Soviet Victories against Romanian Planes, Easern Front.

[Dénes]

[quote]Aparently this is him, and he was awarded the Hero of the Soviet union after his death, posthumously.
[/quote]
I just sent you the promised scan, which is a bit better and shows him in uniform.
Yes, indeed, Khimushin was awarded the HSU after his death, in 1944.

Dénes

[Der Maresal]

Regarding Soviet Aces fighting on the southern front and Romania,
I found this:


Kirill Yevstigniev (or Evstigniev)


He was one of their best aces of the War, with 53 confirmed single handedly shot down enemy planes, and another 3 in group.
What I also found interesting is that he is wearing an interesting medal on his chest. At first glance I tought it was one of ours, a Michael the Brave order. I can see a crown on top of that cross. I still don't know what it is.

Yevstigniev has 6 Air Victories over Iasi (Yassy?), Moldavia.
They include one Me109, 3 Fw-190's and 2 Ju-87D Stukas shot down between the period of 23. March 1944 and 28 April 1944.( :shock: any ARR Stukas shot down in that period?)

He only flew Lavotchkin fighters, especially this nice La5FN.


Images and info from http://www.airwar.ru/history/aces/ace2ww/p...ts/evstign.html
Material is NOT copyrighted!

[Victor]

It is not the Mihai Viteazul Order. Maybe some Bulgarian order?

[Der Maresal]

[quote]It is not the Mihai Viteazul Order. Maybe some Bulgarian order?[/quote]
Maybe. It has no swords, and it can't be a French Croix de Guerre either.
I wonder if the 'free french' Normandie Niemen were decorating russian pilots too.

In a different airbattle I see this IAR (serial number unreadable, probably something like 159 [likely starts with a 1] ) in airbattle with Yak-3, being shot down. This can only be in 1944-definately.


When did this happen, and who was the Romanian pilot and the Russian...

[Carol I]

[quote][/quote]
I have seen this image as an illustration for an article on the IAR 80 fighter written by Timothy J. Kutta. The article has originally appeared in World War II but it is no longer available online. The legend was: A first-rate fighter in 1940, but outclassed in 1944, a Romanian IAR 80 loses a Duel Over the Dniepr to a Soviet Yakovlev Yak-3, in David Pentland's painting.

[dragos]

The discussion regarding copyright will be continued here: http://www.worldwar2.ro/forum/viewtopic.php?p=15173

[Der Maresal]

IAR-80 number 109 flown by by adjutant avaitor Pomut of Grupul 5 vinaroare, Escadrila 53 vinatoare during summer of 1943. Killed on Eastern front in 1944. Pomut was credited with seven victories.


If images don't load, go to link below:
Pictures and text from http://www.angelfire.com/oh5/pmodels2/myiar80.html

No mention from where he got the info about this plane and pilot, nor can I find the words 'private' 'copyright', or 'copyrighted'.

o:)

[Victor]

Pomut was killed while flying with the 9th Fightrer Group, as lt. av. Ion Dobran's wingman. He had not been in combat since 1941.

Regarding copyright, you know the rules and any comments are futile.

[Carol I]

[quote]What I also found interesting is that he is wearing an interesting medal on his chest. At first glance I tought it was one of ours, a Michael the Brave order. I can see a crown on top of that cross. I still don't know what it is.[/quote]
The crowned order worn by Kirill Yevstigneyev looks very much like the Order of the British Empire. You can see a better image of the badge on the British Monarchy web site.

[Carol I]

I have taken another look at http://www.airwar.ru/history/aces/ace2ww/p...ts/evstign.html and it seems that there is more than one location on the Romanian front where Kirill Yevstigneyev has recorded victories:
- Iaşi (Яссы) was already mentioned;
- Sculeni (Скуляны) is on the Prut river, a few km north of Iaşi;
- Larga (Ларга) most likely is in Northern Bessarabia or south-west of Bacău.

It therefore seems that the time period when Kirill Yevstigneyev might have fought against Romanian planes extends from 23 March to 05 June 1944.