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Originally Posted by HGabor
All I know is that on April 3, 1945 2 Yak-1B of the 5 VA met 2 Bf 109s and one of them was claimed shot down. The 5 VA very often sent out pairs of Yaks for recce. missions. At this time the main recce. regiment of the 6 GvIAD was the 31 GvIAP which indeed operated some older, but fast Yak-1B fighters until the end of the war. I checked the loss lists of these regiments and -at least according to their losses-, the 73 and 85 GvIAP flew newer Yak-9s (Yak-9D, Yak-9M) and the 31 GvIAP kept using some Yak-1Bs. So I would check the 31 GvIAP first.
Gabor
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So I looked at the 31 GvIAP Combat Activity Log and the regiment had 22 aircraft shot down during April (8 Me 109s [Bf 109s] and 14 Fw 190s). In my records I have traced a total of 21 aerial victories achieved by 31 GvIAP fighters - 6 Me 109s and 15 Fw 190s. The fact that there are differences in aircraft types in different documents is quite common. So really one air victory is missing for me. The 31 GvIAP Combat Activity Log for April states that the regiment shot down one Fw 190 during reconnaissance missions. Unfortunately I'm still missing a specific name.
JAN