identification of the Normandy-Niemen victories : overclaiming my friend!

[Courtois Laurent]

Identification of the 30th Victory:
On July 19, a Ju-88 was shot down by GC3. The report from the 303rd IAD for the day indicates that the Ju-88 was only damaged, this is what the French pilots indicated, "the plane disappeared into the clouds with a smoking engine". Victory is then confirmed by the troops on the ground. Certainly the 108 SD which reported during the day 4 planes shot down fighters (Perhaps the 4 planes claimed by the Luftwaffe around Viazovaya (54625)). This day the 7./K.G.1 lost the Ju-88 A4 n°3647 at Stolbtcheye (4 km NE of Krasnikon 53.4236 35.7522 (R-2-III-1191, p.61, n°46) due to a emergency landing following engine fires. The crew was unhurt, the plane was 40% damaged. This explains why ground troops reported the fall of a Ju-88 in the Krasnikovo sector.

31. 19/07/ 1943 Znamenskaïa : Ju -88 – Léon / de Forges / Albert / Risso / Bon. NSIV.