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    very nice

    Q: Fw-190 is supposed to have good dive?
    A: and what? Il flew 5-10 meters above water level… FW dive would be highly appreciated.

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    didnt knew that USSR and US/UK was shooting each other....
    Q: did you ever met Americans in the sky?
    A: Yes. Some time after war end there was an American B-26 flying in our territory. I received an order from Moscow to shoot it down. I took of, gained him, but my mechanic forgot to load ammo, so it was my wingman to kill that plane. He shot 90 degrees from below, and it simply fell apart. Later we went on the crash site and saw bodies without chutes. There was a colonel there. Couple of times we were scrambled after British, but there were no heroes among them.

    Q: a lot of questions arose about that “Marauder” your wingmen shot down; can you describe what happened exactly?
    A: We were stationed near Konigsberg, Kaliningrad now, then it was still German territory. The Americans flew from their part of Germany to Baltic Sea, and then south into Poland. The aim was reconnaissance. We had then, if I’m not mistaken Yak-9Us, first of which I brought to base 3rd of May 1945. Our mission was to cover Poland. First engagement was in July, when we intercepted B-25. We flew circles around, but without permission to fire we could do nothing to hamper his activity. Second bomber I intercepted was a B-17. Those fired at me, but I still had no permission to open fire. When I returned my regiment commander shouted at me “why you did not shoot him down?” I said “you forbid it”. He answered “if you’d kill him, it would be a lot better, since Rokossovskii (then commander of polish armed forces) was angry”. In late July I was scrambled with a direct order to shoot any American down at any cost. What we did in a first pass. I flew from behind and my wingman from behind-low. He shot and killed him, and I did not have the ammo to shoot. British did not get deep enough for us to intercept, but they were always at our borders. The order to shoot Americans was given out at July 1945 until the atomic bomb explosion. During that time we shot down at least 4 bombers to 1 our and 2 Catalinas. Next order was out at 1948 and that was closed by moron Gorbachev. And that was the reason why Rust (a civilan pilot) managed to land in Red Square. As far as I know after that the order is out once again.

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    Q: Can you remember something funny about war time?
    A: We used to have some fun on daily basis. You know, we’d be mad in a week without some rest… Once I remember flying out on an intercept. I noticed a dot ahead and went after it. I almost boiled out my engine only to find out that it was some spot on the windscreen! It was a matter of jokes for a month!

    LMAO, I've done this
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    If it had been posted on 1st April I had no problem with it...
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    S~!

    Solid link.

    I enjoyed it very much. Quite intersting what he had to say on fw flight profile/gun performance. It confirms what the 'blonde knight' wrote in his book.

    I also like the quotation with regards to the Yak 9.
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    Interesting story. Thanks for posting.
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    Originally posted by oleg86:
    didnt knew that USSR and US/UK was shooting each other....
    It really happened, in 1952 a former pilot of 35 shap was awarded red banner for shooting down swedish catalina.
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    Originally posted by FPSOLKOR:
    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by oleg86:
    didnt knew that USSR and US/UK was shooting each other....
    It really happened, in 1948 a former pilot of 35 shap was awarded red banner for shooting down swedish catalina. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>The Soviets made a habit of shooting down a/c, even if not over their territory.

    On June 13 1952, a Swedish DC-3 (Ser Num 79001) was shot down by MiG15s over the Baltic. The Swedish destroyer Sundsvall found a cannon damaged dingy 2 days later 55km NE of the island of Gotska Sandon (north of Gotland). On the 16 June A Swedish Air-Sea rescue PBY (Ser Num 47002) from F2 searching for survivors from the DC-3 was fired on and forced down ~40km SE from the Finnish lighthouse island Bogskar. The PBY sank from the damage while the crew of 7 was being rescued.

    In June 1983, 2 SK37s were fired on (SAMs) by Warsaw Pact vessels in the south Baltic (international waters) while doing a photo pass on the vessels.
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    Originally posted by luftluuver:
    [On June 13 1952, a Swedish DC-3 (Ser Num 79001) was shot down by MiG15s over the Baltic. The Swedish destroyer Sundsvall found a cannon damaged dingy 2 days later 55km NE of the island of Gotska Sandon (north of Gotland). On the 16 June A Swedish Air-Sea rescue PBY (Ser Num 47002) from F2 searching for survivors from the DC-3 was fired on and forced down ~40km SE from the Finnish lighthouse island Bogskar. The PBY sank from the damage while the crew of 7 was being rescued.

    In June 1983, 2 SK37s were fired on (SAMs) by Warsaw Pact vessels in the south Baltic (international waters) while doing a photo pass on the vessels.
    Out of mentioned i can say that Dc was over russian territory when it was hit (confirmed in 1990-s by sweds), catalina no info?, incident with shooting at aircraft was a matter of flying OVER military vessel, what is by means of international law violating territoreal airspace, so...
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