Title: khlobystov's P-40c 147 IAP Murmansk 1942 Post by: xan on March 19, 2012, 03:29:10 PM Hello, I'm loocking for information about this plane :
(http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4082/p40khlobystovcq3.jpg) his pilot did three Tarans and those pics are taken after one of them... (http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/images/khlobystov_2.jpg) (http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/articles/romanenko/p-40/chlobys.jpg) the profil shows the other side quite different... (http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTvAu2Lb1v4bFBPbU88qMJnPcm-y3arwRppWDfccrEkFxu4kKzEVfLJNPzdIg) is there any pics of the left side ? what are the books for informations about soviet P-40, please? Xan Title: Re: khlobystov's P-40c 147 IAP Murmansk 1942 Post by: KL on March 20, 2012, 05:58:27 PM P-40 in VVS service: http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/english/articles/romanenko/p-40/index.htm
A. Hlobistov: http://airaces.narod.ru/all14/hlobyst.htm (http://crimso.msk.ru/Images6/AV/AV06-2/37-2.jpg) (http://crimso.msk.ru/Images6/AM/AM99-5/40-1.jpg) (http://www.e-reading.org.ua/illustrations/73/73532-_35.jpg) (http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3903/vob-enzim.1/0_320bc_d77ae22e_L.jpg) (http://airaces.narod.ru/all14/hlobyst9.jpg) P-40 recovery: http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/english/articles/sheppard/p40recovery/index.htm recovered P-40 is from the same 20 gviap (http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/english/articles/sheppard/p40recovery/p-40e_03.jpg) KL Title: Re: khlobystov's P-40c 147 IAP Murmansk 1942 Post by: learstang on March 20, 2012, 07:19:38 PM Whatever else you can say about the P-40, that was one sturdy aeroplane!
Regards, Jason Title: Re: khlobystov's P-40c 147 IAP Murmansk 1942 Post by: xan on March 20, 2012, 09:08:42 PM Thank you Konstantin for all those documents...
unfortunely, no pics of the left side... thank you again anyway! Xan Title: Re: khlobystov's P-40c 147 IAP Murmansk 1942 Post by: John Thompson on March 21, 2012, 12:14:44 AM Thanks for the lend-lease site P-40 recovery page link, KL!
He survived three tarans? :o No wonder he's smiling in those photos - he was a very brave man! John Title: Re: khlobystov's P-40c 147 IAP Murmansk 1942 Post by: xan on March 21, 2012, 12:22:47 AM He died in 43...
Title: Re: khlobystov's P-40c 147 IAP Murmansk 1942 Post by: KL on March 21, 2012, 06:45:29 PM G.V. Gromov was a 20 giap squadron leader at the same time Hlobistov was with the 20 giap.
Gromov's P-40E was photographed from the left!!! Obviously because it had his score on the left side only... http://airaces.narod.ru/all5/gromov_g.htm (http://airaces.narod.ru/all5/gromov4.jpg) (http://airaces.narod.ru/all5/gromov2.jpg) (http://airaces.narod.ru/all5/gromov9.jpg) (http://airaces.narod.ru/all5/gromov5.jpg) It's uncertain if Hlobistov's P-40 had similar markings - there would be a photo??? Title: Re: khlobystov's P-40c 147 IAP Murmansk 1942 Post by: KL on March 21, 2012, 10:54:10 PM Pilot identified as M. Bichkov with the same 147 iap/20 giap:
http://murmashilive.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=71 (http://murmashilive.ru/images/stories/letchik_Bychkov.png) almost certainly a mistake, it's Gromov's P-40 !!! :o |