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Luftwaffe aces in Crimea
I would like to point to excellent articles written by my friend Ivan Lavrinenko about Luftwaffe aces in Crimea. The level of Ivan's research is amazing. Although the articles are in Russian, I hope that with google translate most of you will be able to understand the essence
http://warspot.ru/7553-sheynaya-chesotka-professionalnaya-bolezn-asov-lyuftvaffe http://warspot.ru/7199-luchshiy-den-gauptmana-barkhorna http://proza.ru/2016/07/07/1127 http://proza.ru/2016/07/12/591 Cheers, Boris |
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Re: Luftwaffe aces in Crimea
Boris,
Thank you for sharing these very interesting links. Cheers, Andrew A. Air War Publications - www.airwarpublications.com/earticles |
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A brief summary of German claims and corresponding Soviet losses:
Gerhard BARKHORN 216. OK 28.12.1943 8:47 Jak-1 - LaGG-3 of 88 IAP, st. l-t Georgy Naumov, DOW 31.12.1943 217. OVERCLAIM 28.12.1943 8:53 Il-2 m.H. 218. OVERCLAIM 28.12.1943 10:20 Jak-1 219. OK 28.12.1943 10:23 Jak-1 - LaGG-3 of 790 IAP, ml. l-t Nikolay Moskalyov, baled out 220. OK 28.12.1943 12:07 Jak-1 - Yak-1 of 48 GIAP, k-n Nikolay Pechony, belly landed, wounded 221. OK 28.12.1943 12:10 P-39 - P-39 of 66 IAP, ml. l-t Aleksandr Andrievsky, survived 222. OK 28.12.1943 12:21 Jak-1 - Yak-1 of 48 GIAP, st. l-t Akhmet-khan Kankoshev, HSU, killed 248. POSSIBLE 12.2.1944 12:58 Jak-1 - Yak-1 of 48 GIAP, ml. l-t Yury Rubtsov, MIA Otto FOENNEKOLD 108. OK 05.02.1944 6:26 P-39 - P-39 of 66 IAP, ml. l-t Aleksandr Andrievsky, killed "Abschussjubiläums": Helmut LIPFERT 50. PROBABLY NOT 12.11.1943 Il-2 100. POSSIBLE 11.04.1944 Il-2 Gerhard BARKHORN 200. OVERCLAIM 30.11.1943 11:50 Jak-1 250. OVERCLAIM 13.02.1944 14:46 Jak-1 Wilhelm BATZ 50. OK 30.11.1943 Il-2 100. POSSIBLE 22.03.1944 Jak-1 Hans ELLENDT 50. POSSIBLE 06.12.1943 Il-2 Heinz SACHSENBERG 49. OVERCLAIM 07.12.1943 16:50 P-39 50. OVERCLAIM 07.12.1943 16:55 P-39 Otto FOENNEKOLD 100. OK 12.01.1944 P-39 Gerhard HOFFMANN 50. PROBABLY NOT 28.02.1944 LaGG-3 99. OVERCLAIM 22.04.1944 Il-2 100. OVERCLAIM 22.04.1944 Il-2 101. OVERCLAIM 22.04.1944 Il-2 Peter DUETTMANN 49. OVERCLAIM 17.04.1944 LaGG-3 50. OVERCLAIM 17.03.1944 LaGG-3 51. OVERCLAIM 17.04.1944 LaGG-3 52. OVERCLAIM 17.04.1944 Il-2 Walter WOLFRUM 50. PROBABLY OK 26.03.1944 Jak-1 Andreas STERL 50. OVERCLAIM 07.04.1944 Il-2 Heinrich STURM 99. OVERCLAIM 08.04.1944 Jak-1 100. OVERCLAIM 08.04.1944 Jak-1 101. OVERCLAIM 08.04.1944 P-39 Hans WALDMANN 100. POSSIBLE 11.04.1944 Jak-7 Hans-Joachim BIRKNER 50. PROBABLY NOT 23.04.1944 Pe-2 Karl GRATZ 100. OVERCLAIM 06.05.1944 LaGG-3 Peter DUETTMANN 23. OVERCLAIM 29.12.1943 12:23 LaGG-3 24. OVERCLAIM 29.12.1943 12:33 Jak-7 25. OVERCLAIM 29.12.1943 12:50 P-39 26. OVERCLAIM 03.01.1944 8:17 P-39 27. POSSIBLE 03.01.1944 8:25 P-39 - LaGG-3 of 