Soviet Fighter Pilot training

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Originally Posted by keith A

VASP Krasnodar military aviation School for pilots from 1941 until 1943

Good day,
According to various sources, S. A. Bahaev studied:
- or in Bataiskaya VAShP, which in October 1941 was evacuated to Yevlakh (Azerbaijan) - now the Krasnodar VVAUL.
- either in the Krasnodar VAShP that in may - June 1942 relocated to the city of Pugachev Saratov region. In November-December 1943 the School returned to its former place in Krasnodar. Disbanded in September 1945.
These schools are often confused.
Was also the Krasnodar OVAU but for bomber pilots and navigators.

Before the flying school, S. A. Bahaev studied at the Lipetsk aviation club (140 flights by U-2). By the time of graduation cadet Bahaev was able to master Ut-2, UTI-4, I-16 and Yak-1.

From the memoirs of the cadet of Krasnodar VAShP (entered in April 1941): "After a twenty-hour program on UT-2 cadets began to master the UTI-4 and I-16 type 5, available in the school. With the beginning of the war, the squadron, which served as a cadet, relocated to the airfield, located North of Krasnodar near the village Korenovskaya, where flights continued. Autumn squadron was received one Yak-1, which began to get acquainted with the instructors and management. Snow fell abundantly in November 1941 and lay until March 1942. The flights stopped, the main task of the cadets began clearing an airfield of snow (from the airport flying the DB-3 and DB-ZF). By the spring of 1942, with improved weather conditions, flights on the I-16 resumed. In may 1942 training was over, and after final exam cadet, possessing 48 hours RAID on I-16 and UTI-4 was dispatched in 22 ZAP."

S.A. Bahaev studied longer and in his memoirs, mentions the evacuation at the beginning of the war - perhaps he studied in Bataiskaya VAShP?

UTI-4, UTI-16

UTI-16 - No such plane
UTI-4 = I-16 type 15 = training version I-16