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About VVS fighter pilot training hours

Hello all;
Who can tell me VVS fighter pilot average training time in WWII(each year)? After 1943 , Did they have more than 150 hours training time before join battle ?

Thanks!

Re: About VVS fighter pilot training hours

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Originally Posted by WhiteKnight (Post 37234)

Hello all;
Who can tell me VVS fighter pilot average training time in WWII(each year)? After 1943 , Did they have more than 150 hours training time before join battle ?

Thanks!

Hello,

it is not easy to say... It was very different from case to case. In average we can assume that the young figther pilot has 5-10 training hours in the future figther type in 1942 and 15-20 hours end of 1943.
The overall training time was also different, but I assume in average was higher then 120-130 hours.
If you can read russian, one example is here, this is the spring 1943, the 57 GIAP

http://www.fighters.front.ru/profil/...eVb-57GIAP.htm

Best regards