249 IAP, k-n Osman Ziyadinov, MIA 28. OVERCLAIM 15.01.1944 7:21 Il-2 m.H. 29. POSSIBLE 17.01.1944 6:41 Il-2 m.H. - Il-2 of 190 ShAP, belly landed 30. OK 21.01.1944 11:41 P-40 - LaGG-3 of 88 IAP, ml. l-t Dmitry Shulzhenko or ml. l-t Pyotr Cherepnin, both killed 31. POSSIBLE 10.02.1944 9:25 Jak-1 - Yak-1 or LaGG-3 of 6 GIAP or 25 IAP 32. PROBABLY NOT 10.02.1944 12:00 LaGG-3 33. OK 12.02.1944 8:52 Jak-1 - LaGG-3 of 805 or 25 IAP, destroyed or damaged 34. OK 13.02.1944 7:48 P-39 - P-39 №29538 of 66 IAP, l-t Nikolay Sobolev, wounded 35. OVERCLAIM 13.02.1944 15:07 P-39 36. POSSIBLE 14.2.1944 11:27 P-39 - P-39 №29254 of 57 GIAP, ml. l-t Ivan Shcherbak, MIA 37. OK 26.02.1944 12:24 P-40 - P-40 of 83 GIAP, belly landed 38. POSSIBLE 01.03.1944 8:03 P-40 - Yak-7b of 84 GIAP, damaged, ml. l-t Zorin, slightly wounded 39. POSSIBLE 02.03.1944 9:55 Jal-1 - Yak-1 of 42 GIAP, damaged, st. l-t Zaytsev, uninjured 40. POSSIBLE 11.3.1944 16:22 Jak-1 - a fighter of 3 IAK 41. OVERCLAIM 12.3.1944 7:45 P-40 42. OVERCLAIM 12.3.1944 7:52 P-40 43. POSSIBLE 13.3.1944 8:35 Il-2 - Il-2 of 8 GShAP or 47 ShAP 44. OK 14.03.1944 13:00 LaGG-3 - LaGG-3 of 249 IAP, st. l-t Pyotr Shcheblykin, heavily wounded 45. OK 16.03.1944 10:10 Il-2 - Il-2 of 7 GShAP, k-n Vladimir Demidov heavily wounded, gunner starshina Vasily Poplavsky DOW 46. OVERCLAIM 16.03.1944 10:11 Il-2 47. OVERCLAIM 16.03.1944 10:12 Il-2 48. OVERCLAIM 16.03.1944 10:13 P-40 49. OVERCLAIM 17.03.1944 9:15 LaGG-3 50. OVERCLAIM 17.03.1944 9:20 LaGG-3 51. OVERCLAIM 17.03.1944 9:21 LaGG 52. OVERCLAIM 17.03.1944 9:23 Il-2 53. OK 26.3.1944 9:23 Jak-1 - Yak-9 №1023 of 15 IAP, ml. l-t Ivan Dmitriyev, MIA 54. POSSIBLE 26.3.1944 16:07 Jak-1 - Yak-9 №1050 of 274 IAP, mayor Nikolay Volochkov, killed 55. OVERCLAIM 26.3.1944 16:08 Jak-1 56. OVERCLAIM 05.04.1944 13:11 LaGG-5 57. POSSIBLE 05.04.1944 17:26 Il-2 - Il-2 of 210 ShAP, damaged but repairable, st. l-t Kosov and a gunner slightly wounded 58. OVERCLAIM 05.04.1944 17:30 P-40 59. OVERCLAIM 05.04.1944 17:31 P-40 60. PROBABLY NOT (3 claims for 1 loss) 08.04.1944 15:29 Jak-1 - Yak-1 of 73 GIAP, belly landed, ml. l-t A. Kuznetsov, uninjured 61. POSSIBLE 09.04.1944 10:09 Il-2 m.H. - Il-2 of 8 VA 62. OVERCLAIM 09.04.1944 10:09 Il-2 m.H. Karl GRATZ 110 (?). OK 05.05.1944 10:42 P-39 - P-39 of 9 GIAP, mayor Aleksey Alelyukhin, HSUx2 (survived the war, 34+6 claims), baled out |
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Re: Luftwaffe aces in Crimea
Hi,
great info, it helps a lot! regards
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Re: Luftwaffe aces in Crimea
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Re: Luftwaffe aces in Crimea
27.10.1944, Oblt. Otto Kittel claimed Il-2 as his 250th victory. It is 100% confirmed by soviet records. Il-2 Zav.Nom.6060, "White 1", of 947 shap, crew - Ml.l-t Gusenkov, gunner - Ivanov, were killed.
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