VVS Top pilots: some tables from M.Bykov's book

[Evgeny Velichko]

Fw190 killers (15 or more):

1. Kap. Pivovarov M.E.: 22 (40+1)
2. Mjr. Kozhedub I.N.: 21 (63)
3. St.L. Serov V.G.: 20 (39+6)
4. Mjr. Zelenkin M.M.: 19 (26+3)
5. Mjr. Likhobabin I.D.: 19 (32+5)
6. Mjr. Kuliyev A.G.: 18 (20)
7. Mjr. Skomorokhov N.M.: 18 (46+8)
8. St.L. Kuznetzov I.G.: 17 (26+5)
9. Kap. Nekrasov V.P.: 17 (19+1)
10. Kap. Semenov V.F.: 17 (20)
11. Mjr. Gudkov D.V.: 16 (19)
12. St.L. Yarotzkiy G.A.: 16 (18)
13. Kap. Yashin V.N.: 16 (26+1)
14. Kap. Borovykh A.E.: 15 (32+14)
15. St.L. Brodinskiy V.I.: 15 (16+1)
16. Ltn. Bychkov A.F.: 15 (15)
17. Mjr. Vitkovskiy I.P.: 15 (21)
18. Kap. Ziborov V.M.: 15 (20+1)
19. Kap. Mazurin F.M.: 15 (20+2)
20. Kap. Miroshnichenko D.G.: 15 (18)
21. Kap. Morgunov S.N.: 15 (41)
22. Kap. Peresumkin P.P.: 15 (18)
23. St.L. Rudenko N.S.: 15 (26+2)
24. Mjr. Smirnov A.S.: 15 (35)
25. Kap. Fyodorov I.V.: 15 (35)
26. Kap. Chernousov N.F.: 15 (17)

Kapitan Mikhail Yevdokimovich Pivovarov is not so well known as other great aces.
He was born in 1919, and only in september 1943 he joined to 402 iap as Leytenant. With this regiment he fought until the end of war. His total score includes: 22 Fw190, 12 x Bf109, 1 x Bf110, 2 x Ju52, 2 x Ju87, 1 x He111 (+ 1 x He111 shared). He flew more than 350 combat missions in Yak-1, Yak-9, Yak-3. Participated in ~80 air combats.
Awards: HSU (15.15.46), Order of Lenin, 3 x Order of Red Banner, Order of Alexander Nevskiy, Order of Red Star, medals.
Died 15.05.49.