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Re: First Bf109 shot down
Interesting info- thank you all. In the meantime I get some info from one researcher. Former VVS pilot Boris Smirnov book related about first downed Messerschmitts during the Brunete battle. He describes the first victory on a Bf 109 by Piotr Burtym, a zveno commander from the 116th Escadrille. Bounced by I-16 of the Chevtsov escadrille, Honess had not time to run away as its colleagues an was soon outmaneuvered and shot down by the Soviet pilot.
As Burtym succeeded to fire on the pilot at a shorted distance, the Messerschmitt immediately went down from a 2500m height and crashed in the nationalist area.
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