Allied Versus Russian Aircraft During WWII

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Originally Posted by csThor

Using wiki as source is not exactly helpful to any discussion since it can contain virtually anything

You are right about wiki. Also one good example of VVS performance is not enough to make a general claim.

This may be something trustworthy:

http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/englis...ikov/part4.htm

A.S. When did well-trained cohorts begin to arrive in the combat regiments?

N.G. Somewhere in the second half of 1944. We fought the second half of the war in modern equipment and had acquired good combat experience. The loss levels in combat regiments were dropping and regiments began to demand significantly fewer replacements. From this came the possibility of pilots being sent directly from flight school to reserve air regiments [ZAP], where their instructors were combat-experienced pilots. At the ZAPs young pilots practiced only combat flying, and in a quite serious manner. After the ZAPs these pilots moved on to combat regiments with good combat habits. The ZAP was one of the most needed and effective components of the Soviet school of combat training.