Soviet / Russian Aces of WW2
"Guttersnipe"
Speech
Stalin's reaction
14 days later
 "RECHKALOV STARS" P-39 Q Airacobra, 16 Gv IAP, 1944 by Vladimir Urbanek |
National Anthem
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"Ivan the Terrible" Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub |
(claimed 100+ ) 62 (2 USAAF P-51's) * |
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"Sasha" Alexandre Ivanovich Pokryshkin |
59 (+ 16 prob & 6 sh) |
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Nikolai Dimitrievich Gulayev |
57 (+ 4 shared) |
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Grigoriy Andreevich Rechkalov | 56 (+ 6 sh) |
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Kirill Alexeevich Yevstigneyev |
53 (+ 3 sh) |
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Arsenii Vasilyevich Vorozheykin |
(6 in Winter War w/Finns) 52 (+14 sh) |
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Dmitri Borisovich Glinka |
50 |
Mikoyan-Gurevich (MIG 3) by JJ Boucher
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Nikolai Mikhailovich Skomorokov |
46 (+ 8 sh) |
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Alexandr Ivanovich Koldunov | 46 (+1 sh) |
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Sergei Ivanovich Gritsevets | 42 |
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Vitalii Ivanovich Popkov | 41 (+ 1 [17?] sh ) |
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Alexei Vasilyevich Alelyukhin |
40 (+ 17 sh) |
The Pencil Eraser by Stan Stokes |
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Sergei Danilovich Lugansky | 37 (+ 6 sh) |
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Anatoli Gavrilovich Dolgikh | 36 |
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Pavel Mikhailovich Kamozin | 35 (+ 13 sh) |
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Vladimir Dmitriyevich Lavrinenkov | 35 (+ 11 sh) |
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Vasilii Alexandrovich Zaytsev | (2 forced to land) 34 (+19 sh) |
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Alexei Semyenovich Smernov | 34 (+ 15 sh) |
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Alexandr Vasilyevich Kotchetov | 34 (+ 8 sh) |
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Petr Andreyevich Gnido | 34 (+ 6 sh) |
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Fedor Mikhailovich Chubukov | 34 (+ 5 sh) |
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Alexandr Mikhailovich Chislov | 34 - (21 + 13 sh?) |
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Ivan Nikiforovich Stepanenko | 33 (+ 8 sh) |
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Ivan Ilyich Babak | 33 (+ 4 sh) |
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Alexei Konstantinovich Ryazanov | 32 (+16 sh) |
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Andrei Yegorovich Borovykh | 32 (+ 14 sh) |
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Mikhail Sergeyevich Komelkov | 32 (+ 8 sh) |
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Andrei Mikhaylovich Kulagin | 32 (+ 7) |
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Victor Vasilyavich Kirilyuk | 32 (23?)(+ 9 sh) |
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* Mihail Dmitriyevich Baranov | (KIA 17jan43) 31 (+ 28 sh)? |
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* Alexandre Fyodorovich Klubov |
KIA 1nov44) 31 (+ 19 sh) |
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* Nikolai Fedorovich Krasnov | KIA 29jan45) 31 (+ 10 sh) |
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Alexandr Sergeyevich Kumanichkin | (+ 6 in Korea) 31 (+ 4 sh) |
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Pavel Yakovlevich Golovachyev | 31 (+ 1 sh) |
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Alexandr Nikolayevich Sitkovskii | 31- 15 |
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Vladimir Ivanovich Bobrov | 30 (+ 20 sh) |
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Sultan Akmet-khan | 30 (+ 19 sh) |
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Fedor Fedorovich Arkhipenko | 30 (+ 14 sh) |
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Velentin Nikolayevich Makarov | 30 (+ 9 sh) |
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Ivan Dmitriyevich Likhobabin | 30 (21?) (+ 9 sh) |
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Petr Afanasyevich Pokryshev | 30 (+ 8 sh) |
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Grigorii Kapitonovich Gultyayev | 30 (+ 6 sh) |
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Sergei Grigoryevich Glinkin | 30 (+ 4 sh) |
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Boris Borisovich Glinka | 30 (+ 1 sh) |
 LaGG-3 (11th series) by JJ Boucher |
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* Vladimir Georgiyevich Serov | (KIA 26jun44) 29 (+ 12 sh) |
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Mikhail Mikhailovich Zelyenkin | (+ 1 balloon) 28 (+ 4 sh) |
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Sergei Nikolayevich Morgunov | 27 (+ 16 sh) |
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* Vladimir Guryevich Denisenko | (KIA 26apr45) 27 (+ 3 sh) |
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Mikhail Yevdokimovich Pivovarov | 26 (+ 11 sh) |
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Ivan Nikitovich Sytov | 26 (+ 4 sh) |
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* Boris Feyoktistovich Safonov | (KIA 30may42) 25 (+ 14 sh) |
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Nikolai Fyedorovich Kuznetsov | 25 (+ 12 sh) |
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* Petr Yakovlevich Likholetov | (D 13jul45) 25 (+ 5 sh) |
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Nikolai Panteleyevich Dunayev | 24 (+ 9 sh) |
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Konstantin Afanasyevich Novikov | 23 (+ 7 sh) |
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Ivan Ivanovich Tsapov | score may be less 22 (+ 6 sh) ? * |
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Vasilii Vasilyevich Markov | 21 (+ 10 sh) |
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Georgi Dmitriyevich Kostilev | 20 (+ 34 sh) |
Lavochkin La-5FN by JJ Boucher |
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Nikolai Sazonovich Pavlushkin | 19 (+ 16 sh) |
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Vasilii Nikolayevich Kubarev | 18 (+ 28 sh) |
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Nikolai Stepanovich Kiyanchenko | 17 (+ 4 sh) |
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Vasilii Fyedorovich Golubev | 16 (+23 sh) |
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* Ivan Ivanovich Kleshchyev | (KIFA 31dec42) 16 |
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Sergei Ivanovich Lukyanov | 15 (+ 19 sh) |
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* Stepan Pavlovich Suprun | (KIA 4jul41) 15 |
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* Ivan Markovich Pilipenko |
(KIA 2oct42) 13 (+ 29 sh) |
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Alexi Pavlovich Churilin | 7 (+ 24 sh) |
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Aleksei Stepanovich Hlobystov | 7 (+ 24 sh) |
(still workin' on
it)
Cool Related Sites
| Russian Fighters | |
| Magnus' Russian Air Aces |
Russian Language Sites but cool anyway
Russian Aces Boom Ru |
That "Russian AirForce who's who" site is where I got most of the
Ace thumbnails from.
Lots of info there but, like I said (unless you speak Russian) you'll need
a translator
