Observations on the victories of the Normandie-Niemen

[Courtois Laurent]

Originally Posted by richdlc

Laurent, I have a detailed translation of the Soviet combat report from Oct '44 regarding the Hs 129s that a Russian colleague translated for me on behalf of Martin Pegg. I can send you it if you like?

Thanks Richard for your answer, , I have already translated the reports of the 1st VA, the 303rd IAD and the 1st OIAP "Normandy". If you have other more detailed sources, thank you in advance.

Above the table for October 18, 1944







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the black squares indicate victories "created" by the French. The red boxes indicate victories approved by the Soviets, but canceled (or aggregated to another) by the French to be able to recreate another victory for the benefit of another pilot.
The location and that given by the French to validate their victories (Tsamo sources, daily report of the 303 IAD).

CJE = refer to a work by the late Christian-Jacques EHRENGARDT.
LC 22 = refer to my own work, on archives and give the schedules of the missions according to the logbook of the starter on the runway.

For example the French sources give as time for the victory of Risso against an HS-129 = 11h25.
According to the 303 IAD flight log, Risso was not flying at this time but between 11:55 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
from 11:25 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., a double patrol led by Albert flew without encountering any enemy.

So the Risso-Laurent patrol, given the real time and the location corresponding to the front line, certainly attacked the same group of Hs-129s that Albert's group would later attack.

Laurent COURTOIS