Walther Dahl

[Nick Hector]

Originally Posted by Leo Etgen

Hi guys

Just a point about www.luftwaffe.cz - yes, the information by now is out of date and much new information has come to light since the web site was last updated in August 2007. However, at the time it was based on the best information available and had the input of some very serious researchers. Some of the people involved have dedicated immense amounts of time and money in their research and still do to this day. It is a shame that Kacha has not updated his web site but if he ever does many of us will be more than willing to help once again.

Horrido!

Leo

I would gladly give of my findings. My latest:

Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel

1st and 2nd claims
12.2.42/1347 and 1350
2 x Swordfish TB 1s
Into sea 10km N of Gravelines/Off Dunkirk
825 sqn FAA. Includes W5984 of Lt. Cdr. Eugene Esmonde VC, Lt. Williams and PO Clinton all KIA; W5983 of SubLt. B W Rose WIA, SubLt. E Lee (both rescued by MTB) and LAM A G Johnson KIA, W5907 of SubLt. C M Kingsmill, SubLt. Samples and LAM D A Bunce all WIA and all rescued by MTB; V4523 of Lt. John Chute Thompson, SubLt. Wright and LAM Tapping all KIA; W5985 of SubLt. Cecil Ralph Wood, SubLt. Parkinson and LAM Wheeler all KIA plus W5978 of SubLt. Peter Bligh, SubLt. Benyon and LAM Smith all KIA
(versus 9 claims)

3rd claim
29.6.42/1850
IL-2 Sturmovik
Day's IL-2 losses include 874 ShAP, St. Serzhant Vikentii Vasilievich Turetskii KIA
(either Einsiedel or Wessling downed him so far as I can tell)

5th claim
4.7.42/1800
Pe-2 (given as a “P-2”)
2 VA. Was this from 723 BAP? They lost WOP/Gunner Ml.Serzhant Ivan Philipovich Khilko KIA this date

6th and 7th claims
9.7.42/1925 and 1927
2 x IL-2 Sturmoviks
Voronezh @ low altitude
Believe this was the engagement in which 525 ShAP lost Serzhant Viktor Andreevich Tihankin KIA on Voronezh Front

9th claim
22.7.42/0925
I-16 “Rata”
Earlier info indicated 40 IAP, 217 IAD, 4 VA. But certainly 483 IAP (temporarily assigned to the 238 ShAD from the 265 IAD) lost 2 I-16s this date, pilots' names pending

12th claim
27.7.42/1740
MiG-1
NE of Kalatsch @ 2500m
8 VA. Total of 11 losses this day. Definite losses near Kalatsch were St. Lt. A N Azarov of 6 IAP KIA and St. Serzhant Alexander Semenovich Angelov of 148 IAP KIA. 929 IAP lost Mayor Farit Muhametzjanovich Fatkulin KIA

19th and 20th claims
9.8.42/0610
2 x MiG-3s
E of Kalatsch
8 VA. A likely JG 3 victim was Lt. Stepan Stepanovich Stovba of 20 IAP KIA this date near Abganerovo

21st and 22nd claims
12.8.42/0445 and 0452
2 x LaGG-3s
Stalingrad
235 IAD, 8 VA. Seven fighter losses in total, details pending

26th claim
19.8.42/0520
MiG-1
S of Rachinka
Possibly Vasilij Artemyovich Kolesnik of 88 IAP, WIA by Bf109s

27th claim
20.8.42/0530
MiG-3
8 VA. Day's fighter losses over Stalingrad include 515 IAP's Serzhant Aleksey Stepanovich Serov KIA and 20 IAP lost Kapitan Sergey Semenovich Tarasov (AE CO) KIA. 148 IAP lost one pilot baled out safely

28th – 31st claims
20.8.42/1621, 1623, 1625 and 1627
4 x Pe-2s
SE of Stalingrad
86 BAP and 779 BAP, thirteen losses to fighters and one to flak. Boris Davydovich Spicarev was a gunner/navigator on one of the 86 BAP aircraft. One of the pilots was Andrey Petrovich Tanchuk as was Lt. Petr Konstantinovich Shurov

32nd claim
21.8.42/1800
IL-2 Sturmovik
E of lake Ssarpa
Probably the engagement in which Vladimir Yakovlevich Shpilevoy of 621 ShAP was KIA

33rd claim
23.8.42/1240
Yak-7? ("I-180")
N of Stalingrad
8 VA. Their Yak losses to fighters include 12 IAP's Kapitan Grigorii Dmitrievich Yudin and Alexei Pavlovich Bochakov KIA. 515 IAP lost Ml.Lt. Ivan Ivanovich Toninskij KIA and 296 IAP lost Ml.Lt. Sergey Ivanovich Furgalev KIA

34th claim
24.8.42/1353
Yak-1 ("MiG-1")
N of Leninsk airfield (Zaplavnoye)
269 IAP, 288 IAD, 8 VA. St.Lt. Vladimir Balashov ORB, ORS KIA
(Also appears to have been claimed by Karl-Heinz Langer)