Looks like a must see for me.
Matt
WoW! WWII Russian "Comrade Topgunski".
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A P39 (or is that a P63?) cleaning up an Fw190 In a turning dogfight?
Topgunski indeed!
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The Soviets did have good success with the P-39 in air to air combat at lower altitudes. Could they have been using the P-63 closer to the end of the war? The lend-lease agreement actually forbade the use of the new P-63 against the Nazi's, the Soviet's were to keep their P-63's in the east, for an eventual attack on Japanese forces. We all know the Soviet's always kept their promises, right?
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Looks very nice indeed. The planes are P-39s. The Kingcobra had a taller fin.
As standss said, the Soviets loved the P-39 at lower altitudes, where most of the action took place on the eastern front. The big gun in the nose made a good difference.
Indeed. My mother's cousin (Gerhard Homuth) flying a Focke-Wulf 190A-6 was lost in a dogfight with several Soviet fighters. He downed a P-39, but never returned from the mission. Still MIA to this day. No way to be sure, but the other fighters may have also been P-39's.
Matt
I'm not sure how the last three characters might be changing the meaning but from what I can read now it looks like the movie title is "Nine"-something, judging but the first five characters. (I'm just learning but if Russia has an equivalent to Sesame Street I'd appreciate some DVDs!)
On Thursday, April 29, the release of the feature film "Devyatayev", shot with the participation of the TV channel "Russia 1", started in the country's cinemas. The film tells about the last years of the Great Patriotic War and is based on the real story of the Hero of the Soviet Union Mikhail Devyatayev.
"Devyatayev"
Film premiere: April 29, 2021
Directors: Timur Bekmambetov and Sergey Trofimov
Script writers: Maxim Budarin, Georgy Selegey, Konstantin Galdaev, Ilgiz Zainiev
Producers: Timur Bekmambetov, Igor Ugolnikov, Igor Mishin
Operator: Elena Ivanova
Composer: Yuri Poteenko
Set Designer: Eldar Karkhalev
Film consultant: Alexander Devyatayev
Cast: Pavel Priluchny, Pavel Chinarev, Timofey Tribuntsev, Alexey Filimonov, Dmitry Lysenkov, Evgeny Serzin, Oleg Chugunov, Nikita Kologrivy, Daria Zlatopolskaya, etc.
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Talking about Russian war movies....
For those who don't know the pilot:
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Litvyak
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Huub
Looking forward to seeing that!
Btw, if you guys like Russian tank movies, THIS is a GREAT ONE!
https://youtu.be/D1UDvi5xL9w
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