Update: by courtesy of
Stukapilot I learned that Mikhail Mikhalin (Михалин Михаил Федорович) has scored 14 individual kills and two half-shares. The aircraft he flew can be determined by having a look on what his comrades in 126. and 191. IAP flew:
http://soviet-aces-1936-53.ru/abc/b/belyasnik.htm
http://soviet-aces-1936-53.ru/abc/l/litvinenko.htm
http://soviet-aces-1936-53.ru/abc/m/mitrohin.htm
It is justified to say that he scored all of his kills in the P-40 except his last one (La-5). Thus he deserves a rank within the P-40 top ten list and Mr Edwards has to be dropped:
- Caldwell: 20,5 (28,5)
- Zelenov: 19,23 (33,4)
- Drake: at least 16 (21)
- Pokryshev: 15,1 (23,6)
- Mikhalin: 14 (15)
- Hill: 13,25 (15,25)
- Litavrin: 13 (18)
- Hampshire: 13 (13)
- Holloway: 13 (13)
- Neale: 13 (13)
- possibly: Zotov: 12,73-13,73 (22,18-23,18)
I wish I knew to decimals of Viktor Zotov's 2 shared kills on 30Sep1942.
Cheers,
Michael