The highest scoring allied aces piloting US built aircraft in ww2 all flew the

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Soviet ace Gregory Rechkalov

 

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Soviet pilot George Basenko on the wing of his aircraft Bell P-39 Ayracobra.. The First Ukrainian Front. 1944
Georgiy Illarionovich Basenko shot down 10 enemy planes and 1 shared

 

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Fedor Shikunov, ace pilot, squadron commander of the 69th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment stands on the wing of his plane P-39 Airacobra. The title of Hero of Russia posthumously, in 1996 (Presidential Decree №619 from 02.05.1996), after numerous appeals of fellow soldiers.

 

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P-39 Airacobra of Soviet ace Ivan Gaidaenko

 

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His P-39 emblazoned with victory stars stands in the background as Soviet fighter ace Alexander Pokryshkin talks with ground personnel after returning from a mission against the Germans on the Eastern Front during World War II.

 

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Russian Planes On The Eastern Front 1944
RUSSIA - JANUARY 01: Russian aviators around an American AIRACOBRA P39 plane, used in the Soviet Air Force on the Soviet-German front in 1944. Munitions are loaded on board for upcoming combat.

Soviet Ace Sirotin in the cockpit of P-39 from 17 IAP 1945

 

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Bell P-39N “White 21” flown by Shikunov of the 69 GIAP

 

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P-39 of the 21 GIAP May 1943

P-39 and 37mm cannon M4

 

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Ace N.D. Gulaev with P-39

 

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My respect to all these young men...As I read ( also in Chuck Yeager’s) Bio, the biggest fear was not the Luftwaffe...but the P-39.
A sturdy but very difficult piece of gear to fly and maintain.
Respect!

Yes, Brice, my cousin grandfather of whom I already mentioned here, flew exactly the Airocobra and told enough about the advantages and disadvantages of this aircraft. He was also shot down on it and managed to escape with a parachute (not everyone succeeded, P-39 had a problem with this).
However, the most productive Soviet Ace Ivan Kozhedub flew Lavochlin La-5 and La-7 fighters.

 

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P-39N of 69 GIAP 1944

 

[Pilot]

Impressive!
thx for sharing.
These two Aces wore German U-Boot grey Machinists jacket .. maybe one even with the matching trousers...

 

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Soviet ace Gregory Rechkalov

16th Guards Fighter Aviation Sandomierz Order of Alexander Nevsky Regiment

 

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Bell P39 Airacobra fighter of 211 GIAP

Bell P39 Airacobra fighter of 211 GIAP

 

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213 guards fighter aviation orders of Alexander Nevsky and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Regiment

 

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102nd guards fighter "Vyborg" air-defense regiment

57th Guards Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment
at captured German airfield.

 

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30th Guards Fighter Aviation Order of Suvorov Baranavichy Regiment

"Death to fascism!" slogan1945.

 

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67th Guards Red Banner Fighter Aviation Order of Suvorov Baranavichy Regiment

 

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