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Re: Nikolay Ivanovich Shmelkov
Hakan,
The book 'Polikarpov I 15, I 16 and I 153 aces' by Mikhail Maslov, mentions that Shmelkov was credited with 3 and 1 shared, later updated to 4 and 2 shared in Spain. The book also has a photograph of him and quotes his final tally at the end of WW2 as 18.
'Stalin's Eagles' states that he scored 13 in Spain while flying I 16s. Quite a substantial disagreement!
Neither book has details of his activities during the Winter War.
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