours before Stotz's claim.
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Hello Paulo,
08/10/1942 - 15.52-16.48 - 6 Il-2 mission to destroy batteries at the edge of the forest, which is 2.5 km northeast of Rzhev. Attack 16.16-16.23. While moving away from the target, IL-2 #3401 was shot down by anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns, exploded, fell 2 km southwest of Timofeevo.
The plane crash site was found in the fall of 2021 in the Timofeevo area.
According to German documents published on the website of the Bundesarchiv, the plane was shot down at 15.40 west of Timofeevo by an 20-mm anti-aircraft gun II Zug. 10 Battarie II./Flakregiment 49 (mot.).
Kirill