New interview with WWII flier

[FPSOlkor]

http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/english/articles/shmonov/shmonov.htm
Some very interesting photos from post WW era

[KG26_Alpha]

Thxz for the link.

Short interview, I thought some of the answers we a bit lets say "patriotic" to say the least.

Interesting thxz.
:grin:

[FPSOlkor]

I didn't take it, i just translated it. A bit later photoalbum will be published, i'l announce it

[KG26_Alpha]

I particularly found Spitfires over the Kuban interesting, especially some of the evaluations and their methods.

Some of the translations are a little confusing, but its easy to work out what is what, the end of this Spit v Lagg segment swaps the pilots perspectives.
Not your work btw :)

The conditions for the battle were complicated: our “enemies” were to fly toward Sapozhnikov and me on unknown azimuths. Thus, even before the start of the fight in high-speed turns, they had favourable positions. But the bosses had decided, and we did not argue with them. We had to find a way out in the course of the fight.
The leadership arrived. I flew in the first pair. I gained the established altitude and by rocking my wings gave the command to initiate the fight in horizontal manoeuvres. I energetically put my aircraft into a turning climb and, allowing the LaGG to approach to a dangerous distance, executed a sudden roll with decrease in altitude. The LaGG-3 passed by above me and I immediately set up on his tail and got him in my sight. No matter what way the LaGG turned, I kept him in my sight. Several minutes went by and the result was obvious.
Then we examined how the LaGG would handle itself in vertical manoeuvres. I threw my aircraft into a steep dive and, having gained velocity, departed into a zoom. At the apex I placed my airplane on its wing. The LaGG was making a combat turn below me. It was relatively easy for me to catch him in the tail and fix him in my sight, parrying all attempts of this ‘enemy’ to avoid my attack.
Sapozhnikov also won his fight in turning and climbing, but fought to a draw in vertical manoeuvres. After coming out of a dive, the LaGG-3 stayed close to me in a high-speed pass over the airfield, but the Spitfire, which had weaker diving capabilities, fell significantly behind us.

[FPSOlkor]

http://www.airforce.ru/photogallery/album/shmonov/shmonov.htm
Promised photo album. For those who like Tu-16s