Russian lose of R-5 on 15 February 1943

[Juha]

Hello Alex
The History of LeR 2 (Keskinen and Stenman, Suomen Ilmavoimien Historia 17, Helsinki 2001), under which Lt. Strömberg served, doesn’t relieve the unit of the R-5, meaning that the Finnish researchers have not fond the match by circa 2000. That in itself doesn’t mean much because this is the case of almost all of the R-5, R-Z and U-2 claims of the regiment in 1941-44. Situation is different with fighter and bomber claims. C-F Geust who had done at least most of the research for claim verification in Russian archives for the book might be able to comment more on this. And there is just coming out 2 volume book on Finnish air victory claims, maybe there is info on Strömberg’s possible victim.

Juha

BTW Strömberg's sortie was 19.00 - 20.00. Source LeR 2