Russian aircraft losses in the Crimea
The pilots of the Schlactgeschwaderen became more and more involved in the air war over the Crimea, to the point that they scored 40% of the 600 German victories against Russian aircraft in the final six months before they retreated from the area. More amazing, one pilot of II/SG2, Leutnant August Lambert, accounted for 70 of these in just three weeks, scoring as many as 12, 14 and 17 kills in a day!! They were flying FW-190F-2s I think then. I wonder why the kill ratios was so high there? Can anyone give some more info on this? Being out numbered would explain some of the kills LOL. But what about the Soviets pilot training ? Were the pilots that poorly trained at that point in the war? Or was it a combination of aircraft, pilot skill and experiance that acounted for some many kills?
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