Karelian Isthmus Soviet bomber losses in 9 June, 10 June and 20/21 June 1944

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Karelian Isthmus Soviet bomber losses in 9 June, 10 June and 20/21 June 1944

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Post by tramonte » 20 Apr 2021, 13:41

On lost reports of 13 VA i have found these one:

9 June: 2 Tu-2 (shot down by AA or not returned)
10 June: 1 Tu-2 and 1 Il-4 shot down by AA. 1 Tu-2 shot down in air combat. Also 1 Pe-2 of VVS KBF force landing on water near Sestoresk (Siestarjoki) mentioned on Baltic Fleet chronicle.

Are these bomber loss figures correct?

Also one more question. 13 VA didn't report any bomber losses during 20 June (Finns had total 6 Pe-2 claims and also 2 Il-4 claimed by Juutilainen). But on personal loss reports there were 4 names of 113 BAD (Il-4):

Dragunov, Ivan..(sgnt)................................... 21.06.44 MIA Captured *)
Meshkov, Andrei.(sngt).................................. 21.06.44 MIA ? *)
Fedorenko, Nikolai.(lieutenant)....................... 21.06.44 MIA Captured *)
Ermakov, Ivan..(jnr. lieutenant)........................21.06.44 MIA ? *)

Did 113 BAD lost any bombers either in 20 June or 21 June. No mentioned of losses found in daily reports.
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