Re: Friendly fire WWII
Kapt Mikhail Gavrilovich Martyshchenko (Inspector on Air Gunnery VMF) former 5 IAP VMF 18 total victories was flying a combat mission with the 4 GIAP VMF (KBF) in the Ropshi area on the La-5. Martyshchenko shot down Kapt Ivan Leontyevich Tvorogov's La-5 believing it to be a FW-190. Martyshchenko was arrested and wasn't released until 1956. Tvorgov who had 4 personal victories and 13 group survived the shoot down.
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