Looking for a Finnish claim 08Jun44

[Nokose]

Can anyone advise if a Finnish fighter made a claim for an A-20 bomber over Lake Ladoga on 08Jun44?

[Kari Lumppio]

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Below are links to Finnish Fighter squardons claims and losses (in Finnish, but you will manage. BTW kesäkuu = June, heinäkuu = July). I did not see any suitable claim during a quick glimpse. Prime suspects for claimant over Ladoga would be squadrons 32 (Curtisses) and 26 (Brewsters). I am not sure if HLeLv 24 or 34 (don't remember offhand which) had Messerschmitts at Olonets area still in June 8th, 1944. They were there during Spring 1944 supporting Curtiss-equipped HLeLv 26 which had hard time against the newly with La-5 equipped Soviet Regiments.

Are you sure you are not looking anti-aircraft artillery claim?

HLeLv 24 (Messerschmitt 109 in June 8th, 1944)
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luettel...oimitappioista

HLeLv 28 (Brewster in June 8th, 1944)
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luettel...oimitappioista

HLeLv 28 (Morane Saulnier 406 in June 8th, 1944)
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luettel...oimitappioista

HLeLv 32 (Curtiss in June 8th, 1944)
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luettel...oimitappioista

HLeLv 34 (Messerschmitt 109 in June 8th, 1944)
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luettel...oimitappioista



Cheers,
Kari

[Nokose]

Thanks Kari, that was the led that I needed. I was going through the losses of the KBF for the 51 MTAP and 1 GMTAP on www.bellabs.ru verifying them. I found the matches for the German JG and NJG claims but started finding that the losses dates were wrong on some of them (Along with mix ups with the units from 1 GMTAP and 51 MTAP). The 08Jun44 was the wrong one. On the pilots death it was the 06Jun44 so it matches with the 1/4 claims of HLELV 32 at Aspen Nova for 21:00. The pilot Ml.Lt. Mikhail Ivanovich Zhestkov and crew from the 51 MTAP all perished.