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Originally Posted by Jim Oxley
Interesting that the P-39 has the most profiles. Given that it wasn't the most widely used fighter, I find that interesting.
But then again, a lot of aces flew the Airacobra.
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Yes, and many of them were among the top Soviet aces. Three (2nd, 3rd and 5th) of the five top Soviet aces got most of their kills while flying Airacobra. And in fact Yaks have the most profiles. IMHO there was at least as much common between Yak-1 and Yak-9P as between Spitfire Mk I and XXI.