Some prifiles from my archive

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White 100 of Alex Pokryshkin 1944-45

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Another prominent pilot - George Rechkalov. His personal score - 61 kills, 5 of them shared with his wingman. He served in the 16 Guards Fighter regiment where also served Alex Pokryshkin. Thus all the victories Rechkalov had obtained in 1941 (nearly ten) were not included in his kill-list due to the fact that during retreat all the papers of the regiment were lost. He was engaged in 122 combats getting a kill every second mission. Rechkalov's plane is often being mistakebly presented as the one of Pokryshkin. It's totally wrong. Only two pilots of the 16-th GFR (Guards Fighter Regiment) put their victory marks on the nose of their planes - Rechkalov and Clubov. (Clubov had 50 kills, perished in 1944 in a crash landing.) Alex Pokryshkin didn't paint any kill marks on his planes.

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Excellent.

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And here is a photo of Alex Clubov who also placed his victory markings on the nose of his Cobra. He had 31 personal kills and 16 shared with his wingman. Clubov perished in a crash landing during a test flight on a La - 7 in April 1944. The plane ran into a bomb hole during the landing and went over killing the pilot instantly. Actually a typical death of the majority of experienced pilots - not in combat but in an accident.