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.

---------------------------------------------------------- C o l o u r 1 Hurricane IIB Z5205 of No 134 Sqn, No 151 Wing, Vaenga-1, October 1941 This aircraft was flown by Battle of Britain veteran Sqn Ldr A G Miller, CO of No 134 Sqn, who was awarded the Order of Lenin for service in the polar region of the Soviet Union. In October 1941 the fighter was transferred to the newly re-established 78th IAP of the Northern Fleet Air Force at Vaenga-1. 2 Hurricane IIB Z5205 of 78th IAP, Northern Fleet Air Force, Vaenga-2, late 1941 After Z5205's transfer by No 151 Wing to 78th IAP it was allocated to the unit commander, and ace, Capt Boris Safonov. The aircraft sustained engine failure during aerial combat on 17 December 1941 and Safonov was forced to make an emergency landing on a frozen lake, where it was destroyed by German fighters in series of strafing attacks on 11 January 1942. The ranking ace of the Northern Fleet Air Force, Safonov shot down 20 enemy aircraft, tw o of them - on 17 (in Z5205) and 31 December 1941 - while flying a Hurricane. 3 Hurricane IIB Z3768 of No 81 Sqn, No 151 Wing, Vaenga-1, autumn 1941 This aircraft arrived at Archangelsk in September 1941, after which it was assembled and test flown at Kegostrov airfield before being ferried to Vaenga-1 airfield near Murmansk. Flown by Sgt Crewe on several operational sorties, the fighter was transferred to the re-formed 78th IAP of the Northern Fleet Air Force in October. 4 Hurricane IIB Z3768 of 78th IAP, Northern Fleet Air Force, Vaenga-2, 1941-42 This fighter was initially flown by the commander of the 3rd Wing, 3rd Squadron of 78th IAP, Lt D F Amosov. From March 1942, Z3768 was on the strength of 2nd GKAP, but it was eventually written off as a combat loss on 31 August 1942. By that time Dmitriy Amosov's score had reached seven kills, including five while in the Hurricane. The inscription applied to the fuselage of the aircraft reads 'For the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks'. 5 Hurricane Z5252 of 78th IAP, Northern Fleet Air Force, Vaenga-2, October 1941 This Hurricane was transferred from No 151 Wing's No 81 Sqn to 78th IAP, where it was flown by the commanding officer of the Northern Fleet Air Force, Maj Gen A A Kuznetsov. The fighter was subsequently passed on to 2nd GKAP, where it was modified to allow it to carry RS-82 rocket projectiles. Z5252 was shot down on 2 June 1942 while being flown by Guards Lt Pavel I Markov, who managed to make a forced landing on the surface of a frozen lake. The Hurricane soon fell through the ice and sank. Minutes prior to being shot down, Lt Markov had claimed his first combat victory P l a t e s when he destroyed a Bf 109. Later killed in a flying accident on 16 January 1943, Markov had by then claimed tw o enemy aircraft destroyed. 6 Hurricane IIB BN297 of 78th IAP, Northern Fleet Air Force, Vaenga-2, spring/summer 1942 BN297 was lost during an engagement with enemy aircraft on 22 August 1943 near the Finnish airfield of Luostari. The fighter is depicted here as it appeared during the spring and summer of 1942, when it was regularly flown by Northern Fleet ace Snr Lt Petr Sgibnev. 7 Hurricane II Z3458 of 78th IAP, Northern Fleet Air Force, Vaenga-2, June 1943 Z3458 was one of only a handful of Mk IIAs to survive in Soviet service through to 1944. Delivered to the RAF on 2 January 1941, it served with No 71 'Eagle' Sqn and No 615 Sqn Royal Auxiliary Air Force, before being transferred to the Soviet Union in March 1942. Assigned to the Northern Fleet Air Force, the fighter was flown by 2nd GKAP and 78th and 27th IAPs. Following almost four years of operational service, Z3458 was grounded on 1 November 1944 and scrapped. The aircraft is depicted here as it appeared during its time with 78th IAP in June 1943, when it was flown by Northern Fleet Hurricane ace Capt Vasiliy Adonkin. 8 Hurricane IIB HW370 of 78th IAP, Northern Fleet Air Force, Vaenga-2, spring 1943 This Hurricane was delivered to the Northern Fleet Air Force in February 1943, and it was written off three months later (on 30 May) when its pilot, Snr Sgt I A Bugakov, crashed whilst taking off from Vaenga-1. He was able to walk away from the accident unhurt. 9 Hurricane IIB KX333 of 78th IAP, Northern Fleet Air Force, Vaenga-2, M ay 1943 This fighter had been on the strength of the Northern Fleet Air Force for tw o months when, on 22 May 1943, it was written off following engine failure in flight. Its pilot, Jr Lt N T Starosvetskiy, suffered injuries during the crash-landing. Note that the aircraft is equipped with a modified sand filter and Soviet armament in the form of tw o ShVAK 20 mm cannon and tw o 12.7 mm UB machine guns in the wings. 10 Hurricane IIB JS280 of 78th IAP, Northern Fleet Air Force, Vaenga-2, 1943 This Hurricane was delivered to the Northern Fleet Air Force in March 1943 and initially assigned to 78th IAP. Seen here fitted with long-range drop tanks, a sand filter and Soviet armament, the aircraft was subsequently transferred to 27th IAP. JS280 was still serving with this unit when it was lost in combat in May 1944. 93 © Osprey Publishing • www.ospreypublishing.com APPENDI CES