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Re: Another captured LW pilot
Yes, Krasnaja Gorka is ca. 5km N of Thigina. Afaik, in that village was a soviet Army Headquarter at that time.
Some more background information:
In that area was a soviet bridgehead over the Dnestr called "Butor" (east bank village) or "Pugatscheny-Serpeny" (west bank). On 10th of May, the Wehrmacht started an operation to eliminate this small bridgehead - in vain. Anyway, this bridgehead was not decisive during the "Iasi-Kishinev-operation" later in August 1944.
Acc. to a book from Tschuikow, the Luftwaffe flew 877 sorties on the 10.05.44!
Nikita, do you know which type was used by 897.IAP and what was its subordination (IAD, IAK, Air Army)?
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