Rudorffer on 6.11.43, Kiev outscirts

[Evgeny Velichko]

Hi all!

Rudorffer again. With pictures.

So, on 6th November Kiev, beautiful capital of Ukraine, was liberatred.
Soviet army pushed retreating gremans to the west from sity.

Luftwaffe tried to hold the line, and Yak fighters of 256 iad were ordered to patrol west frim Kiev (marked red on map).
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Germans involved:

II./JG52 (Bf109G, Uman)
II./JG54 (Fw190A, Shitomir)
Stab/St.G.77 (Wasilkov, Ju87D)
II./SG77 (Kalinowka, Fw190A/F, ex-I./Sch.G.1)
III./SG77 (Kalinowka, Ju87D, ex-III./St.G.77)
III./SG10 (Wasilkov, Ju87D, ex-II./St.G.77)

Soviet forces:

upr. 256 iad
0 claims
Losses:
Yak, Kolesnichenko (KIA).

728iap
12 claims:
7 FW-190,
4 Ju-87
1 He-111 (confirmed He 111H-16 of II/KG 53, s/d by k-n Ignatjev).
Own losses:
Yak of l-t Khalatjan, slightly damaged on c/m and bellylanded on friendly territory, pilot returned unhurt.

91iap
20 claims:
10 Ju87
8 "fighters"
Fw189 (FW 189A-2 (265) M4+CR from 7.(H)/32 (NAGr.6) shot down by Ml.l-t Vatagin)
Ju52.
Losses:
- 3 Yak - Romanenko (was shot down by AAA), Grevtzov, Shilov.

32iap
1 claim:
Bf109 (confirmed - Bf109G W.Nr.410082 from 6./JG52, s/d by L-t A.N.Konyaev)
Losses:
-no

Ground attackers lost: 6 Ju87 in air to fighters and AAA (shot down, damaged and crashed et.c.) and 1 damaged Ju87 was destroyed on Wasilkov airfield when retreating.

Fw190 losses not known for me, unfortunatly.

Anyway, VVS lost 5 YaK to all reasons (AAA, fighters and Ju87 gunners), while Rudorffer claimed 13 in one mission, + 5 claimed his wingman.