JG 77 victories

[Nick Hector]

Ahhhhh... So we have a date in error then. Thanks for the correction.

Nick

[Nokose]

15 Jun 1942
Target in Orel - Naryshkino
Pe-2 138 BBAP Ml. Lt. Gavriil Arkhipovich Konoplyannikov (MIA)
Pe-2 138 BBAP Lt. Evgeniy Mikhaylovich Il'in (MIA)
Pe-2 138 BBAP (Under the command of the commander of the 223 BBAD) Podpolkovnik Ivan Konstantinovich Kosenko (MIA)

5./JG 51 Oblt. Karl-Heinz Schnell Pe-2 (41) 04:28 Orel
5./JG 51 Lt. Ralph Furch Pe-2 (4) 04:31
5./JG 51 " " Furch Pe-2 (5) 04:36

OOPS! Placed it in the wrong one.

[Nokose]

The Soviet report from the 737 IAP lists 5 LaGG-3 taking to intercept a group of He 111s. They split into two groups with the first group under Mayor Varchuk commanding his three aircraft flight attacking 11 He 111s under escort of 2 Bf 109 and 2 Macci-200. This was at 09:13 in the area of Dryazgi. Varchuk came close enough in his attack that he hit one He 111 with his wing to wing. He didn't see the bomber go down but a Soviet air warning station stated one was observed crashing into the forest near Grafskaya. The LaGG-3 flown by Ml. Lt. Nikolai Galeev was KIA in air combat. For this battle Uffz. Bruno Weidlich, 4/JG 77 claimed Yak-1 (22) 08:12 PlQu. 93644.

At 09:14 (M) Kapt. Pologov and his wingman, Lt. Nikolai Lysenko attacked a group of He 111s in the area of Ramon'. One of which was observed losing altitude heading for the Don. At the time Pologov was attacked by two Bf 109s and claimed one shot down in the dogfight stating it crashed SW of Ramon' (no loss found). Lt. Lysenko was shot down and his aircraft fell 7 km south of Ramon' and listed KIA. Here is the tricky part, either the Ma-200 were actually Bf 109s or the Soviets didn't see the other two 109s.
German claims:
4/JG 77
Oblt Heinrich Setz
Yak-1 (134). 08:14 PlQu. 93684
Yak-1 (135) 08:16. PlQu. 93672
Uffz. Bruno Weidlich
Yak-1 (23) 08:17. PlQu 93673
Uffz. Heinz Winter
Yak-1 (2). 08:15. PlQu. 93672

[Nick Hector]

Originally Posted by Nokose

The Soviet report from the 737 IAP lists 5 LaGG-3 taking to intercept a group of He 111s. They split into two groups with the first group under Mayor Varchuk commanding his three aircraft flight attacking 11 He 111s under escort of 2 Bf 109 and 2 Macci-200. This was at 09:13 in the area of Dryazgi. Varchuk came close enough in his attack that he hit one He 111 with his wing to wing. He didn't see the bomber go down but a Soviet air warning station stated one was observed crashing into the forest near Grafskaya. The LaGG-3 flown by Ml. Lt. Nikolai Galeev was KIA in air combat. For this battle Uffz. Bruno Weidlich, 4/JG 77 claimed Yak-1 (22) 08:12 PlQu. 93644.

At 09:14 (M) Kapt. Pologov and his wingman, Lt. Nikolai Lysenko attacked a group of He 111s in the area of Ramon'. One of which was observed losing altitude heading for the Don. At the time Pologov was attacked by two Bf 109s and claimed one shot down in the dogfight stating it crashed SW of Ramon' (no loss found). Lt. Lysenko was shot down and his aircraft fell 7 km south of Ramon' and listed KIA. Here is the tricky part, either the Ma-200 were actually Bf 109s or the Soviets didn't see the other two 109s.
German claims:
4/JG 77
Oblt Heinrich Setz
Yak-1 (134). 08:14 PlQu. 93684
Yak-1 (135) 08:16. PlQu. 93672
Uffz. Bruno Weidlich
Yak-1 (23) 08:17. PlQu 93673
Uffz. Heinz Winter
Yak-1 (2). 08:15. PlQu. 93672

Hi Michael, just confirming: this refers to the 2.10.42 combat, correct?
Nick

[Nokose]

Yes Nick, sorry someone was pressing me to hurry up and leave on typing. This was the 02 Oct 1942.

