Polikarpov I-153 - complete ace list

[knusel]

Good morning Gentlemen,

I tried to compile all aces who have scored 5 or more kills in the Polikarpov I-153 (shared kills counted as decimals):

1. Konstantin Solovev (Соловьёв Константин Владимирович) = 10 [5+10]
2. Alexandr Baturin (Батурин Александр Герасимович) = 9,2 [6+12]
3. Vasilii Volovikov (Воловиков Василий Данилович) = 7,63 [5+10]
4. Pavel Kaykov (Кайков Павел Александрович) = 6 [6+0]
5. Petr Kozachenko (Козаченко Пётр Константинович) = 6 [4+4]
6. Viacheslav Sirotin (Сиротин Вячеслав Федорович) = 6 [6+0]
7. Leonid Ivanov (Иванов Леонид Илларионович) = 5,5 [5+1]
8. Lazar Chapchakov (Чапчахов Лазарь Сергеевич) = 5,33 [4+4] + 1/5 balloon
9. Yefim Fomin (Фомин Ефим Абрамович) = 5 [5+0]
10. Ivan Kalabushkin (Калабушкин Иван Николаевич) = 5 [5+0]

However, I cannot exclude the following.
Can anybody tell me their definite I-153 score ?

• Ivan Avekov (Авеков Иван Авдеевич) = 4-9
• Petr Biskup (Бискуп Пётр Игнатьевич) = 4 [2+4] to 7,5 [5+5]
• Sergei Zhukovskii (Жуковский Сергей Яковлевич) = 1,38 [1+3] to 5,42 [3+10]

Cheers,

Michael

[Laurent Rizzotti]

Did you check http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/soviet.htm ?

[knusel]

Good evening Laurent,

yes, I sent the list to the author of that website, Håkan Gustavsson and he was so kind to give me an assessment.

• Baturin, Volovikov, Sirotin, Chapchakov, Fomin and Kalabushkin are alright.
• Solovev, Kaykov and Ivanov are not included in Mikhail Bykov's ace listing and thus may not have been aces.
• Kozachenko has (at least) 4 [2+4] I-153 kills
• Avekov has 4-7 [4+0-6] I-153 kills.
• Biskup has 6-6,5 [4+5] I-153 kills.
• Zhukovskii has less than 5 I-153 kills.

I would be grateful for any further info on these guys, especially about Solovev whom I found on this website:
http://airaces.narod.ru/all5/solovyv.htm

Cheers,

Michael

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...the updated list looks like this:
1. Alexandr Baturin (Батурин Александр Герасимович) = 9,2 [6+12]
2. Vasilii Volovikov (Воловиков Василий Данилович) = 7,63 [5+10]
3. Petr Biskup (Бискуп Пётр Игнатьевич) = 6,33 [4+5]
4. Vyacheslav Sirotin (Сиротин Вячеслав Федорович) = 6 [6+0]
5. Lazar Chapchakhov (Чапчахов Лазарь Сергеевич) = 5,33 [4+4] + 1/5 balloon
6. Yefim Fomin (Фомин Ефим Абрамович) = 5 [5+0]
7. Ivan Kalabushkin (Калабушкин Иван Николаевич) = 5 [5+0]

I would not totally give up all of the following guys.
Though they might have less than 5 personal kills, their shared kills might add up with their personal kills to a value higher than 5.
• Konstantin Solovyov (Соловьёв Константин Владимирович); not listed by Abramov; not included by Bykov (i.e. not an ace according to him)
• Pavel Kaykov (Кайков Павел Александрович); not listed by Abramov; not included by Bykov (i.e. not an ace according to him)
• Petr Kozachenko (Козаченко Пётр Константинович); at least 2+4 according to Abramov
• Leonid Ivanov (Иванов Леонид Илларионович); not listed by Abramov; not included by Bykov (i.e. not an ace according to him)
• Ivan Avekov (Авеков Иван Авдеевич) = 4-7 [4+0 – 4+6]; had 6 shared in an unknown type (mentioned in the text to his HSU, i.e. no dates) according to Gustavsson
• Sergei Zhukovskii (Жуковский Сергей Яковлевич); less than 5 I-153 kills

Cheers,

Michael

[knusel]

Good evening Gentlemen,

I just finished reading "Un chasseur de légende: le Polikarpov I-153 <<Tchaïka>>" by Mr Maslov in AVIONS°167. It was very interesting with much info hitherto unknown to me and many appealing photos.
However, I still didn't learn more about the definite score of Konstantin Solovyov (Соловьёв Константин Владимирович). Can anybody tell me more about Solovyov's total ?

Have a nice new week,

Michael