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Re: Pe-8 No 42107
Petlyakov Pe-8, c/n: 42107 (Red ‘4’) with AM-35A engines flew the following known missions:
1., September 04/05, 1942 on Tilzit (now Sovetsk, Russia), single plane mission, but instead they hit the area of Memel (now Klaipėda, Lithuania). Pilot Capt. Nikolai Alexandrovich Ishenko (1910-), navigator Gladkii. At 20:30 Moscow time from 5700m they dropped 10 FAB-250TGA bombs and 26.000 leaflets. The bomb blasts ignited two fires, one was large with red flames.
2., September 09/10, 1942 on Königsberg, one of the two deployed Pe-8s between 23:28-23:58, Moscow time from the altitude between 7050-7200m. Dropped 2 FAB-500TGA, 18 FAB-250TGA bombs, 3 SAB-100 flares and 60.000 leaflets. Hits on the central and southern parts of the city center.
Then 4 consecutive sorties:
3., January 27/28, 1943 (4100m) pilot Ishenko, navigator Ragozin.
4., April 11/12, 1943 (3300m), pilot Ishenko, navigator Ragozin.
5., June 02/03, 1943 (1800m), pilot Ishenko, navigator Ragozin.
6., Finally shot down in air combat on September 2, 1943 near Dmitrov(?) with the same Ishenko, Ragozin crew, burst into flames and exploded on the ground. (TsAMO RF)
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Gabor
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