EAST GERMANY
German Democratic Republic (Deutsche Demokratische Republik)
Cold War
VICTORIES
NAME CONFIRMED FORCED TO LAND UNIT COMMENTS
unknown 1 - 1LSK 1. Friendly Fire
Comments:
- LSK: Luftstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee / East German Air Force
- Fratricide fire between East German (or Soviet) and Polish MiG-19s, that happened in March 1973 (according to other sources: in March/April 1971), when both formations were pursuing a NATO ELINT/SIGINT plane (probably German Atlantic) over the Baltic Sea.
Air-to-Air Victories
| Date | Unit | Aircraft | Pilot | Weapon | Victim | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 March 1971 | LSK | MiG-19S | unknown | 30mm | MiG-19S | WOPK (Poland) |
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 Farmer, Luftstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 Farmer, Luftstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee.
Sources & Literature
- Rybak, E. F. - Gruszczyński, Jerzy: Loty rozpoznawcze Zimnej wojny - Europa, in Lotnictwo Wojskowe, No. 1, 2002.
- ACIG Team: European Air-to-Air Victories, List of confirmed, claimed, and probable air-to-air victories scored by the pilots of different European air forces during the Cold War, 1948-1989, as well as during the subsequent wars in Yugoslavia, 1994-1999, http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_303.shtml, http://s188567700.online.de/CMS/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=47.
