Aces who scored 25 or more kills in the La-5

[HGabor]

Michael,

Tsapov's unit never fought over Hungary, therefore I never collected materials on them. As of the books: I do not want to judge anyone's work without deeper research (that I have no time for), so it is up to you what you do with them.... But the story of Maj. Krasnov is definitely fake in there.

Gabor

[Nick Hector]

Originally Posted by HGabor

Michael,

Tsapov's unit never fought over Hungary, therefore I never collected materials on them. As of the books: I do not want to judge anyone's work without deeper research (that I have no time for), so it is up to you what you do with them.... But the story of Maj. Krasnov is definitely fake in there.

Gabor

Mellinger claims that one of the Soviet aces shot down and killed Franz-Josef Beerenbrock. Beerenbrock survived as a POW and in any case the date Mellinger gives is incorrect. Few other errors but I can't recall them right now. Suffice it to say, I don't put much stake in Mellinger...

[knusel]

Originally Posted by HGabor

Michael,

Tsapov's unit never fought over Hungary, therefore I never collected materials on them. As of the books: I do not want to judge anyone's work without deeper research (that I have no time for), so it is up to you what you do with them.... But the story of Maj. Krasnov is definitely fake in there.

Gabor

Good evening,

I've found Ivan Tsapov:
http://soviet-aces-1936-53.ru/abc/ch/tsapov.htm
8 La-5 kills only. Thus, no candidate for my list.

I'm still interested in the La-5 score of Ivan Georgievich Romanenko.
Can anybody who's proficient in Russian language please find it out here?:
http://airaces.narod.ru/winter/romanen.htm

Michael

[knusel]

Good afternoon,

had anybody ever tried to estimate how many kills all La-5's scored combined ?

Cheers,

Michael