I was a little amazed when I visited a WWII aircraft museum in Phoenix about the extent of the Russian Air Force. It claimed the Russians dropped more bombs on Germany than the other allies combined.
Did shooting down bombers count towards his kills? or just dogfights. Some accounts put early bombing missions as nearly suicide missions before the P-51. True, but it's also true that the top ace of WW2 flew a 109. I was lucky
enough to get his autograph in my flight log a few years back.
patrick
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On Sep 6, 2011, at 16:04, erikhansen@thebluezone.net wrote:
Quite a few pilots saw those burning on their way down.
That reminds me: not to be unpatriotic, but two other really cool planes
were the ME 109 and the Junkers Trimotor
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