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Re: Ivan N. Kozhedub, 62 victories?
In the 2nd part og GPW there was very rare practice when shared victories were credited to Soviet pilots. Appr. in 1943 Air Commanding 'priorities' were changed from 'collective' to 'individual', so the bulk of air victories claimed in 1943-45 were recorded as individual. Ivan Kozhedub had started his combat career in March 1943 and claimed 1st victory on 6 July 1943... The bulk of shared air victories was recorded in 1941-42.
PS. Pokryshkin's total, according documental data, was 46 individual + 6 shared air victories.
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