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Welcome to the 'Russia' page of 'Aircraft of the Aces'. These skins were created by members of the EAW Community and depict the actual aircraft flown by those pilots who achieved confirmed kills of 5 or more aircraft in combat.
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Capt.Ovcharpv. On 13th August 1942 he shot down German ace Oblt.Ernst Weismann (69 victories). Hurricane Mk.IIb Unit: 157th IAP Serial: 10 (Z3597) .

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Maj. Petr Afanasyevich Pokryshev. 21 victories. Curtiss P40E Warhawk of 154 IAP, Leningrad, during the Autumn of 1943.

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Mld. Letenant Nikolai Vasilevich Stroikov, 35 victories. Bell P-39N Airacobra 'White 61' of 508 IAP (later 213 GIAP), Kursk, 1943.

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Maj. B.M.Yeremin, 8 kills and 15 shared. Yakovlev Yak-1M of the 37.Gv.IAP, 6 Gv.IAD operating in the Second Ukranian Front during early 1943-44.

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Lidiya 'Lilya' Vladimirovna Litvyak (12 kills, 4 shared), who was killed in action on the 1st August 1943. Yak-1 (Second Series) of the 73 GIAP during early 1942.

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Lidiya 'Lilya' Vladimirovna Litvyak (12 kills, 4 shared), who was killed in action on the 1st August 1943. Yak-1 (Second Series) of the 73 GIAP operating in the Stalingrad area during 1942.

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Michail Dmitrijevic Baranov, Hero of the SSSR . Baranov was credited with 24 kills and 28 shared victories in 64 combat missions, flying the I-16, LaGG-3 and Yak-1. He was killed when testing his Yak-1 (technical problem) on the 17/Jan/1943. Yak-1 Second Series 'Smert Fashistam, of the 183 IAP.

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Major Alexi Mikhailavitch Reshetov, 35 airborne kills. Yakovlev Yak-3M of the 1st GIAP, VVS, operating from the Ukraine during 1944.

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Senior Lt. Alexandr Alexeyevich Shokurov (18 kills). Yak-1b of 156 GvIAP - Chanstochovo airfield, Poland 1944 (Ukrainian front).

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Lidiya 'Lilya' Vladimirovna Litvyak (12 kills, 4 shared), who was killed in action on the 1st August 1943. Yak-1b of 73 GIAP during October 1942 at the Stalingrad front.

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Flight Commander, Capt. Pavel Petrovich Karavai (16 kills, 7 shared). Yak-1b of 897 IAP during November 1944.

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Aleksandr Terentyevich Karpov, (27 confirmed kills, 10 shared kills in 510 sorties and 139 engagements. He the winner of two Gold Stars but was killed in action on the 20/Oct/1944. Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.IX, 123 IAP (later redesignated 27 GIAP), Leningrad front.

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Col. Yevgeni Georgiyevich Pepelyaev. Confirmed kills 20 with the 196 IAP(VVS). MiG-15bis 'Fagot' 1315325 ("325"), 196 IAP(VVS).

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Lidiya 'Lilya' Vladimirovna Litvyak, the 'White Rose of Stalingrad'. Confirmed kills 12 with the 586th and 296th IAP, 73rd GvIAP. Killed in action on the 1/Aug/1943. aged 22. Early model, inline canopy Yak-1b.

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Sr Lt. Konstantin Vasil'evich Sukhov. 22 confirmed kills, VVS 16th GvIAP. Bell P-39N 'White 50' of the 16th IAP, Germany, February 1945.

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Capt. Pavel Stepanovich Kutakhov. 14 kills VVS and 24 kills 20th IAP, 19th GvIAP. (Possible total of 72 kills). Bell P-39Q 'White 10' of the 19th GIAP, stationed at Shongui in late 1943.

