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The regiment was sent to Rostov after Stalingrad. It is interesting that the Nazis occupied the city of Rostov twice the fall of 1941 and summer of 1942. The first time the city was liberated on November 28 and we can say that that was the first major victory of the Red Army at the beginning of the war.
The snow storms with gusty winds, poor visibility made impossible to use aircraft in the beginning of the February Dmitri and his slave Sasha, as well as all active aircrew 2 squadron languishing in idleness and waiting for the weather, which lasted the second week and the weather improved only in the reports, but not in fact
There was the probability to meet spy plane would observing the offensive and who would report the movement of our troops.. The guys from the second squadron flew every day. The next day there were no results again.
At last cleared up, and Dmitry and Alexander were called to the regimental commander
They had to patrol air space in the area of Sambek point, a 20-minute flight from the airfield. No one was flying in that area, and less than one hour, the guys were back.
The closer to the offensive, the more often were sent fighters, clear understanding that air reconnaissance of Germans set good. Finally, on February 11, our soldiers reported that Fokke-Woulf-189 "Rama" was flying 20-30 kilometers on the east of Sambek This twin-engine reconnaissance aircraft was armed with a single machine gun and it was had outstanding maneuverability characteristics, therefore, and it was difficult target to short down.
Almost all the "Rama" were destroyed on the Eastern Front, where had been used in the main
The idea was simple: one distracts, the second was hitting.
Rama- was found near Rostov. The plane flew tacks at 400-500 meters over the land and was hardly visible. When Dmitry had approached and the tail shooter opened fire. The couple of bullets hit the fuselage with sharp sound
It seems lasted for a long time. It's like a bullfighter with a bull. About a minute later, Aleksander quietly approached and beat with a short distance. He opened fire with 20 mm cannons, and in several minutes later there was no sign that the fight was here. The smoke has vanished ...
Rostov-on-Don was finally liberated from German troops
on the February 14, 1943
27,000 people were killed .in the time of occupation of Rostov by Nazis Total Nazis destroyed more than 40,000 people, 53,000 was deported to Germany for forced labor.
The 8th Air Army, 235 aircraft division was sent to Kuban and Dmitry with Aleksander summoned to the headquarters for the new appointment.
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