Vladimir Abramov Hs126

[James A Pratt III]

The Osprey Book Polikarpov I-15, I-16 and I153 Aces by Michael Maslov p 82 has future VVS ace Vladimir Abramov flying recon ops in a captured Hs-126. It looks like he was operating over the Baltic states at this time and the Russians did capture 5 Estonian Hs-126s and they were attached to the XXII corps. Could it have been one of those he flew? One other was interned in Lithuaina in Sept 1939 after being hit by Polish AA fire but, it looks like it was put in a hanger and not flown. see Henshel Hs-126 R Paneko and R Peczkowski

[Håkan]

Hello James,

Russian sources report that Abramov transferred one Hs 126 in 1941 from an airfield near Tallin where some Estonian machines stayed abandoned. So it indeed seems that he used a German plane for reconnaissance in that area.

Best wishes/Håkan

[James A Pratt III]

in looking through the Henschel Hs 126 book p 59 there is a picture of some Russian soldiers by a captured H2 126 code _2+B_ There is in my Hs 126 loss list from this site on 9/28/41 Hs 126 C2+BL #4244 3 (H)/41 lost near Kolpino near Leningrad/St Petersburg attached to PG 4 Gefr. E Greger (F) & Olt K v. Thumm (Bo). This could be the plane. any info on who downed the plane and the fate of the crew?