Kapitan Ivanov, KIA 2.3.44

[Dénes Bernád]

A potential candidate could be Ofw. Hermann Buchner of 6./SG 2, who claimed that day a Yak-9 in air combat fought at 300 m, at 09:40, in Pl. Qu. 46 364. Where that location is I cannot tell.

[Kari Lumppio]

Originally Posted by Dénes Bernád

A potential candidate could be Ofw. Hermann Buchner of 6./SG 2, who claimed that day a Yak-9 in air combat fought at 300 m, at 09:40, in Pl. Qu. 46 364.

Hello!

It could be grid 34 Ost 46 364 which is at Crimea, see attached picture (center of the grid shown as a red star).


I used the LUMA at the Gyges site ( http://www.gyges.dk ) in finding the grid. It includes also automatic map feature, which is how I got the map shown here.
http://www.gyges.dk/LUMA.xls


Cheers,
Kari

[yogybär]

Nikita: Some more details from Buchner: A group of ca. 10 Yaks attacked their AF successfull. Only one lagged behind and Buchner shot that one down after a "10 minutes"-dogfight. The pilot was found, this "Kapitan Ivanov": blond guy, "czarist" shoulder-pieces on uniform (Guards unit?), his papers indicating 350 missions flown. The shot down plane was identified as Yak-9.
It is possible that Buchner confuses something, but at least the date and type of the claim are documented in his logbook. He also claimed a Yak in the Crimea in May1944. But I doubt that in these days the Germans had time for checking out a shot-down plane...

Kari: Yes, that is the area where the kill was claimed, near a Luftwaffe-AF at "Karankut" (german naming). Thx for the link to that tool, it seems to be fantastic!