Re: Sabre vs MiG-15; similar to Bf 109 vs Spitfire

["Diego Zampini" <dzampini@hotmail.com>]

Dan:

>I found these references:
>April 1950 Soviet pilot Nikolai N. Guzhov shot down two USAF F-51
>Mustangs.
>May 1950 Soviet pilot V.S. Yefremov, flying a La-11, claimed to have
>shot down a USAF F-51 over the Chukotka Penninsula.
>Dan

There is an adittional (and much more earlier) reference to a combat between 
Allied and Russian prop driven planes: in April 1945, during the last days 
of WW2 in Europe, 2 P-51Ds attacked a couple of "Fw 190s" which actually 
were Lavochkin La-7s of the 176th GvIAP, one of them piloted by the XO of 
the unit and Top Soviet scorer, Lt.Col. Ivan Kozhedub (62 victories against 
Luftwaffe, among them 22 Fw 190s, 18 Stukas and most of the reamining ones 
Bf 109s). Kozhedub was forced to shot down both attackers (apparently both 
are confirmed by USAAF).
Incidents like that were common, many Soviet armoured units reported to be 
attacked by mistake by USAAF planes, and a white cross was painted rapidly 
over Soviet tanks and APCs to allow the US aviators to do not misidentified 
them with German vehicles.
Just my 2 cents,
Diego.

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