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Some data about the air forces of the decisive WW2 front
(where ~75% of German air and ground forces were destroyed)
During the war at the east, the Russian pilots gained more experience and their planes became the excellent ones. Our planes
have become heavier and heavier, but the Russians chose another way and built the planes with better climb
and maneuverability. The Russians indeed created the planes with the great aerodynamics.
Friedrich Obleser, Luftwaffe, JG52
Oath: a fighter unit receives Guards' status.
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the Structure of the Soviet Air Forces the World Best Mission the drawings from Pokryshkin's notepad WW2 warplanes production The colors of the traces by pilots memoirs Russian and German Nicknames for WW2 Planes Soviet Fighter and Bomber Aces Victory scores of different countries Photography and drawings galleries Yak-3: the Manual for a Pilot , Cockpit Russian and Soviet aircraft symbols Lend-Lease Fighters' tactics and technical characterictics the Myph about Luftwaffe Chivalry Romanian warplanes Polish warplanes |
Structure of the Soviet Air Forces
| name | VVS | PVO | ADD (DBA) | Fleets' units |
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| task | common missions: escort, patrol, cover of ground troops, attack, short-range bombing and recon,... | defense (intercept of bombers/recons) of assigned areas | long-range bombing and recon | naval missions for BF (Baltic fleet), ChF (Black sea fleet), TF (Pacific fleet), SF (Northern fleet) |
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WW2 aerial victory counts
During WW2, different countries used different score systems and victory criteria for arieal kills count. So results comparison of different nations pilots isn't simple task.
Also, it was hard for the Soviet pilots to confirm theirs claims. Before 1943, planes downed to enemy territory weren't count.
Example: Cantacuzino has 56 confirmed kills, but this actually represents a total of 43 planes shot down.
Example: On 4th July 1943, 7 Soviet planes (2 Hampden, 3 DB-3F of 9GMTAP and 2 Il-2 Sturmavik) attacked a German ships. They were intercepted by 6 Bf109 leaded by commander of 7/JG5 Theodor Wei?enberger One Il-2 was shot down, and one Il-2, two Hampdens and one DB-3F had to ditch at a return route because of the combat damages. Only two torpedo bombers managed to land to a airdrome. German pilots claimed 16 (sixteen!) "victories", including 7 "kills" by Wei?enberger.
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Tactic of Soviet fighter pilots in 1943
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| Part 2 (Russian text & drawnings) |
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| Part 3 (Russian text & drawnings) |
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The myph about Luftwaffe chivalry
Oh yes, the German pilots were the knights of the knights! They shot to an
enemy pilots which had to bail out (the habbit from Spanish Civil War times).
And they shot to a helpless civilian columns which tried to escape the
invasion. Medical trucks and trains were the excellent targets for Luftwaffe pilots:
it so was easy to aim the big red cross.
I read so many memoirs about that...
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