Identifications of German victories over East Prussia in October 1944

[Courtois Laurent]

October 28, 1944

The Luftwaffe claims this day 1 victories.

28.10.44 Oblt. M. Eberwein, 1/JG52, 1 Yak9, 25566 at 500m. (10 km WNW of Goldalp) 06.08


1st VA Losses: 1st Army reports no losses to date and claims 1 Hs-126.

Identification of Yak-9 attacked by Oblt Eberwein:
- 303rd IAD: First flight, from Yak at 6:30.

240th IAD: no encounter with enemy aircraft.

The 130th IAD

909 IAP: 8.40 at an altitude of 800 mt. in the southwestern area of ​​Goldap ml. Lt. Volkodav (Yak-9) conducted an air battle with 2 Me-109s after several attacks, enemy aircraft left the battlefield. Combat flights were canceled due to poor weather conditions.

Despite the time difference (6:08 a.m. to 6:40 a.m.), it is quite possible that the fight was the cause of the claim:
28.10.44 Oblt. M. Eberwein, 1/JG52, 1 Yak9, 25566 at 500m. (10 km WNW of Goldalp) 06.08.

Conclusion: The claim of the day is overclaiming.

Intermediate balance sheet from October 22 to 27, 1944 : for 47 victories claimed by the Luftwaffe, 4 were confirmed by Soviet losses. This leads to an overclaim of 92.5%.