Soviet Union
Starshiy Leytenant S. I. Uvarov
In 1941, Starshiy Leytenant Uvarov served as Zveno commander in an Eskadrilya of the 72 SmAP-SF, which was commanded by Kapitan Ivan Tumanov. The 72 SmAP-SF was equipped with a mixture of Polikarpov I-152s and I-153s and operated in the defence of Murmansk.
On 29 June 1941, Uvarov claimed a He 111 and two more shared while flying a Polikarpov I-152.
Uvarov ended the war with 1 biplane victory.
Claims:
Kill no. | Date | Time | Number | Type | Result | Plane type | Serial no. | Locality | Unit |
1941 | |||||||||
1 | 29/06/41 | 1 | He 111 | Destroyed | I-152 | 72SmAP-SF | |||
29/06/41 | 1 | He 111 | Shared destroyed | I-152 | 72SmAP-SF | ||||
29/06/41 | 1 | He 111 | Shared destroyed | I-152 | 72SmAP-SF |
Biplane victories: 1 and 2 shared destroyed.
TOTAL: 1 and 2 shared destroyed.
Sources:
Black Cross/Red Star Volume I - Christer Bergström and Andrey Mikhailov, 2000 Pacifica Military History, ISBN 0-935553-48-7
Le Chaika et l’attaque au sol (Les I-153 dans le Caucaseet au Kouban en 1942-43) – Dmitriy Karlenko, 2003 Air Magazine No.17 dec 2003/jan 2004, kindly provided by Ondrej Repka
Additional information kindly provided by Ondrej Repka.