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Old 14th November 2018, 21:10
Håkan Håkan is offline
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Re: Polikarpov I-16 top ace - Vasilii Golubyev ?

Hello Michael,

The short answer on Gritsevet is probably no! There are 12 known group claims from his time in Spain that are given as only shared and nothing more. Two more is credited as shared with another pilot (1/2). To make the solving of this even more improbable is that according to his "official" record (the one used for decorations etc.) he is credited with another 10 shared victories with no info on whatsoever. With so much time pasting since the end of this conflict the probability to new info to cover all this is slim.
The other approach is the one taken by Johannes and Nick Hector in their tread on another place here on TOCH, which is most interesting!

Best wishes/Håkan
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