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Originally Posted by Christer Bergström
Which Volchansk?
I have a Tomarovka 20 km WNW of Belgorod, and a Volchansk which is a. 44 km SE of Belgorod (and some 60 km NE of Kharkov). I think those are the places we are dealing with, since Tomarovka was in 2 VA's area of operations, and AFAIK, 269 IAD was subordinated to 2 VA by that time.
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There is 2 Tomarovkas in that area - one near Belgorod, and one near Kharkov, so now I think 'our' Tomarovka is the 1st
... Thanks again!
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Did you know that I./JG 52's 30-victory ace Lt Hans-Werner Schneider was shot down and killed by a La-5 near Volchansk on the next day (18 March 1943)? You don't happen to know which La-5 pilot(s) that claimed one or more victories against Bf 109s in that region on that day?
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On 18 March 1943 2 Me-109 were claimed in that area by 240 IAP pilots: ml.lt Gomolko, german plane reported fallen north of Volchansk and st.sgt Terniuk, south-west of Cherniavka. Pilots of other 2 La-5s equipped regiments - 19 and 193 IAPs - had not claimed any Me-109s that day.