[Nokose]

This is from an article by Mikhail Timin who's research on 1941is always excellent.
29 June 1941 18:00-21:00 (M) 4 ShAP attacked German tanks and motorized infantry in the area of Bobruysk and encountered German flak and fighters.
4 ShAP losses (MIA):
Il-2 #1860902 St. Lt. V.T. Filippov (1AE)
Il-2 #1861701 Ml. Lt. G.P. Chukhno (1 AE)
Il-2 #1864903 Lt. N.D. Konov (1 AE)
Il-2 #1861501 Lt. M. Shakirdzhanov (1 AE)
Il-2 #1861504 Lt. I.A. Gritsevich (2 AE)
Il-2 #1861503 St. Lt. A. D. Kuz'min (3 AE)
Il-2 #1864604 St. Lt. S. Ya. Gottel'f (3 AE)
Il-2 #1862502 Lt. M. S. Varfolomeev (4 AE)
Il-2 #1862803 Lt. A. M. Pushin (5 AE)
Il-2 #1860402 Ml. Lt. E. P. Sosnik (5 AE)
Il-2 #1861304 Lt. V. D. Baranov (5 AE)

4 ShAP forced landed:
Il-2 #1861601 St. Lt. S.V. Pleshkov (5 AE) wrecked at Mogileva
Il-2 #1860404 Lt. S. R. Sorokov (5 AE) landed at Rogacheva
Il-2 #1864204 Ml. Lt. K.I. Krotov (? AE) wrecked on landing at airfield

German victories:
Oblt. Hermann Grasser Stab/JG 51 V-11 (10) 18:30
Fw. Heinrich Hoffmann 12/JG 51 R-10 (5) 18:55
Hptm. Hermann-Friedrich Joppien Stab I/JG 51 Skua (46) 19:48
Oblt. Rudolf Busch Stab I/JG 51 Skua (8) 19:50
Oblt. Heinz Schumann Stab I/JG 51 Skua(10) 19:52

[Maxim1]

28 June 1942:
MiG-3 of 25 IAP flown by ml. lt. Pavel Deomidovich Pospelov; a combat with two Me-109F-4, 17:00~ (Moscow time); severly damaged but repaired later. Ml. lt. Pospelov was slightly wounded in the right arm.

Fw. Walter Brandt 2./JG 77 MiG-3 (19) 16:15
Fw. Walter Brandt 2./JG 77 MiG-3 (20) 16:16

http://warspot.ru/7881-dva-miga-dve-sudby

[Nick Hector]

Nice work, Maxim! Thanks for sharing!

[Nokose]

26 July 1942
Pe-2 bombers of the 32 BAP took off at 18:07 (M) to bomb a column of German forces in the area of Novo-Pavlovka and Spasskoe. They experienced German antiaircraft fire and then attacks by German fighters of Bf 109 and Bf 110 starting at 18:54 and 18:55 (M). The Pe-2 (21/06) flown by Ml. Lt. Fedor Belan went down near Zemlyansk to German AAA. The Pe-2 flown by Kapt. Kocherov fell near Kolybelka to German fighters.

The only claim at the time by the German JGs in this area was II/JG 77.
Lt. Jürgen Brocke 4/JG 77 Pe-2 (20) 18:02 No location

[Nokose]

Originally Posted by Nokose

26 July 1942
Pe-2 bombers of the 32 BAP took off at 18:07 (M) to bomb a column of German forces in the area of Novo-Pavlovka and Spasskoe. They experienced German antiaircraft fire and then attacks by German fighters of Bf 109 and Bf 110 starting at 18:54 and 18:55 (M). The Pe-2 (21/06) flown by Ml. Lt. Fedor Belan went down near Zemlyansk to German AAA. The Pe-2 flown by Kapt. Kocherov fell near Kolybelka to German fighters.

The only claim at the time by the German JGs in this area was II/JG 77.
Lt. Jürgen Brocke 4/JG 77 Pe-2 (20) 18:02 No location

I adding an update on the claims made on 26 Jul42
Lt. Jürgen Brocke 4/JG 77 Pe-2 (18) 17:52 & Pe-2 (19) 17:54