107 Wins for Normandy-Niemen in October 1944: Myth or Reality?

[Courtois Laurent]

To start with, here is a summary of the operations of the 303 IAD (Combat Aircraft Division), consisting of 4 regiments, 18th GvIAP, 138 GvIAP, 1 OIAP "Normandy" and 523 IAP.
During the day the division flew 131 aircraft, for a total of 228 hours of flights.
They claimed 50 victories for 28 aerial combat. (What will cause a lot of worries when it will be necessary to go into details)....
36 FW-190, 9 Me-109 and Ju87. Four other FW-190s were reported to have destroyed the ground during the attack on the airfield at Juckstein-Budupenen Airfield (Lobellen in the Luftwaffe documents, Ragnit for the French).

the division deplores the loss of a single plane a Yak-9u 139 Gv IAP who crasy during the come back from a mission, pilot was save.
That day the JG51 claims 5 yak-9 in kleintrapez 363--, 367--, 368-- and two in 266--.
These victories do not concern the 3rd Biolorussian Front, on which the 303 IAD depends, but the 1st Baltic Front.
The reports of the 135 IPA should be peeled off and it should be checked whether it can be linked to a victory of the SG4, which is operating there between the Soviet airfield and the front line.