Biplane fighter aces

Soviet Union

Walter Korouzom

Walter Korouzom served as a volunteer in the Spanish Civil War.
In Spain he served in the 1a Escuadrilla of 26 Gruppo de Caza flying the Polikarpov I-15.

On 24 August, Starshii Leitenant Nikita Syusyukalov of the 1a Escuadrilla claimed a shared Ju 52 with Korouzom over Baharalos while Leitenant Mikhail Yakushin claimed a second.

Korouzom ended the war with one shared biplane victory, this claimed while flying the Polikarpov I-15 during the Spanish Civil War.

Claims:
Kill no. Date Time Number Type Result Plane type Serial no. Locality Unit
  1937                
  24/08/37   1/2 Ju 52/3m Shared destroyed I-15   Baharalos 1a/Gr. 26

Biplane victories: 1 shared destroyed.
TOTAL: 1 shared destroyed.

Sources:
Soviet Fighter On Three Fronts - John Guttman, 1995
Stalin's Falcons - Tomas Polak and Christhoper Shores, 1999 Grub Street, London, ISBN 1-902304-01-2
The Legion Condor - Karl Ries and Hans Ring, 1992 Schiffer Publishing, ISBN 0-88740-339-5
Additional information kindly provided by Ondrej Repka.




Last modified 16 October 2016