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Old 10th April 2017, 17:16
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Re: Polikarpov I-16 top ace - Vasilii Golubyev ?

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Originally Posted by knusel View Post
Hello Stukapilot,

thanks a lot for posting.
I see again a Spain score for Shestakov of 2+1sh kills.
Can you tell me who "invented" the Shestakov Spain score of 8+31sh that is so often to be found ? What is the story behind that ?

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Michael
it's the quotation from wikipedia:
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According to research by Tomas Polak and Christopher Shores, Shestakov rates as The Soviet Union's all-time second-ranking fighter pilot, ahead of Ivan Kozhedub (62) and behind Vasiliy Naydenko (99). Most other lists rank Naydenko much lower, with Kozhedub first
i think that's the book Stalin's Falcons: The Aces of the Red Star
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