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Edward L. Hsiao

10th September 2013 23:36

Aleksandr Gorovets

Gentlemen,

I have a question about this Soviet ace. There were plenty of publications that stated that he was credited with shooting down nine Ju-87s in a single mission on July 6,1943. To me I don't think it's true. Could you help me with this matter?

Sincerely,

Edward L. Hsiao

HGabor

11th September 2013 12:45

Re: Aleksandr Gorovets

I found this in the "Aces of the Great Patriotic War I.":

06.07.43 – 9

25 – Ю-87 – Зоринские Дворы

No further details. So maybe it was an airfield low level strafing (this way it could be), or more missions flown on the same day.

Gabor

ps: I noticed that Soviet pilots frequently missed the correct AC types in the air (mixing/missing the Fw 190 and Bf 109 types in their reports - maybe due to poor visibility) and overclaim (destroyed or just damaged) was -of course- an other issue.

researcher111

11th September 2013 14:29

Re: Aleksandr Gorovets

Check this with google translator

http://airaces.narod.ru/all5/gorovec.htm

However I doubt this story and discard it as not reliable

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