Soviet fighters and 4.12

[Treetop64]

Originally Posted by Z1024

They flew 10-11 real combat missions and shot down or damaged one plane, the only limitation was to fly over soviet controlled territory to make sure the plane will never be captured by Germans. Obviously they didn't risk entering a TnB fight - strictly high speed passes. They never encountered FW190s during these combat trials. It's in that article I mentioned.

I've been reading over that report and I haven't found anything that talks about missions flown where actual combat took place, or of any aircraft being shot down. Can you point out specifically where this is detailed? I'd be interested in reading about it.