[HGabor]

Hi Nick,

It's probably just a typo in your list, but La-5FN pilot мл.л-т Сухоруков Алексей Степанович (№4235, +) on January 4, 1945 over Tardos-Tarján, Hungary belonged to 17th Air Army (3rd Ukrainian Front), 194 IAD, 530 IAP. He was killed in La-5FN, S/N.: 39211399, engine S/N.: 82111418. (His flight of 6 La-5s escorted 14 IL-2 Sturmoviks of 17 VA, 189 ShAD, 639 ShAP. Suhorukhov had 16 combat missions and 2 dogfights on his record.)

Soviet records say he was downed by flak, but it's a common mistake and his time of crash almost completely matches Lipfert's claim in the same area.

Gabor

PS: Thank you, but let me pass on your thanks and gratitude to our Russian friends and researcher partners, especially Boris Davidov, who helped our Museum with incredible soviet documents and information on the actions and losses of the Soviet AF over Hungary in 1942-45.