[HGabor]

Hi Michel,
Ragulin's pair was flying a recce. mission to Ács (Komárom-SW) near the Danube where they got into dogfight with 8 ''Fw 190s''. They turned back and managed to reach the Felsőgalla area (SE edge of Tatabánya) where he went missing. (Ml.Lt. Ragulin as well as his leader Maj. Kostikov both claimed a "Fw 190" shot down while Kostikov damaged a second one. Later another 12 "Fw 190s" joined the chase and this was fatal to Ml.Lt. Ragulin.)

The time and area match Lipfert's claim 100%. Arno Fisher's claim in the Mór area at 15:50LT is far from Lipfert's claim both in time and distance. Klavdiev was strafing the retreating German columns on the road between Csetény and Zirc in a flight of 6 Yak-9s where he was hit by small caliber Flak. He tried to get back to base but was forced to belly land at Bicske-E, 2 km and got seriously injured. He was rushed to hospital and his Yak-9M was written off. Nothing indicates that he was downed by enemy fighter(s).

As of the photos: true, but sizing the pictures was up to the publisher, not us :-)

Cheers,
Gabor