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Ens. Kálmán István shot down an A-20G Boston, which for some reason was recorded as a B-26 Marauder, a model, that never flew over Hungary. He shot the soviet bomber down at Alsódabas, but the plane crashlanded and burned at Tatárszentgyörgy. The soviet plane was:

17 VA, 244 BAD, 260 BAP, 1. Sq.
Douglas A-20G-40-DO Boston
AAF S/N: 43-21603
R-2600-23 engine serials: 84825, 85000, Crew:

мл.л-т Захаров Петр Трофимович pilot
мл.л-т Толстогузов Петр Павлович navigator
ст.с-т Моисеев Николай Иванович radioman
ст.с-т Татарников Николай Михайлович gunner

IL-2 (S/N: 1875688, pilot: мл.л-т Радченко Прокофий Свиридович, gunner: р-й Наумов Константин Николаевич) of 17 VA, 306 ShAD, 672 ShAP, 3rd Sq. was damaged over Dinnyés, at Lake Velencei by 2 Fw 190s. It is not clear if they were Hungarian or German Fw 190s, but the Germans usually flew in larger numbers. The damaged soviet ground-attack plane crashlanded at Tököl airfield.

The 672 ShAP lost 5 IL-2s this time, one of them from the 1st Sq. fell in Lake Velencei. (IL-2, S/N: 1877788, AM-38F engine S/N: 255462, мл.л-т Ботин Николай Дмитриевич, е-р Новиков Николай Петрович crew, - KIA) See attached photos.