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Re: Ivan N. Kozhedub, 62 victories?
If Kozhedub shot down a Me 262 on 19/02/45, it is unlikely that the victim was Uffz Kurt Lange from 1./KG(J)54 because it seems that Lange crashed more than couple hundred kilometres SW of the area of Kozhedub's claim. Maybe a Me 262 from another unit.
Personally I doubt that Kozhedub shot down 62 enemy a/c, as I doubt that Hartmann got 352, Bong 40 or Pattle 40 or 50 or what ever or Juutilainen 92 or 93. Overclaiming happened and IMHO it is even possible that in reality the abovementioned pilots were not the top scorers of their nations. But IMHO they all were skillful fighters.
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