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Soviet Flyers in front of YAK-9
Love this picture. Can anyone identify place and/or unit?
Last edited by kaki3152; 2nd August 2018 at 17:37. |
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Re: Soviet Flyers in front of YAK-9
Yak-3s?
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Re: Soviet Flyers in front of YAK-9
Same photo appears here:
https://topwar.ru/97479-nebo-svoboda-nebo-rabota.html Caption is: Полковник Анатолий Рубахин объясняет личному составу боевое задание Google translate gives: Colonel Anatoly Rubakhin explains the combat mission to the personnel. Another source has the name as Anatolii Ermolaevich Rubakhin, (402 IAP/ 3 IAK) Last edited by RSwank; 25th April 2018 at 19:45. |
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Re: Soviet Flyers in front of YAK-9
Maj. (Lt.Col.) Anatolii Ermolaevich Rubakhin (1918) served in 4th Air Army, 3 IAK, 265 IAD, 402 IAP. They flew Yak-9s and Yak-3s as well and fought eg. in the Stettin area, supporting the 2nd Belaruss Front. So the photo shows Yaks of the 402 IAP.
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Re: Soviet Flyers in front of YAK-9
Thanks RSwank And HGabor. Now I can label the photograph.
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Re: Soviet Flyers in front of YAK-9
If you look at the awards and the warm season, it is probably a photo-September 1944. Yak-3 – about this time changed the 402 IAP Yak-1 on Yak-3 (Yak-9 in the regiment was in late 1943 – early 1944). It's probably a rear airfield (airfield "Razboyschina" Saratov region 51.571950, 45.830817), where there were retraining and re-equipment of the regiment.
The pilots of 402 IAP (from left to right): Lt. Nazir T. Konukoev - (HSU, 06.05.1965) J.Lt. Alexey A. Lazarev Lt. Sergey P. Shpunyakov - (HSU, 15.05.1946) Maj. Anatoly E. Rubakhin (commander of the 402 IAP; HSU, 23.02.1945) S.Lt. Vladimir A. Egorovich - (HSU, 15.05.1946) J.Lt. Rant I. Ishkhanov S.Lt. Nikolai D. Dugin - (died from wounds 02.05.1945, HSU, 15.05.1946) Gu.S.Lt. Nikolai F. Petrovykh S.Lt. Oleg P. Makarov Photos from the same series: http://soviet-aces-1936-53.ru/abc/r/rubahin2.jpg http://soviet-aces-1936-53.ru/abc/foto/402_2.jpg Last edited by kirche; 27th April 2018 at 12:44. |
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