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Rumanian pilots about the soviet fighters, The year 1941

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i16stealth	Posted: April 02, 2005 08:00 am
Soldat Group: Members Posts: 20 Member No.: 170 Joined: December 20, 2003	I want to find pilots' words about the soviet fighter opponents. How do they think about them? Besides, I'm very interested in opinions of rumanian fighters and bomber crews about the soviet fighter types they have to fight in 1941.

C-2	Posted: April 02, 2005 12:45 pm
General Medic Group: Hosts Posts: 2453 Member No.: 19 Joined: June 23, 2003	Ther's a lot to tell... Dicezare said their aiplanes were made of wood and with but very manouvrebale(rata).Some pilots were good but some "as were taken from the kitchen and put in an airpalne". The bombers were easy to shoot down since the defence of the crews was poor. Most of times engagments were avoided.

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From the interview with gen. av. Ioan Dobran (http://www.worldwar2.ro/arr/dobran.htm):

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They were not much different from other pilots. They had an elite, pilots of great value, who were both good at shooting and at aerobatics. The majority were the herd, with few flying hours, being easy to shoot down on many occasions. What made the difference after Stalingrad were the numbers. With the appearance of the Yak-3 and of the La-5, technically things got on the level. The pilots were the deciding factor. If at the beginning we would engage without problems two against eight, towards the end, two on two or four on four was a fair fight. The forces were balanced.

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