When M.D. Baranov was shot down ?

[Paul Thompson]

Originally Posted by Nikita Egorov

Paul,

Yes, he was wounded. In fact this combat is not described in details for the reason that operational documents of 183 IAP and 269 IAD for this period are lost. At least they are not presented in the sites and inventories where they should be. I found only one description in the report of military comissar of 8 VA. There we have four Bf-109s and one Ju-87, one of Bf-109s brought down by air ramming. The participant of this combat Serzhant Savin attacked and killed German pilot descending on the parashute after air ramming.
Time of combat is absent and this is the main obstacle in any identification.

Nikita,

Thank you, some things are now very clear, while others remain very uncertain, as you stated. I assume that there was no German pilot killed in his parachute in this action, as both Roehrig and Bergmann survived.

It might interest some forum members than another ace of 183 IAP, Feodosiy Aleksandrovich Kirilyuk, was mortally wounded on 12 August 1942 and died on 17 August. He had claimed 5 victories in late July and early August. The regiment does not appear to have lost any other ace pilots during its brief period of combat in the Stalingrad sector.

Regards,

Paul