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Originally Posted by Jan Gazda
Seems that Heydrich was shot down either by St.Lt. Aleksandr Pokryshkin or Ml.Lt. Leonid Dyiachenko from 55 IAP who both claimed a Bf 109 in the combat.
Pokryshkin went on to claim 59 aerial victories troughout WW2 and become one of the most notorious Soviet aces and 3 x HSU.
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This perfectly shows low reliablility of books of the author, based on propaganda rather than documents. Neither Pokryshkin was credited with the victory nor he scored 59 kills. Check Asy velikoj otechestvennoj for further details.
3rd February 2009, 13:41
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