Guenther Luetzow's victories over Russia

[Nick Hector]

Hi all, here is a work in progress listing of Luetzow's victories over Russia.
Main source is relevant TsAMO files via the allaces website (I acknowledge that the site also publishes material from Soviet era propaganda and do my best to avoid those entries) and some entries from the OBD memorial. If anyone can assist, I'd be grateful:

Guenther Luetzow

22.6.41/0430 MiG ("I-18") Possibly 41 IAP/9 SAD. But note that 126 IAP suffered Lt. Aleksandr Matveevich Zhuravlev WIA

26.6.41 Pe-2 Was this the Pe-2 of 33 BAP that was lost to fighters this date? Major Alexei Mikhailovich Balin KIA, radio operator Nikolay Ivanovich Benedichuk also KIA (same aircraft?). St. Lt. Vasily Ivanovich Seregin also KIA

27.6.41 DB-3 Day's DB-3/IL-4 losses include 3 from 96 DBAP alone: crews of Lts. Konstantin Vasilevich Spirin, Petr Grigorievich Romanenko and Mikhail Savelievich Minikaev all failed to return. 53 DBAP suffered one damaged, crew of Lt. Nikolai Andreevich Bulygin made it back with 100 bullet holes. 21 DBAP lost WOP/gunner Yakov Ruvimovich Khaikin KIA

15.7.41 DB-3 96 DBAP suffered at least one loss this date: crew of Efim Spiridonovich Stefankov failed to return

12.8.41/1235 I-153 "Tchaika" Was this 249 IAP, Ml.Lt. Vasily Andreyevich Smirnov KIA?

13.8.41 2 x I-16 “Ratas” Kanev area 88 IAP. Includes Mladshiy Leytenants Ivan Novikov and Yakov Kozlov, both KIA

8.9.41/1120-1240 R-10 Likely 43 BBAP. Ml.Lt. Viktor Ivanovich Burlakov and Lt. Ignati Ilyich Budnikov KIA

5.10.41/1445-1600 4 x DB-3s 10km SE of Orel 96 DBAP definitely lost at least one DB-3 to fighters, gunner was Serzhant Yakov Panteleevich Baranyuk KIA as was Stepan Ivanovich Selivanov also KIA. 4 DBAP lost St.Lt. Evgenii Alekseevich Sokolov and gunner Pavel Nikolaevich Udalov both KIA. Another loss by 96 DBAP was crew of St.Lt. Viktor Nikolaevich Starchenko

7.10.41/1115-1245 DB-3 15km W of Juchnow Likely 99 BAP, crew of Aleksandr Pavlovich Popov failed to return

12.10.41 TB-3 Was this from 7 DBAP? Crews of pilots Babayev, Penin, Butylin, Plakhov, Zaitsev and Kozlov all failed to return (claims by IV./JG 51 as well)

14.10.41 DB-3 Yukhnov - Spas Demensk area Day's DBA losses include at least one crew from 90 DBAP: Maksim Abdullaevich Abdullin (navigator/gunner) KIA; the unit also lost a crew with Gregory Andreevich Bilyk (gunner as well). Same crew?

24.10.41 3 x MiG-3s ("I-61s") Attributed to Luetzow is A I Shcherbatikh of 34 IAP KIA