Luftflotte 1 raids on 20-21.07.41

[Dmitry Volodin]

Hi,

Bringing together all data on loss and claims on 20.07.41 I reached the following conclusions:
7 (428) iap (regiment) claims – 3 Bf-110 (lt. Dargis P., lt. Nikitin A., lt. Chemodanov A.), 2 Ju-88 (second lt. Ovcharenko I., second lt. Petrin A.)
19 iap claims – 3 Bf-110 (lt. AntonovM.+??, lt. Klykov V. – 2 Bf-110, one by ramming)
158 iap claims – 3 Bf-110 (lt. Pokryshev P., lt. Nikolskiy V., lt. Chirkov A.), 3 Ju-88 (lt. Bulaev A., lt. VasiljevV.+lt. Jakovlev, secondlt. CheredkovN.+ secondlt. Chuvashev)

Luftwaffe losses (thanks to Brian Bines):
1) Bf110E-2 1./ZG26 3U+LH W.Nr. 2379 aircombat FF Uffz Hahn, BF Gef Baas MIA
2) Bf 110E-1 1./ZG26 3U+KH W.Nr. 4094 aircombat FF Uffz Vogelsang, BF Gef Bartke MIA
3) Ju88A-5 III./KG76 W.Nr.2258 60% crash landing Pleskau following enemy fire

Total 1 lost Ju-88 – 5 soviet claims, 2 lost Bf-110 – 9 soviet claims.

VVS losses in combat against Ju-88 and Bf-110:
19 iap second lt. Beljakov V. forced landing, unhurt, MiG-3;
19 iap lt. Karpov E. parachute, unhurt, MiG-3;
19 iap lt. KlykovV. parachute after ramming, unhurt, LaGG-3;
158 iap lt. Jakovlev shut down own AAA, parachute, unhurt, Jak-1;
158 iap lt. Bulaev A. damaged engine, Jak-1;
158 iap second lt. Avershin L. shut down own AAA killed in forced landing;
158 iap second lt. Chueshev A. KIA;
158 iap lt. Vershinin N. shut down KIA.

ZG26 and KG76 claims don’t known.

Also have been lost:
19 iap lt. Gneushev M. shut down in combat, LaGG-3 (time 16.25 in summary #57 of the Nord front airforce headquarters) – obviously corresponds with claim - Oblt. Philipp Hans II./JG54 I-18 - 14:30.
19 iaplt. Romanov T. MIA, MiG-3 (time 19.25 in summary #57 of the Nord front airforce headquarters) – obviously corresponds with claim - Ltn. Beißwenger Hans II./JG54 I-18 - 18:50.

No matches found:
Ltn. Götz Hans I./JG54 SB-3 - 10:25.
Oblt. Mütherich Hubert II./JG54 I-16 - 17:45.

Best regards
Dmitry