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Re: Ivan Shamanov
Perhaps most famous (B-25, then) A-20G night fighter, Gv.Maj. Nikita Andreevich Krapiva (HSU) of 27 GvAP NOB DD had several night kills. Not sure if ground kills were added to their toll as their main role was to block/disable NJG airfield traffic at night, during nearby soviet air raids with their radar equipped gunships. They used radar to catch enemy night fighters in the dark and destroyed them with deadly and concentrated fire power of their 4 x 20 mm nose cannon compartment, or 6 x 12.7 mm machine gun fire.
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