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Going through 3 VA's Loss Records found something :
15 October 42
235 ShAP sent some Il-2s (probably a couple, not sure, haven't found Combat Reports) on an armed Recon. Mission of German troops, in the Nikitinka area (about 14km NW of Kholm-Zhirkovskiy, some 28km SE of Belyy), Smolensk Oblast. They lost 2 pilots.
Don't know the time of the mission, but if it coincides with the German claims, them they were victims of Ltn. Maximilian Mayerl [9/JG 51] and Fw. Günther Schack [7/JG 51], who claimed an il-2 apiece (their 32nd and 18th claims respectively). These were the only clains made in the area throughout the day.
- Politruk Petr Ivanovich Ushakov, Mia (Deputy Commander for Political Affairs)
- Leytenant Anatoliy Semenovich Il'yashenko, Mia.