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Sergei Danilovich Luganskii
Good morning Gentlemen,
I think Sergei Luganskii is the most successful Yak-1 pilot but the victory lists of these website differ from each other: http://airaces.narod.ru/winter/lugansky.htm http://soviet-aces-1936-53.ru/abc/l/lugansky.htm Which is correct ? Michael |
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Re: Sergei Danilovich Luganskii
airaces.narod says that Bykov does not list his kills in the Finnish war , that may be the difference in the numbers ???
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Re: Sergei Danilovich Luganskii
Good morning kurlannaiskos,
that's an important point. Has Mr Bykov simply forgotten Luganskii's Finnish Winter War kill or did he omit it because there was none ??? Kind regards, Michael |
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Re: Sergei Danilovich Luganskii
Hello Michael
according to Bykov's The Aircraft of Soviet Aces (2016) Luganskii scored no victories during the Winter War. Juha |
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Re: Sergei Danilovich Luganskii
agree that. according to the stats of appendix in The Winter War in the Air by Carl-Fredrik Geust, Luganski got no claims in the Russo-Finnish War. it might happen that Sergei did shoot some planes down, but they were lack of document proven
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Re: Sergei Danilovich Luganskii
Good morning Stukapilot & Juha,
alright, let's assume he didn't score in the Finnish Winter War until someone provides a good proof for the opposite. Another thought: his famous Yak-1B with a victory tally of "32" painted on its fuselage. According to Mellinger it was presented to him between late 1943 and May 1944. According to this website http://soviet-aces-1936-53.ru/abc/l/lugansky.htm Luganskii's victory tally stood at 32 only in the time frame between 2Jun1944 and 6Jun1944. May it be that the machine was given to him in May 1944 when his tally stood at 31 kills plus a possible unidentified (Winter War?) claim ? Cheers, Michael Last edited by knusel; 12th May 2017 at 10:49. |
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Re: Sergei Danilovich Luganskii
Luganskii died at the age of 58. What was the cause of his death ?
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Re: Sergei Danilovich Luganskii
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Sergei Danilovich died as a result of a stroke. This was the second stroke, the first was in November 1968, when he became paralyzed and could not speak. |
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Re: Sergei Danilovich Luganskii
Dear Kirill,
thanks for your answer. After reading STALIN'S FALCONS I have the inpression, that a large percentage of the Soviet aces survived the war but only few reached an old age. I wish you a good weekend, sincerely, Michael |