Biplane fighter aces

Soviet Union

Kapitan Leon Mihailovich Sarkisian

1915 –

Leon Sarkisian was born in 1915.

From July 1942, Leitenant Sarkisian served in 483 IAP, flying Polikarpov I-153s.

He left 483 IAP in May 1943 and in August the same year, he was posted to 484 IAP. With this unit he flew Yak-1s and Yak-9Ds.

He took part in the war against Japan in the autumn of 1945 when he flew 14 sorties with Yak-9s in 356 IAP.

Sarkisian ended the war with 2 biplane victories and a total of 12.
These had been claimed during 189 combat missions and 47 air combats.
During his career he had been decorated with the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of Aleksandr Nevskii, Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class and the Order of the Red Star..

Claims:
Kill no. Date Time Number Type Result Plane type Serial no. Locality Unit
  1942                
1 22/07/42   1 Bf 110 Destroyed Polikarpov I-153   NW Salsk 483 IAP
2 28/07/42   1 Bf 109 Destroyed Polikarpov I-153   Kamarovskaya 483 IAP
  1943                
3 08/08/43   1 Ju 88 Destroyed Yak-1   Elnya area 484 IAP
4 13/08/43   1 Bf 110 Destroyed Yak-1   Elnya area 484 IAP
5 21/08/43   1 FW 190 Destroyed Yak-1   Elnya area 484 IAP
6 31/08/43   1 He 111 Destroyed Yak-1   Elnya area 484 IAP
7 04/09/43   1 FW 190 Destroyed Yak-1   Smolensk area 484 IAP
8 17/09/43   1 FW 190 Destroyed Yak-1   Smolensk area 484 IAP
9 18/09/43   1 FW 190 Destroyed Yak-1   Smolensk area 484 IAP
  1943                
10 11/07/44   1 FW 190 Destroyed Yak-1   Rudiyans 484 IAP
11 13/08/44   1 FW 190 Destroyed Yak-9D   Likk 484 IAP
12 13/08/44   1 FW 190 Destroyed Yak-9D   Borki 484 IAP

Biplane victories: 2 destroyed.
TOTAL: 12 destroyed.

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




Last modified 26 April 2019