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Old 13th March 2011, 00:33
DiegoZampini DiegoZampini is offline
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Trying to corroborate Aleksandr Pokryshkin's aerial victories

Hi, guys:
A couple of years ago, when I readed the memoirs of Aleksandrin Pokryshkin in Spanish (my mother tongue), found them that vivd, that I began to dream about the possibility of cross-referencing his victories. Such desire was reinforced by my travel for Russia in January this year, when I bought "Познать себя в бою" (Poznat' sebya v Boyu = Know yourself in combat) in a library in Nizhnyy Novgorod. This rainy afternoon I feel the desire to begin that task, sharing with you my findings (when I am fully sure), and showing which German losses I consider possible candidates of being Pokryshkin's preys, and you could correct me if I am wrong or add more information.
Besides his memories, I took his claims from:
-Stalinovi Sokoli by Tomas Polak y Christopher Shores.
-Asy Velikoy Otechestvennoy Voyny. Samye rezultativnye liotchiki 1941-1945 gg by Mijail Bykov.
Besides these, I added five more that he scored in 1942 while flying the Yak-1 but which were not officially credited (I deduced the dates from his memoirs and the German loss archives)

I will begin with his victories in 1941, when he flew the MiG-3 with the 55 IAP, and his victories in 1942, when he flew the Yak-1, with the already redesignated 16 GIAP:

* 23.06.1941 Bf.109.
Posible candidates:
-Bf.109E-7 W.Nr. 4134 Uffz. Hans Illner (MIA) 6./JG 77. According to the LW, by AAA.
-Bf.109F-2 W.Nr. 5699 Desconocida (50% damage) II./JG 3.
* 24.06.1941 Bf.109
Posible candidates:
-Bf.109F-2 W.Nr. 6746 Obfw. Erwin Kortlepel 4./JG 3. Experte with 17 victorias.
- Bf.109F-2 W.Nr. 5477 Obltn. Eberhard Bock Staffelkapitan 3./JG 3 Experte with 29 victories, According to the LW, by AAA.
* 26.06.1941 Hs.126, PZL P.24 and Bf.109 in Yassy-Stefaneshtyi
Posible candidates:
-Hs.126 W.Nr. 3106 Obltn. Wilhelm Mayer + 1 KIAs 8.(H)/32.
-Hs.126 W.Nr. 3189 Uffz. Pantalon Weberle (MIA) + 1 WIA 5.(H)/21.
-Bf.109F-2 W.Nr. 6741 Unknown (65% written off) I./JG 3 (Dup? Place according to LW)
* 27.06.1941 Bf.109 en Belcy and Ju.88 in Kishinyev
Posible candidates:
-Bf.109F-2 W.Nr. 5719 Uffz. Ernst Winkler 4./JG 3 Belcy (Grubischev? )
-Ju.88A-4 W.Nr 7131 Uffz. Kurt Engel + 3 KIAs 4./KG 77
-Ju.88A-5 W.Nr. 2396 Ltn. Albrecht Siegfried + 3 4./KG 77
* 2.07.1941 Bf.109 Belcy
Posible candidates:
-Bf.109F-2 W.Nr. 5472 Obltn. Helmut Meckel (25% dañ) Staffelkapitan 2./JG 3 Belcy (Grubischev? Según LW x accidente) Experte with 7 victories then, he would claim 25.
-Bf.109F-2 W.Nr. 8249 Unknown III./JG 3 (Volonski? Place according to LW)
* 5.07.1941 Hs.126 S de Belcy
* 5.10.1941 Bf.109 Zaporozhe,
* 9.07.1942 Bf.109G-2 W.Nr. 13421 Unknown 15.(Kroat)/JG 52.
* 17.07.1942 Bf.109G-2 W.Nr. 13488 Uffz. Kurt Keiser (KIA) 7./JG 52.
* 17.07.1942 Bf.109G-2 W.Nr. 13435 Fw. Hans Dammers 7./JG 52. Experte with 113 victories.
* 20.07.1942 Bf.109G-2 W.Nr. 13476 Ltn. Fritz Brückmann (KIA) 9./JG 52 Experte with 30 victories.
* 28.07.1942 Bf.109G-2 W.Nr. 13436 Potpukovnik Franjo Dzal Staffelkapitan 15.(Kroat)/JG 52. Experte with 16 victories
* 1.08.1942 Ju.88A-4 W.Nr. 144092 Obfw. Helmut Grubert + 3 KIAs III./LG 1 Kropotkin

* 2.08.1942 Bf.110D-4 W.Nr. 2262 Obltn. Walter Kôhler + 1 MIAs 7.(H)/LG 2 Kropotkin

Text in red = The Luftwaffe did not credit the loss to air combat.
Text in blue = Victories not officially credited.

Please if you detect mistakes, or realize that the units I mention where not deployed in the area where fought Pokryshkin, correct my mistakes.
Kind regards,
Diego
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