Yak 3-looking for information

[sturmgewehr1945]

So the pilot was found and buried?

[Nikita Egorov]

Gentlemen,

Several corrections:

1. Stadnichenko was shot down on Yak-9, not Yak-3. Serial № 1615342
2. Area given in operational documents is "Kibelkut"
3. Surely by Lipfert, time matches.

[HGabor]

Thanks Nikita, the point is yours:

1. Stadnichenko was shot down on Yak-9, not Yak-3. Serial № 1615342
-I read the personal file mentioned above, haven't checked the serials specifically
2. Area given in operational documents is "Kibelkut"
-Kibelkut is Hungarian "Köbölkút" (now called: Gbelce) It is in the same area (the very next settlement), so it still can be Muzsla.
3. Surely by Lipfert, time matches.
-I agree. Sorry, I quoted the name of German pilot just from memory, but remembered the twin victories. You are right, Lipfert claimed both, not Hartmann.

Cheers,

Gabor

[yogybär]

Is this the location (Muzla just N of the Danube river)
http://maps.google.de/maps?q=muszla&...de&sa=N&tab=wl
?

[sturmgewehr1945]

Place on Google Maps, where he found the Yak-3.

[yogybär]

OK, thanks. IIRC, Lipfert was based in Vesperem then, which is ca. 100km away from the Gran/Esztergom bridgehead. Quite a distance for a 109...