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p.jakub88 · 09-23-17, 08:45 AM

Well, i know this is off-topic, but...

The German fighter pilots scored most of their kills on the Eastern Front.

In the first days of Operation Barbarossa almost all Russian planes on the ground were destroyed by air attacks.

The Russian system of pilot's training was inefficient almost for the whole duration of "The Great Patriotic War" as they call it. In the early days of the conflict most of the Russian pilots could barely take off and land having ca. 15 hours of flight - in contrast with German pilots with average of 60 hours or more and lots of experience from previous campaigns in Spain, Poland, France, etc. In addition early Russian planes didn't have radio, so they needed to fly in tight formations to give visual commands to each other, reducing the amount of maneuvers they could perform.

Moreover, BF-109 was considered one of the best fighters in WW2, while the Russians still used low speed biplanes with weak armament when the war with Germany broke out in June 1941.

Later, the Russians introduced planes such La-7 and IL-2 Sturmovik producing them in large numbers, resulting in turning the tide of air supremacy over Eastern Front.

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09-23-17, 08:45 AM	#453
p.jakub88 Gunner Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Poland Posts: 93 Downloads: 123 Uploads: 1	Well, i know this is off-topic, but... The German fighter pilots scored most of their kills on the Eastern Front. In the first days of Operation Barbarossa almost all Russian planes on the ground were destroyed by air attacks. The Russian system of pilot's training was inefficient almost for the whole duration of "The Great Patriotic War" as they call it. In the early days of the conflict most of the Russian pilots could barely take off and land having ca. 15 hours of flight - in contrast with German pilots with average of 60 hours or more and lots of experience from previous campaigns in Spain, Poland, France, etc. In addition early Russian planes didn't have radio, so they needed to fly in tight formations to give visual commands to each other, reducing the amount of maneuvers they could perform. Moreover, BF-109 was considered one of the best fighters in WW2, while the Russians still used low speed biplanes with weak armament when the war with Germany broke out in June 1941. Later, the Russians introduced planes such La-7 and IL-2 Sturmovik producing them in large numbers, resulting in turning the tide of air supremacy over Eastern Front. Sources: - - Last edited by p.jakub88; 09-23-17 at 02:49 PM.