When M.D. Baranov was shot down ?

[Nikita Egorov]

Paul,

Yes, he was wounded. In fact this combat is not described in details for the reason that operational documents of 183 IAP and 269 IAD for this period are lost. At least they are not presented in the sites and inventories where they should be. I found only one description in the report of military comissar of 8 VA. There we have four Bf-109s and one Ju-87, one of Bf-109s brought down by air ramming. The participant of this combat Serzhant Savin attacked and killed German pilot descending on the parashute after air ramming.
Time of combat is absent and this is the main obstacle in any identification.

Monaco,

As regards to initial question of the thread, the answer should be in awards nomination documents. Suprisingly, HSU nomination sheet for Mikhail Baranov is absent on the OBD "Podvig Naroda". There is a nomination report on first two Orders of Red Banner just after first two victories in the end of October 1941. There is a brief description there that ufter first victories (October-November 1941) Baranov's plane was set afire by AA and he managed to nursue its burning machine to cross the frontline, where he bailed out.