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Re: BL-154 and BL-157
Google Maps does not show the exact place where this Varbenichi was located, but Lodeinoje Pole
is on the southern banks of the River Svir and was a logistics center.
The aim of the attack was obviously to disrupt a Soviet offensive crossing the river.
The book mentions an attack by three Soviet fighters against BL-152 but no damage is reported by
the authors.
If the Luftwaffe had the capacity to help with additional bombers that night is unknown to me.
To use fighter escort at night is rather pointless so I doubt any Bf 110s were there. Feels rather
like the Soviet fighters saw the twin tails of the Finnish Do 17s
As far as I can determine there were no German nightfighters present (no losses or claims) so
bottom line seems to me that both the Soviet fighters and AA-fire claims the same aircraft based upon
the visible explosions.
Overclaiming was usual during the war and no doubt overestimating the debris found on the
ground could explain the "six" located crashed aircraft, unless of course the Germans suffered three
losses as well
B Rgds
Stig
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