Hartmann had fight with Pokryshkin? Who has beaten Hartman?

[Jan Gazda]

Kenneth,

Hartmann´s wingman on this occasion was Maj.G. Capito and this dogfight was discussed in Revi Magazine a few years back. The Russian pilot was reported to be a captain and an ace with 25 vics and had more than 20 000 rubles with him. Sadly, it is not quite clear on what date the dogfight took place. The author in Revi Magazine came to the conclusion that it had been in the first half of March 1945 and the only Soviet pilot matching the above mentoined characteristics had been Cpt. S.I. Lazarev from 728.IAP (22+3 victories, KIA 1.3.1945). However, Lazarev is reported to be lost when escorting PE-2 bombers and the place of his loss (near Bunzlau) is too far from the place of the dogfight in question (near Weidengut)..

FWIW

Jan