In spite of these challenges, some of the pilots flew over 1,000 combat sorties. “Of all the aircraft utilized by the Soviet Air Force in World War II, the oldest, slowest—and most widely ...
World War II, and the Korean War. By some accounts, he may have tallied as many as 135 air-to-air kills, though this number in unconfirmed. Back in happier times for Soviet-Nazi German relations ...
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