[Andrey Kuznetsov]

Stig, thank you for additional info.

Apparently, the 48.OZAD PVO participated in the same events, fired at 6 Me110 and claimed 3 of them shot down at 05:00 msk [?].

At 16:00 air observation warning and communication service [ВНОС = VNOS] of 7.Army reported to 48.OZAD that one Me110 was found near Lyashozero [a lake 26 km SSW Varbenichi].

At 23:30 16.4.42 an entry was made in WD of 48.OZAD: the Me-110 planes [the remaining 2 or all 3?], shot down by Lt Kolesnik, fell 5 km S of Pechenitsy [5.5 km OSO Varbenichi]. 5 airmen KIA, 1 POW [!].

Thus, so far only low-level documents have been found. Among them there are none from those who inspected the downed planes (it is known that they removed 4 MG, maps and documents from the planes).

The real aircraft models are unclear. It is unclear whether it was only the Finnish raid, or there were also German Bf110s (maybe at a slightly different time and in a slightly different place). When/if I visit TsAMO again, I'll try to look at the documents of AA Defense and intel.dept of 7.Army. Unless, of course, other Russian forum members who are familiar with these events tell us what happened.

Perhaps Matti can tell if there were German losses in the area in question on 15.4.42 or days close to that date.

Best regards,
Andrey