[WWII] Soviet Air Force

The link below provides a collection of photos, including some rare showing planes captured by the Germans with Finnish markings. Do you agree with the statement that the Petlyakov Pe-2 was the best light bomber of World War II? Visit the link, see the photos and give your opinion.


http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/01/petlyakov-pe-2.html


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pampa14 wrote:
The link below provides a collection of photos, including some rare showing planes captured by the Germans with Finnish markings. Do you agree with the statement that the Petlyakov Pe-2 was the best light bomber of World War II? Visit the link, see the photos and give your opinion.


http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/01/petlyakov-pe-2.html


Best Regards.

Not sure about the thread title.

In making that claim about the PE-2, I am sure that you must be excluding the Mosquito from the comparison, it was on a level of its own.

As Goering is quoted as saying "It makes me furious when I see the Mosquito. I turn green and yellow with envy. The British, who can afford aluminum better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have now increased yet again. What do you make of that?"

GarryB wrote:In reference to the Pe-2 perhaps a better title might be asking the best WWII Soviet twin engined bomber?

It was certainly very popular and capable.

Very true.

But you Gary are lucky to have the only airworthy Mosquito in your neck of the woods. Unlike the second Lancaster from Canada that came over last year, we will never see it back in the UK.

One of the last, if not the last, RAF owned examples was ruined back in the late 60s by the Station Commander of the base it was located at (no proper Memorial Flight in those days) deciding to move it out of the rain into a heated hanger, to keep it safe of course, without realising that it would warp the timber. Should have been court marshalled.

GarryB wrote:I personally have admiration for the Lancaster, the Mosquito, and the much later Buccaneer... the P-51 and the B-29 get all the glory in the west from WWII...

I personally think the Soviets had some of the best aircraft guns during the war and would have loved to have seen a Mosquito with some decent heavy cannon armament... of course heavy guns on a fighter version would have taken away its speed and ruined a good light bomber the way Hitler ruined the Me-262 by trying to make it a strike fighter.

thankfully Hitler's interference delayed the Me262 by a year and a half .... had it been introduced in early 1943 .... Germany would have won the war but his insistence in making it a replacement for the Stuka was mindboggling


back to light bombers the Pe-2 was a excellent aircraft as were the majority of the soviet aircraft in the 2nd half of the GPW ... the Mosquito was a excellent fighter bomber but it's use of wood and glue limited it's use in certain theatres of combat

GarryB wrote:I personally have admiration for the Lancaster, the Mosquito, and the much later Buccaneer... the P-51 and the B-29 get all the glory in the west from WWII...

I personally think the Soviets had some of the best aircraft guns during the war and would have loved to have seen a Mosquito with some decent heavy cannon armament... of course heavy guns on a fighter version would have taken away its speed and ruined a good light bomber the way Hitler ruined the Me-262 by trying to make it a strike fighter.

The Buccaneer had to die to make room for the Tornado, it was the last built like a tank English plane.

The Mosquito had enough guns for its role, especially post 1943 when they were available in numbers. I've been reading about the 'packs' of up to 30 Mosquitos and Beaufighters (4 cannon+6 guns+rockets) sweeping the North North Sea and Skagerrak hunting German coastal traffic.

I worked with a guy back in 1981 who had been a pilot in a stripped out PR Mosquito late in the war. He told of daytime flying back from Berlin, flat out to avoid German jets, with his no longer needed navigator (just aim the nose West) sitting on a special cushion facing backwards watching out for fighters. Very uncomfortable but they lived to tell the tale.

I share with you a collection of photos of the most produced Soviet fighter of all time, including some rare photos of the plane with Allied markings. We're talking about Yakovlev Yak-9, the first Soviet aircraft to shoot down a Me-262. To see a full report and the photos, visit the link below:


http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/01/yakovlev-yak-9.html


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pampa14 wrote:
I share with you a collection of photos of the most produced Soviet fighter of all time, including some rare photos of the plane with Allied markings. We're talking about Yakovlev Yak-9, the first Soviet aircraft to shoot down a Me-262. To see a full report and the photos, visit the link below:


http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/01/yakovlev-yak-9.html


Best Regards.

slightly faster than a Fw 190A8 and slightly slower than a Fw 190 D9 .... the Yak 9 was a excellent machine ... it was more than a match for Germany's best fighter aircraft and their pilots .... had the West followed Patton's ideas of a continuation of WW2 this time against the Soviet Union ... they would have been in for one nasty surprise with some of the Soviet Aircraft

Are there any ww2 russian planes left that you can take a passenger ride in?

Story about two Pe-2 bombers that were found recently in swamps.











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The idea to carry smaller planes attached to larger aircraft has created some of the most strange and curious weapons used during the Second World War. The largest and most unusual of them was called Zveno Project. The link below shows a complete report with a fantastic collection of photos and some questions. This weapon entered service and was used in combat? It was efficient? Visit the link below and give your opinion.


http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/01/parasitas-russos.html


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Wow! I share with you this fantastic and extensive report bringing a super collection of incredible, stunning and rare photos showing various types of American and British fighters in service with the Soviet Air Force during World War II. Many of the images and planes shown in the article were unknown to me and did not even know they had flown with the legendary Red Star. Be sure to visit the link below, you will also be amazed by the images:


http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/01/asas-ocidentais-sob-estrela-vermelha.html


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It might be from W-i-B but this seems a pretty good article on the Il-2

https://warisboring.com/the-il-2-sturmovik-wrecked-nazi-tanks-a78bbc407680#.su1jee1wa

Yak-1B
Unit: 152nd IAP
Serial: 58
Pilot - Two time Hero of Soviet Union commander of 152 IAP Cpt.Sergey D. Luganskiy. Inscription says 'aircraft donated by members of the Komsomol and youth of city Alma-Ata'. '32' is the number of victories of Luganskiy, early in 1943.

Interesting note, Luganskiy refused to transfer to the Yak-9 , preferring the maneuvering quality of the Yak-1B



Many people used to think that USSR lagged behind German's air force Luftwaffe. USSR, and Red army only resisted thanks to US help. They are wrong, if I remember  Soviet air force gained the most victories in the second world war.
It is noteworthy to witness that soviet's technology was among the most developped in the world during the conflict.
If an aircraft like the Yak-1B was able to destroy at least 32 ennemy aircrafts, including FW-190, and Me-109, it means that soviet's engineering was at least equal as western's technology. If indeed, during the first parts of the war, Red Army sustained heavy losses, it was because Germans were prepared for the war, meanwhile USSR not.

PS-This information was taken from FB's group dubbed Shadows of Ost Front

Historical photo in full color. At the helm of the IL-2, the famous test pilot of the Ilyushin Design Bureau Vladimir Kokkinaki. Color: Olga Shirnina Klimbim