Рыбин, Ю. В. Советские асы на Харрикейнах в годы Второй Мировой Войны / Юрий Рыбин . – [Б. м. ] : Osprey Publishing, 2012. – 97 с. : ил., портр. – Англ. яз.

CH AP TE R FO UR 58 Obergefreiter Werner Somann survived being shot down and was taken prisoner. Under interrogation, he made the following observation; ‘It has become more difficult to get away from the enemy fighters recently, in as much as now the Russian pilots are starting to get as close as 7-10 m from the bombers, which previously didn’t happen.’ Judging by Somann’s statement, the Northern Fleet pilots had started to get in much closer to the German dive-bombers before opening fire. The loss o f two dive-bombers, together with their crews, was a significant success for the pilots of the Northern Fleet, especially as they had suffered no losses in return. The following pilots from 78th IAP were amongst those who claimed to have destroyed a Ju 87 —Snr Lt Sgibnev (his 12th victory), Lt I M Dilonyan (his third victory), P L Kolomiets (his third victory), Lt N I Nikolayev (his second victory) and Sgt A M Pilipenko (his first victory). Even Hurricane а с е V S Doroshin increased Ju 87Bs of I./StG 5 w ere routinely engaged by Hurricanes over Murmansk in 1942. When Soviet fighter pilots managed to find a gap in the fighter escort, these dive-bombers became easy prey Aces of 2nd GKAP say farewell to brother officers being sent on leave during the autumn of 1942. Second from left is Aleksey Dizhevskiy, whilst immediately behind him (also in a flying helmet) is future HSU Petr Kolomiets - he claimed the first three of his 13 victories in the Hurricane, w ith the remaining ten coming at the controls of a P-39 © Osprey Publishing • www.ospreypublishing.com