[Nokose]

3 December 1942
Maximilian Stotz claimed a Yak-1 (101) 12:30, he listed PlQu 2814. I sat down and looked at all the Soviet fighter losses, crash areas and mission times. The other German pilots claiming also did not provide “clear” locations. I don’t think that Stotz actually shot down a Yak-1 as he listed. It is possible that he instead shot down a Curtiss P-40 of 436 IAP flown by Serzhant Ivan Pokhilenko (MIA) that had been performing cover for ground forces in the areas of Kaganovo - B. Stepanovo - Strel’tsy between 13:35 - 15:01 (Moscow) [11:35 - 13:01 Berlin].

This day was like putting together a puzzle with missing pieces.