Air to Air rocket Fighter Victories

[kaki3152]

Ok, How many cases of fighters being shot down by another fighter using rockets in WWII can we come up with?

Off the top of my head, I can think of Soviet I-16 using rockets to shoot down Bf-109s, Typhoons using rockets to shoot down enemy fighters and P-47s also using rockets to shoot down enemy fighters.
Obviously, these cases are the exception to the rule but they did happen.

[kaki3152]

One example: Lt. Melvyn R. Paisley (366 FG) on January 1st,1945 fired four ground to air rockets against a low flying FW-190 and blew it up.

[Håkan]

Hello!

On my site, I have a number of Soviet pilots with air-to-air victories using the RS-82 rockets including two aces:

Alexei Churilin (http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/soviet_churilin.htm)
Aleksandr Baturin (http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/soviet_baturin.htm)
Peter Samokhin (http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/soviet_samokhin.htm)
O. Chernikov (http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/soviet_chernikov.htm) – reputedly Leutnant Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel of III/JG 3 (35 victories).
V. Minayev (http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/soviet_minayev.htm)
A. Povitskiy (http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/soviet_povitskiy.htm)
I. D. Odintsov (http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/soviet_odintsov.htm) – reputedly Arnold Lignitz of JG 54

Best wishes/Håkan

[Pilot]

Great info Håkan !!!

[keith A]

Off topic but...Judge Wolf of the 318th FG claimed a victory over Zero in 1945. I have never encountered a combat where Typhoons used rockets to bring down opponents. When did this happen?

[O.Menu]

20Aug 1939: When Russia attacked Japan in Mongolia saw 1st air/air rocket victory against an airplane by an i-16 with RS-82.