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Hi Stig,

I believe if you search the Grodno region of Poland/Russia you will find Lunna. Since this victory was a fairly early combat relative to the start of the Russian campaign some of the fighting was over Polish airspace or at least areas contested by both the Russians and Poles.

And you are probably correct about it being a Tupolev SB bomber.

Kaminski started his tenure heading I./ ZG 26 on 25.5.41, this according to his Wehrpas. As for the victory dates these again are taken from Kaminski's actual documents so I would tend to believe that they are more accurate than the attached link. Not sure where the B-17 victory came from.

In terms of his Knights Cross, his reccomendation for the award (Vorschlagliste) clearly states that his aerial victories coupled with his success against land targets (artillery, armour, etc.) were the reasons behind his award.

By most accounts Kaminski was considered a fairly mediocre pilot but was apparently a decent leader and as noted was quite a character within the Luftwaffe. He did survive the war, took part in the post war Bundeswehr and was killed in an auto accident in the 1970's

Cheers

Jeremy