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Vojenno Vozdušnyje Sily SSSR / Военно-воздушные силы Советского Союза
NAME                             VICTORIES       UNITS                  COMMENTS

Lario Sanchez, Juan                 35  [27+8]   108, 127, 348 IAP      +7   SpCW
Beltran, Vicente                    20           960 IAP PVO            1., 1 by ramming
Merońo Pellicer, Francisco          20           960 IAP                +7   SpCW
Pascual Santamaria, José            14           283, 788 IAP           +6   SpCW
Zarauza Claver, Manuel               7           961, 481 IAP           +23  SpCW
García Cano, Antonio                 6+          1 IAB, 573 IAP PVO
Bonilla, Domingo                     5+          178 IAP
Larranaga, José Luis                 5           591 IAP


Sánchez Montes, José                 4           
Ménu, Andrés Fierro                  2           439 IAP                +7   SpCW
Uribe, Antonio                       2           36 IAD
Arias, Antonio                       2  [1+1]    283, 964, 439 IAP      +9+6 SpCW, 2.


Duarte, Espes Ladislao               -           740 IAP
Gisbert, Manuel                      -           70 IAP PVO
Morquillas Rubio, Leopoldo           -                                  +21 SpCW
Orosko, Manuel Rovira                -           PVO                    +10 SpCW
1. Victory count probably includes individual + shared and possibly some victories claimed during the Spanish Civil War.
2. Antonio Arias is sometimes credited with 16 confirmed victories during Spanish Civil War (Foreign WW2 fighter aces in Soviet VVS and PVO service, War is Over, http://wio.ru/aces/acenn2.htm).

Morquillas Rubio Zarauza Claver
Juan Lario Sanchez
27+8 victories +7 during Spanish Civil War
Manuel Zarauza Claver
7 victories +23 during Spanish Civil War

Sources & Literature
  1. Alanshin, Michael E.: Fighting Lavochkin, Aviation International, Lynnwood, WA 1994. [N]
  2. Larrazabal, Jesus Maria: Actuacion en Rusia de las Escuadrillas Expedicionarias, Aeroplano Revista de Historia Aeronautica, Madrid, Spain 1984. [N]
  3. Merońo Pellicer, Francisco: Aviadores Espanoles en la Gran Guerra Patria, Editorial Progreso, Moscow 1986. [N]
  4. Polák, Tomáš - Shores, Christopher: Stalin's Falcons, The Aces of The Red Star, A Tribute To The Notable Fighter Pilots of The Soviet Air Force 1918-1953, Grub Street, London 1998.
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  6. Zhirokhov, Mikhail: Ispanskiye lyotchiki-dobrovoltsi v VVS RKKA, Aviatsiya i Vremya, No. 3, Kiev, Ukraine, 2002. [N]
  7. Foreign WW2 fighter aces in Soviet VVS and PVO service, War is Over, http://wio.ru/aces/acenn2.htm.
  8. Vozdušnyj taran, http://aeroram.narod.ru/.
  9. Abramov, Aleksandr: Russian Fighter Aces of 1914 - 1953 years, http://www.aces.boom.ru/.
  10. Magnus, Allan: Air Aces Home Page, http://users.accesscomm.ca/magnusfamily/airaces1.htm.

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