Agafonov served in the 87 OAE (otdelnaya aviaeskadrilya - independent air squadron). This unit was equipped with Polkarpov I-152s.

On 7 October he claimed two Bf110s and two Ju88s during two sorties against raiders on Mariupol.

Agafonov ended the war with 5 biplane victories.

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1941
?	07/10/41	1	Bf110	Destroyed	I-152		Mariupol area	87 OAE
?	07/10/41	1	Bf110	Destroyed	I-152		Mariupol area	87 OAE
?	07/10/41	1	Ju88	Destroyed	I-152		Mariupol area	87 OAE
?	07/10/41	1	Ju88	Destroyed	I-152		Mariupol area	87 OAE

Biplane victories: 5 destroyed.
TOTAL: 5 destroyed.

Sources:
Black Cross/Red Star Volume I - Christer Bergström and Andrey Mikhailov, 2000 Pacifica Military History, ISBN 0-935553-48-7
Chato Polikarpova - samolet i model - Alexandr V.Kotlobovskii and Alexandr V. Shupigunov, 2000 Aviatsia i Vremya 2/2000 index 22792, Ukraine, kindly provided by Tomáš Polák
Additional information kindly provided by Yuri V. Shakhov.