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Re: Soviet Fighter Pilots
>On 2 May 1943, Finn ace Iikka Torronen was shot down over Oranienbaum. The Soviet victor, according to my sources, was a staff sergeant flying a LaGG-3 from 10.GIAP. The name I have is Kutsherenko.
Kucherenko piloted I-153. His claim (MS-406) - 10-12 km north-east of Lavansaari. That was a shared victory with a St.Sgt. Rozov.
In the same mission another three claims were claimed - mostly north-west of Lavansaari by LaGGs and I-16s (1 Me-109, 1 BW, 1 Fiat G.50).
> I was wondering if this Soviet pilot was in fact the little known N. Y. Kutsenko?
Who is him?
> My sources have next to nothing on this reputedly high scoring ace (33 kills of which 13 were shared).
Never heard.
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Andrey
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