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Re: little article by Mikhail Bykov
hi,
interesting post, you know another reliable or overclaimer pilot in russian side?
i see in this forum about Pokryshev 3 claims in Winter War, 0 confirmed by finnish?
in another source:
20/12/39 16:26 1/4 Fokker D.XXI (a) Shared destroyed I-16 Karpela 4./7 IAP
(a) Possible claimed in combat with LLv 24, which didn’t suffer any losses
23/12/39 11:40-12:26 1 Fokker D.XXI (b) Destroyed I-16 Pienpero Station 4./7 IAP
(b) Probably claimed in combat with Fokker D.XXIs from LLv 24 and LLv 26. The Finnish fighters claimed 5 I-16s while losing 1 Fokker. The Soviet pilots from 7 and 68 IAP claimed nine Fokkers while losing 3 I-16s.
regards
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