The Story of the Second Greatest Allied Ace Who Dominated the Skies Using The WWII's Worst Fighter
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The Story of the Second Greatest Allied Ace Who Dominated the Skies Using The WWII's Worst Fighter
A Skilled Pilot Meets a Flawed Machine In July 1941, not long after the German invasion of the Soviet Union, a young pilot named Alexander Pokryshkin began flying combat missions with the 55th Fighter Regiment. His aircraft was the MiG-3, a plane that was fast on paper but poorly suited for most real combat situations. The MiG-3 had been designed to perform well at high altitudes, but over the Eastern Front, where most dogfights took place close…
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