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Old 5th July 2013, 14:37
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Re: 659 IAP KOLDUNOV

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Originally Posted by HGabor View Post
Thanks Juha for the details. Sure it was not impossible to bring them down, - the number of lost planes speak for themselves. But it is a fact that many times the IL-2 crews did not even see their opponents, only felt the explosion of the radiator, thinking it was flak.
Cheers,

Gabor
Yes
you are right that in many cases it is difficult to be sure on the reason of a plane loss, even if the pilot/crew survived.

And thanks for the very impressive info you have shared out to us.

Juha
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