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Capt. Georgii Dmitriyevich Kostylen, 11 kills (confirmed) and 32 kills (shared). 5th IAP-KBF and 3 GvIAP-KBF, VVS. He won The Hero of the Soviet Union, 2 Orders of the Red Banner and 2 Orders of Lenin and flew 418 missions. La-5 of 3 GvIAP-KBF, VVS, Leningrad Front, 1945.

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Captain Boris Feoktistovich Safonov, 16 kills and 14 shared kills. Flew with the 72 SAP-SF, 78 IAP-SF, 2 GvIAP-SF. Killed in action on the 30/May/1942. Final kills may be 30+8. Polikarpov I-16 type 24 of the 42nd SAP during the summer 1941.

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Major Alexi Mikhailavitch Reshetov, 35 airborne kills, 273rd IAP, 31st GvIAP. Yakovlev-1B, 31st GvIAP, Ukraine (Circa 1944).

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Vitali Ivanovich Popkov, 41 (possible 58) airborne kills, 5th GvIAP and 739th IAP. Lavotchkin La-5FN, 5th GvIAP (Circa 1944).

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Capt. Vitali Ivanovich Popkov, 41 (possible 58) airborne kills, 5th GvIAP and 739th IAP. Lavotchkin La-5FN, 5th Gv.IAP, 11 Gv.IAD, 2 Gv.SHAK, 1st Ukranian Front, (Circa 1943).

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Nikolai Fedorovich Kutnetsov, 36 airborne kills (possible 48), 191st IAP, 436th IAP and 67th GvIAP. Curtiss P-40 'Warhawk', 436th IAP, Staraya, Russia (Circa 1942).

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Alexadr Nikolayevich Yefimov, 7 airborne kills, 63rd and 128th shAP. Ilyushin Il-2 'Sturmovik', 198th shAP, Byelorussia (Circa 1944).

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Major Pokry Petr Afanasyevich, 21 airborne kills, (possible 46), 7th, 154th, 159th IAP, 9GvIAP. Yakovlev-7B, 159th IAP, (Circa 1945).

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Col. Alexander Ivanovich Pokryschkin, 59 airborne kills, 9GvIAP, 16GvIAP and 55IAP. Bell P-39Q 'Aircobra', 16GvIAP, (Circa 1944).

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Kapitan Grigoriy Andreyevich Rechkalov, 56 airborne kills, 55IAP, 16GVIAP and 6GvIAK. Bell P-39Q 'Aircobra', 16GvIAP, (Circa 1944).

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Lt Col. Sergei Fedorovich Dolgushin, 17 airborne kills, 122, 156, 234 IAP, 30, 32 GvIAP. Lavotchkin La-7, 'White 93'.

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Major Vyacheslav Fedorovich Sirotin, 15 (possible 26) airborne kills, 17th IAP. Bell P-63 'Kingcobra', 17th IAP, Eastern Front (Circa 1944).

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Colonel Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub, 62 airborne kills, 176th GvIAP and 240th IAP. Lavotchkin La-7, 176th GvIAP, Byelorussian Front (Circa 1944).

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Capt. Gerasim Afansyevich Grigoryev, 15 airborne kills, 178th IAP-POV. LaGG-3 of the 178th IAP.

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Capt. Lt. Petr Brinko, 15 airborne kills, 13th IAP. Polikarpov I-16 'red 5' of the 13th IAP, KBF during 1941 at Leningrad

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Capt N. A. Zelenov, 24 airborne kills, 10 shared, 154th IAP. Curtiss P40E of the Soviet VVS 154 IAP at Leningrad.

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Viktor Orlov, 22 airborne kills, 113 GIP. Killed in action 9/December/1943. Yakovlev Yak-9T, 'White 91' of the 113 GIAP, Circa 1943.

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Squadron Commander Vitali Ivanovich Popkov, (possible 58 airborne kills). Lavotchkin La-5FN of the 2nd Air Army, 5.Gv.IAP. 1st Ukrainian Front, Czechoslavakia, Berlin Circa 1944/45.

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