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Originally Posted by @irnimal
Is this the one located some 55km N of Rzhev?
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Paulo,
Michael correctly named, I was wrong - this is Denesikha of the Staritsky district, north of Rzhev, not far from Lukovnikovo. There were 3 VA airfields in that area.
Pilot Solovyov, I can not accurately identify - he arrived with new aircraft on 21 IAP 07/29/1942. I flew a little. He made an emergency landing again after the battle on September 27, 1942, where he was wounded. He probably flew as a wingman in pairs - the rank is probably sergeant. Perhaps he was transferred to another regiment later.