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Re: Aces who scored 25 or more kills in the La-5
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Re: Aces who scored 25 or more kills in the La-5
On January 29, 1945 the soviet 18 Tank Corp. had:
78 T-34 (mainly T-34/85s with a few T-34/76s) tanks 11 ISU-152 self propelled guns (heavy) 16 ISU-122 self propelled guns (heavy) 1 SU-85 self propelled gun 13 SU-76M self propelled guns ................................................. Their assignment in the main units: The 110 tank brigade (turret markings: '4xx') had: 18 T-34 tanks 6 SU-76M self propelled guns The 170 tank brigade (turret markings: '5xx') had: 12 T-34 tanks - they had heavy losses around Perkáta. 7 SU-76M self propelled guns The 181 tank brigade (turret markings: '6xx') had: 43 T-34 tanks (16 in reserve) - they had losses near Dunapentele (now: Dunaújváros) (363 Гв. САП had the heavy ISUs, smaller units had the rest.) So they requested the aerial support in which Maj. Krasnov was lost from 530 IAP (La-5FN, No.39211314). During covering actions two IL-2s of 130 GvShAP had mid-air collision near Adony after being hit by flak. Both IL-2 crashed (No.1872975 - Isaev, No.18793101 - Sorochenko). 951 ShAP lost IL-2 No.1878078 near Adony (ml.lt. Nabokov), 449 BAP lost A-20G Boston No.43-10101 near Kecel (ml.Lt. Philippov) at crashlanding, crew returned. Gabor |
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Capt. Skomorokhov (31 IAP), La-5FN No.'56'
La-5 ace, Capt. Nikolai Skomorokhov (17 VA, 31 IAP) flew La-5FN with factory marking '56' in early 1945 in Hungary. See attached pic.
In January, 1945 the three fighter-regiments of 17 VA, 295 IAD (31, 116, 164 IAP) had only 2 known La-5s with xxxxxx56 serials: 39211156 39212056 Since on January 30, 1945 ml.Lt. Derevnev (31 IAP) was killed in 39211156 (engine: 8211268) in a dogfight, Capt. Skomorokhov's plane had to be 39212056. (Later the 31 IAP received another '56' La-5FN: 39211556, which crashlanded on March 28, 1945 (pilot: ml.lt. Danov, engine: 82111423), but still was not listed in early 1945. Previously the 31 IAP had a trainer version La-5U as well, 39212156 (engine: 829192), which crashlanded on December 21, 1944 with ml.Lt. Chirkin, so looks like the only option for Skomorokhov's plane is 39212056.) Last edited by HGabor; 8th February 2018 at 21:22. |
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Re: Aces who scored 25 or more kills in the La-5
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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 |
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Re: Aces who scored 25 or more kills in the La-5
Good afternoon,
had anybody ever tried to estimate how many kills all La-5's scored combined ? Cheers, Michael |
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