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Originally Posted by Bruno Lotse
Brits Hurricanes Russians would call 'drova' ,i.e. 'flying woods'.
Hurricane was relegated to the areas of small combat activity, because it was no match to MsBf 109. Eventully it would be used only for trailing a young flyers.
Bell AirCobra - good catch if US did not wanna use it itself. Thanks. But no thanks.
But how about Soviet Yak family fighters, Mig fighters, Lavochkin/''
'La funf in der Luft'
Which allied factory would produce those Yaks, La's, and Migs?
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The best scoring LW ace on western front had under 200 kills (cant remember the exact number, 140-ish?). That was (IIRC) Marseille, who flew against Spitfires & Hurricanes in N. Afrika. The best scoring LW ace fighting almost solely on the eastern front was Erich Hartmann, with 352 kills. See the difference?
The Soviet planes were badly outperformed against the 109s until 1943, the Hurricane is in many occasions labeled as "the plane that won the BoB". 109E variants, which also fought in the battle of britain, flew on the Eastern front aswell.
Also, AFAIK, Soviet Union got Spitfire too.
So, I REALLY dont think it was about the equipment. :p