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Originally Posted by Larry deZeng
On those two days alone – 29 and 30 April – Luftwaffe fighters claimed 95 victories over the battlefield area. But the defenders were slowly driven back and Krymskaya was taken by the Russians on 5 May.
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Dear Larry,
Thank you very much for your input and for writing the Career Summaries! It's a pleasure to be able to seek answers from specialists!
The Summaries list officer losses in the Kuban or Caucasus area all the way from 13 February (Oblt. Gustav Denk) to 19 August (Hptm. Heinz Holzmann). I think that roughly matches the period of large-scale air battles over the area, which ended once the Germans began their retreat from the Ukraine. There are a few incidents in your "Ground-Attack Units" volumes which relate to the later period after 5 May.
Coming back to April 1943, may I ask if you have anything to add regarding Luftwaffe losses on 11 April? Notable aces Ofw. Willi Nemitz and Oblt. Albrecht Walz were both shot down on this date, so again I wonder whether there were large German losses, or if this was just a coincidence.
Regards,
Paul Thompson