Biplane fighter aces

Soviet Union

Leitenant Gennadiy Iosifovich Belikov

1913 – 18 July 1942

Gennadiy Belikov was born in 1913.

From July 1941, leitenant Belikov served in 192 IAP. With this unit he flew Polikarpov I-153s on the Leningrad Front.

On 25 August, Andrey Raspertov claimed a shared Ju 88 over Spasskaya Polist' together with two other pilots. It’s possible that this was claimed together with leitenant Belikov since it’s known that he claimed a shared during the day.

In September 1941, he was posted to 26 IAP. This unit operated on the Leningrad Front and with this unit he flew I-16s and MiG-3s.

Starshiy leitenant Belikov was killed in a flying accident on 18 July 1942.

At the time of his death, Belikov was credited with 1 biplane victory and a total of 2.

On 10 August 1942, Belikov was decorated with a posthumous Order of the Red Banner.

Claims:
Kill no. Date Time Number Type Result Plane type Serial no. Locality Unit
  1941                
  24/08/41   1/2 Do 19 (a) Shared destroyed I-153   Ryabovo area 192 IAP
  25/08/41   1/3 Ju 88 Shared destroyed I-153   Spasskaya Polist' 192 IAP
1 07/09/41   1 Ju 88 Destroyed I-153   Leningrad Front 192 IAP
  1942                
2 04/04/42   1 Ju 87 Destroyed     Leningrad Front 26 IAP

Biplane victories: 1 and 2 shared destroyed.
TOTAL: 2 and 2 shared destroyed.
(a) Not verified with Luftwaffe records.

Sources:
All aces of Stalin 1936-1953 – Mikhail Bykov, 2014
Soviet Aces 1936-1953
Soviet Fighter Pilots 1936-1953 - Mikhail Bykov




Last modified 17 December 2021