Soviet Aces Volume 2
 

I was looking through Ozon.ru and saw that Mikhail Bykov's (Owl-99) volume 2 of Soviet Aces 1941-1945 Victories of Stalin's Falcons (in Russian) is now out. The ad states it has about 3200 aces with more then 5 victories in 656 pages (471 rubles). I haven't seen it offered in the Russian books stores in the U.S. yet.

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Nokose,
Can you provide a link to the ad for volume 2?

Frank.

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Frank, hopefully this is it: www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/4185741 . It's in Russian.

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Thanks for the good news!
I already ordered vol. 1 through Books.ru.
I will try to order it again (although they don't appear to have an English version of the web site, so it will be rather difficult for me).

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Nokose,
Thanks for the link. Now just to wait until kniga.com in Brooklyn gets it in.

Enjoy!

Frank.

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Frank, I sent an email to www.bukinist.com in New York asking about it but haven't got a reply yet. I got the 1st volume from them along with several other books in Russian on the air war in the east.

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To order in the U.S. go to www.vasha-kniga.com and type on the search асы and it will take you to both books that are for sale. Now it's just a wait for Volume 3 on the Navy aces.

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Hello!

But Vol 2 seems to contain Soviet Navy aces? At least KBF and SF. Or am I seeing things?

Kari

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Kari,
If you already have a copy then that is probably correct. I only remember the author telling me that he was planning on a 3rd volume for the navy but if he changed his mind and did it all in one that's great.

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I just got my copy of volume 2. The paper used for the printed pages and the photo section is much better then the first volume. I translated the following from the book.
Loginov, Aleksandr Nikolaevich Ml. Leutenant, 1923
Air unit: 519 IAP May-Jul 1943 Yak-7
List of victories:
16.05.43 1 Me-110 airdrome Schigry-South
17.05.43 1/3 Me-110 Gnilusha-Dubovik
22.05.43 2 Ju-87 Kursk
22.05.43 1 Ju-87 Zibino
22.05.43 1 Ju-87 Denisovka
02.07.43 1 Me-109 Maloarkhangelsk region
05.07.43 1 FW-190 " (ramming)
total downed aircraft: 7+1
Perished on 05July1943. In an air battle by ramming enemy aircraft.

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Nokose:

A curious question: why would the authors produce a book in Russian on a subject so many want to know about, especially post-USSR, based on new, more accurate records. If done in English, their sales would at least triple. Is this designed to be read by former aces or their families, hence in Russian?

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John,
That would probably be a question for Owl 99 on this forum. I don't believe he's been on here for a while. It might be getting a translator and a contract with a publisher. Nikita Egorov said that many Russian authors are waiting for some one to translate their work. I've read some reviews on books translated and not all of them come out right.

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I got a chance to read some of this book last night. If you are thinking of buying the first volume, save your money. It seems that he combined all the entries from that book into this volume and probably the corrections that were mentioned in another thread. I just wish it had times to go with the dates of the claims and losses.