JG 51 victories (Part 2)

[Courtois Laurent]

29th July 1943 : Two victories for Oblt. Herman Lücke.

At 4:45 p.m., 2 Yak-9s and 4 Yak-7s of the 18th GvIAP took off Andréï to protect Il-2s of the 224th ShAD in the Zlin' - Znamenskoe sector, where they were attacked by 4 then 3 FW-190s.
During the fight, Second Lieutenant Arkhipov shot down 1 FW190 which crashed 10-15 km east of Zlyn'. Another was shot down by Captain Semenov who crashed in the Zlyn' sector. During the fight second lieutenant Boradavka Andrei Mikhaelevich (15.5.1921-?) and Kozlov Aleksei Ivanovitch (1922-1943) were killed.
Second Lieutenant Boradavka was taken prisoner at Bolkhov.
Zlyn': GNMV: 54698
From 4:20 p.m. to 5:25 p.m., 2 Yak-7s and 2 Yak-9s, during an escort mission of Il-2 of the 224th ShAD in the Zlyn' - Znamenskoe sector, were attacked by 6 FW-190s which shot down Second Lieutenant Ocinenko Parfery Romanovitch (1918 -1943) and Pilipeïko Konstantin Ivanovtich (1918 - 1943).
According to the testimony of the crews of Stourmoviks one of the pilots parachuted into the Yagodnia sector.
This mention is indicated for the second mission, whereas the prisoner is a pilot of the 1st mission.


That day, JG 51 claimed 4 victories in a corresponding time slot.
Maj. Fritz Losigkeit claims a Lagg-3 at 3:30 p.m, 3 km S of Kraniskovo ( (54654) ).
The Oblt. Herman Lücke claims 2 Lagg-3s, the first at 3:33 p.m. around Znamenskoe (54687), the second 3:59 p.m. 10 km SE of Yagodnia. 13 km W of Bolkhov. (54622
The Fw. Wilhelm Küken claims at 3:49 p.m.a Lagg-3 still near Znamenskoe (54684)

Below ; Pilipeyko Konstantin / Osipenko Parferiy/ Borodavka Andreï /





Borodavka Andreï POW sheet (if you need the translation of the sheet, ask me, I don't think about it because I read German and Russian.):