Tomas Polak's STALIN'S FALCONS

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Originally Posted by knusel

alright, so I'll note down the plane type as Tupolev SB.
Can you tell me the given names of Mr. Chugunov and Mr. Rybak ?

Hello Michael,
The memoirs are very inaccurate. I found operational documents and in them the type of Sdobnov plane on 25.06.1941 - Pe-2.
"gunner-radio operator Rybak" I can not find - probably in memoirs inaccuracy.
As of 06.07.1941, the Pe-2 is also likely.
In the award document of Sdobnov for these two missions, his crew shot down not 5 planes (as write in memoirs), but three were shot down and one damaged.
In the award documents of Chugunov for the same period, 4 shot down together with the gunner-radio operator are indicated. Of these, two are personally a navigator.

best regards,
Kirill