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In J. Prien's JFV Teil 9/II page 491 it has the following 4./JG 52 Lt Walter Krupinski U-2 (36) 10:50 Pl.Qu. 54 653 and 4./JG 52 Uffz Alfred Krueger R-5 (13) 10:51 Pl.Qu. 44 653. In Tony wood's list it has both as 44 653 which puts the 54 653 as a misprint. On that date and location near Tulatovo station the UT-1 of the 216 IAD had Leytenant Mikhail Fomich Belokleytsev (Staff) shot down in an "air battle"with enemy aircraft. So this is possibly a free hunt by Krupinski-Krueger. It looks more like joint "kill".