The Greatest Fighter Pilot in WW II???

The Best Ace???

  • Ivan Kozhedub

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  • Erich Hartmann

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  • Constantine Cantacuzine

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  • Richard Bong

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it was a widely used and greatly feared manover the harrier pilots used in the falklands, if they got a "bogie" on their tail, simply turn the nozzels so you can go instantly from wing-born forward flight to jet born flight, then when the "bogie's" flown past you, simply go back to forward flight and you should be on his tale, FA.IIs shot down 24 aircraft over the falklands....................
 
lesofprimus said:
Apart from these 62 victories, Ivan Kozhedub also was forced to shoot down two U.S. P-51 Mustangs that mistakenly attacked his La-7 on one occasion. Both these P-51 losses have been verified by USAAF sources.

So he claims. It's just as likely he bounced them thinking they were 109's, killed them before they knew they were under attack, and then they had to come up with a cover story to explain it. I've heard that at least one of those planes is confirmed not to have fired any shots.

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Are there any accounts of bomber formations accidentally taking out a friendly whilst firing at enemy planes? I get the impression this could have happened quite a lot.
 
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