Yak aces

[keith A]

I am looking for details of the career and victories of Mikhail Ivanonvich Grib. I know he flew Yak fighters for the Soviet Navy.

[Leon]

At first: http://www.aces.boom.ru/all4/grib_mi.htm
Sorry I don't have time to search through books but Stalin's Falcons by Shores and Polak should be useful. The brief info is also in Mellinger's Yakovlev aces of WW2.

[Brian]

Hi Keith

I can't help much but according to 'Stalin's Falcons' he was credited with 20 victories, 10 by August 1942, having flown 250 sorties with the 8th IAP-ChF (Yak-1s). In August 1943 or 1944, he became CO 3rd Eskadrilya (Yak-9s then Yak-3s). Last victory was over a He111.

Not much help, I fear.

Cheers
Brian

[Evgeny Velichko]

Hi all

*info if u dont know that*

8th IAP-ChF

Aviation of Fleets, Abbreviatures:
ChF - "Chernomorskiy Flot" - "BlackSea Fleet"
KBF - "Krasnoznamjonnyj Baltijskij Flot" - "Baltic Fleet, awarded Order of Red Flag"
SF - "Severnyj Flot" - "North Fleet"

[Evgeny Velichko]

Here is link, showing his Yak fighter.

http://www.bellabs.ru/Fotab/Gallery/Yak-9_01.html

1st-4rd vict - July 1942, in one day.

12th vict -- ??????????? -- over Sevastopol' -- Bf 109
13th vict -- 10 feb 1944 -- Bol'shoj Babchik -- Bf 109-- 15:45
14th vict -- 15 feb 1944 -- ??????????????? -- ?????? -- ?????

last, 20th (or 16th) vict -- Jan 1945-- over Bulgaria-- He 111

He was shot many times.

[Dénes Bernád]

Originally Posted by Eugen Gross

last, 20th (or 16th) vict -- Jan 1945-- over Bulgaria-- He 111 .

If accurate, that's a highly interesting info - at least for me - as fighting over Bulgaria ceased in October 1944.

Does anyone have any further info? Exact date, location, unit the Soviet pilot was part of?

Thanks,