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Originally Posted by yogybär
Hi Jack,
Interesting figures, thanks! The "off-the-front"-times are explainable:
12'42--> 3'43 = conversion to P39
11'43--> 5'44 = ??
8'44--> 1'45 = conversion to Lavotchkin.
They did definitely convert to Lala's, because i.e. one of the biggest aces died during a landing accident (somersault during landing, "famous" problem on La5-7).
What is this MiG-book about?
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Hi Jörg,
The second and third periods of inactivity illustrate my point. The 9 GIAD was effectively in a general strategic reserve both times, without there being any need for such a reserve and while some sectors of the front needed additional fighter cover. There was no conversion to La-7s, for reasons that are not clear, but one of the common myths about the 9 GIAD is that Klubov's (the ace you are talking about) death in that landing accident led to Pokryshkin forbidding conversion to other fighters.
The MiG book is effectively a piece of 9 GIAD promotion by a famous journalist, Yury Zhukov, which contains very little useful information apart from the above statistics.
Yours sincerely,
Jack Sanders