Rudolf Schoenert 27.4.45

[Monaco]

Hi THeo, this is what I have:
On the night of the 01.09.43 B-25 plane No. 676 of 22 GAP DD did not return from a combat mission to bomb the railway station Pochinok (some 10km N of Shatalovo)with the following crew: Deputy Squadron commander Gv. Captain Aleksandr Stepanovich Gaivoronskiy (1913), pilot Gv. Ml. Lieutenant Vsevolod Maksimovich Lavronenko (1916), Navigator Squadron Gv. Captain Nikolay Nikolayevich Yeliseev, navigator of the ship Gv. St. Sergeant Nikolay Prokofyevich Korobov (1917), gunner-radio-operator Gv. Starshina Konstantin Ivanovich Kostylev (1918; 421 DBAP/747 AP DD between 09.41-07.43 then in 22 GAP DD; Red Star), air gunner Gv. Starshina Vladimir Nikolayevich Vladimirov (1918).

On the night of 01.09.43 from the combat mission to bombard the airfield Borovskoe did not return B-25 aircraft No. 237 of 13 GAP DD with the following crew: the commander of the ship Gv. Ml. Lieutenant Vladimir Dmitrievich Chirkov (1919), pilot Gv. Ml. Lieutenant Naum Arkadyevich Zoglin (1912), navigator Gv. Ml. Lieutenant Maksim Tarasovich Bulyga (1920), gunner-radio-operator Gv. St. Sergeant Ilya Tikhonovich Rozhmanov (1920), air gunner Gv. Ml. Sergeant Jakov Konstantinovich Borisov (1923).

On the night of 01.09.43 from the combat mission to bombard the airfield Borovskoe did not return B-25 aircraft No. 679 of 13 GAP DD with the following crew: Flight commander Gv. Captain Pavel Ivanovich Ustinov (1919), pilot Gv. Ml. Lieutenant Nikolay Vasilyevich Sidlak (1919), flight navigator Gv. St. Lieutenant Veniamin Grigoryevich Markushevich (1915), gunner-radio-operator Gv. Starshina Anatoliy Mikhaylovich Netuzhilov (1918), air gunner Gv. Starshina Rostislav Aleksandrovich Sukotskiy (1917).
The plane was shot down by the enemy's anti-aircraft artillery. Reportedly - but also could indicate the use of "Schräge Musik" installed aboard Schoenert´s Do.217...

On the night of 01.09.43 from a combat mission to photograph the results of the bombing of the airfield Borovskoe did not return B-25 aircraft No. 648 of 15 GAP DD with the following crew: Deputy Squadron commander Gv. St. Lieutenant Petr Alekseevich Detkov (1917), pilot Gv. Ml. Lieutenant Genadiy Aleksandrovich Shirshov (1923), flight navigator Gv. St. Lieutenant Timofey Mikhailovich Krasavin (1916), gunner-radio-operator Gv. Starshina Nikolay Egorovich Vagin (1919), air gunner Gv. Sergeant Aleksey Mikhailovich Frolov (1922).
This latter crew was extremely experienced and used for photographing the bombing results - so likely to be the last victim of Schoenert´s attacks at 23.00h.

Still trying to locate Borovskoye airfield... maybe Larry knows more?

If you want to know more of the crews Theo, I can send you a PM.

Cheers

Michael