SOVIET UNION
Polish-Soviet War 1919-1920
VICTORIES
NAME CONFIRMED DAMAGED UNIT AIRFORCE
Sapožnikov, Georgij Stěpanovič 2 - 16 KAO Soviet Red Air Fleet
Širinkin, Aleksej Dmitrijevič 2 - 1 AE Soviet Red Air Fleet
Šeluchin, Pjotr Semenovič 1 - Soviet Red Air Fleet
Petrov, A. - 1 11 AO Soviet Red Air Fleet
unknown - 1 Soviet Red Air Fleet
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| Georgij Stěpanovič Sapožnikov | Aleksej Dmitrijevič Širinkin | Pjotr Semenovič Šeluchin |
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| Spowith 7F-1 Snipe "Nelly" pilot Georgij Stěpanovič Sapožnikov |
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Air-to-Air Victories
| Date | Time | Unit | Aircraft | Pilot | Victim | e/a Pilot | Unit/AF | Place |
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| 24.9.1919 | 1 AE | Širinkin,A.D. | e/a | Polish AF | over Dźwiną | |||
| 1.5.1920 | 1 AE | Širinkin,A.D. | e/a | pil. Łagoda obs. Giełda |
14. esk. wyw. | |||
| 9.5.1920 | 16 KAO | Sapožnikov,G.S. | balloon | Polish AF | ||||
| 10.5.1920 | 16 KAO | Sapožnikov,G.S. | e/a | pil. Jurgenson,W. obs. Dzierzgowski |
12. esk. | |||
| 14.5.1920 | 1 AE | Širinkin,A.D. | e/a | pil. Bartkowiak,W. obs. Klicze,J. |
14. esk. wyw. | |||
| 1920 | Šeluchin,P.S. | e/a | over Kijow | |||||
| 27.5.1920 | unknown | e/a (damaged) | pil. Turowski,W. | 19 esk. myśl. | ||||
| 29.5.1920 | 11 AO | Petrov,A. | e/a (damaged) | Pawlikowski,S. | 19. esk. myśl. |
Sources & Literature
- Abramov, Aleksandr: Russian Fighter Aces of 1914 - 1953 years, http://www.aces.boom.ru/.
- Gleize, Jean-Paul: Aces, http://jpgleize.perso.neuf.fr/aces/homeaces.htm.
- Magnus, Alan: Air Aces Home Page, http://users.accesscomm.ca/magnusfamily/airaces1.htm.
- Owers, Colin:Snipe Plumage, in Windsock International, Vol.10 No.4, August 1994. [N]
- 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 1999.
- Zwycięstwa i porażki w walkach powietrznych wojny 1919-1920, http://www.przestworzadws.netlook.pl/viewtopic.php?t=1243.
