Airfield photos Bessarabia, Moldova, Ukraine,Bucovina

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With reference to your msg and in retrospect , I may agree with the other remarks although Mr Denes
your strength is definitely not the WWII Soviet Air Forces neither this of Karlenko,your strength is more
inclined towards Axis Air Forces. To reprint a corrected version of both volumes is a futile knoted issue and
could end up into a spin due lack of general interest and of deep VVS historical knowledge.

If you may be interested I could outline herewith some of your critical errors to alleviate
wrong conclussions at your end :

1. Most of Soviet VVS missions by date and by pilot fate were wrong
2. Some of the photos published do not belong to a specific topic neither match the crash location
3. You omitted other Polkas ( IAP ) which participated against Romania
one of which was this of the I-16 defector which later on flown by Ciocanel
4. Same about the MIG-3 defector's Polka (IAP) you omitted his name and his IAP .
4. Same about the IL-2 defector's Polka and his name , the pilot was interviewed
by a prominent IV Fliegerkorps Major and Col.Lissievic of SSI and the pilot was
even a graduate of Jukowsky Aeronautical Academy in Moscow!
5. You omitted various Black Sea IAP's which were also active against Romania
6. You omitted various emergency Russian airfields in Odessa Region and Bessarabia
7. If you would cross check the JG77, JG3, JG51,JG52,JG53, JG 54 KG4, KG 27, KG 51
history books with the Russian archives material you will come to the conclussion
that numerous reports of yours regarding victories were totally mismatching .

8. Mainly and foremost you forgotten a secret recon Polka equipped with R-10 which
was temporirly located near Romanian border and which was moved from Belarus
before June 1941 then from July on moved to Odessa and reequipped with IL-2

9. In various cases you outlined wrong crew fates most relevant of which
was this of DB-3F pilot Capt Schultz and his crew....they didn't crash at all at Ploesti
but 270 miles away in Ukraine due disorentation leading to fuel starvation and rather
all killed than taken POW.

10. You omitted at least 3 other Naval IAP based at Odessa one of which
secretly operated IL-2's middle of the City ( they were using a street for take off)

11. The most successful mission of the 40 BAP against Ploesti was not properly
described. To an extent was even more successful than HALPRO and Low Level Raid.

12. You didn't mention the 87 Russian pilots and aircrew members POW's
in Romania during 1941.....additionally Lt.Nikonov brought down by Agarici was
was instructor pilot of 3 URAP , the second SB-2 was not Agarici's work and
3rd one landed at Bolgrad .

13. etc etc etc

Unlike these two volumes, your other work on Axis were closer to the reality
though the Odessa volumes were good to start with ,not however to be published in
Europe and Russia coze such major errors definitely had an impact , facts you heard
from various authors already in the long past, period.

Cheers and good luck in the future

PS: Your collegues Avram, Turturica ,Arma, Melinte,Nitu are rookies distorting the
truth rather bringing the truth to the public, I can understand is hard to hear the
truth , though these are the facts ,you can take it or leave it .Last but not least
you know Col.Prof.Miroslaw Morozov he could brief you about me.