[Nick Hector]

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During this time a further four I-16 from 13 IAP KBF with Leytenant Gennadiy Tsoklaev, Serzhant Valerian Bakirov, Starshiy Leytenant Aleksandr Agureev and a pilot with the last name of Kulikov were sent to aid the pilots in their life and death struggle. *At 11:32 (M) at an altitude of 2000 m, they were bounced from above and behind by German fighters. *Starshiy Leytenant Agureev while trying to defend Serzhant Bakirov’s tail came under aimed bursts. The tail only had pieces of covering, control cables were broken and the fuel tank punctured. *Kulikov escorted Agureev’s fighter as it lost altitude to the side of the airfield. *The I-16 could not make the landing and crashed in the spruce forest.* Agureev managed to survive with injuries as the plane exploded. *Bakirov’s aircraft had a wrecked rudder and stabilizer. *During this time Hauptmann Eckerle claimed an I-16 (40) at 10:42 (B) and Oberfeldwebel Rudolf Rupp of 9. Staffel claimed an I-16 (5) at 10:55 (B) near Kobona.* Agureev’s victor is not easy to determine from the two but is possibly Rupp by going from the time and that Bakirov was already under attack.
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But Rupp's claim is dated the next day