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Re: losse of an Il-2 (Hungarian Border) 14/03/45
17 VA, 236 IAD (standard fighter escort for the 10 GvShAD IL-2s) had a fighter loss on March 14, 1945 at Stari Slankamen, but it was NOT related to Sidelnikov's mission. (Yak-1b of 267 IAP flew into a ground object and crashed, pilot Yankovich was killed. Later, on March 19, 1945 267 IAP Yak-1b (S/N: 32150, "Oсвобожденный Донбасс"), piloted by st.l-t Dmitrii Dmitrievich Tormakhov failed to return from the Donji Miholjac area (-NE, 4 km), while Yak-1b (S/N: 17170), piloted by Dmitrei Dmitrevskii Todar crashlanded.)
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