The first ace to reach a certain score

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When Hartmann arrived at the front the short heyday of the LaGG-3 was over. But the Germans kept on identifying similarly-looking opponents as such. It's like Manfred von Richthofen & Co who named lattice-tail planes "Vickers" when certainly no Vickers F.B.5 planes were sent up anymore.

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Good evening,

update: I drop Eugène Gilbert from the list in the first post because only four of his claims were officially confirmed (although he likely shot down more than he was credited with). I also include Herbert Ihlefeld, who was the first to reach the scores of 116 and 117 in April 1942.

Have a nice evening,

Michael