Hello from Russia That s VERY interesting as You know better than me that the Yak 7 was extremely similar to the Yak 1 M that Lidya Litvyak flew usualLY even that day So it could be that Hartmann was the victor of Litvyak but if I understood well Hartmann was from II JG 52 while according to the table kills of our friend RusoArgentino she encountered that day pilots from I JG 52 1 08 1943 73 GIAP Yak 1b White 23 Bf 109 G 6 W Nr 15852 Unknown 50 dam 2 JG 52 57 58 1 08 1943 73 GIAP Yak 1b White 23 Bf 109 G 6 W Nr 20423 Hans J rg Merkle KIA 30 kills ace 1 JG 52 59 60 You know if there is a biography even in German more specific than those of Toliver and Kurovsky Cpaccibo