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CMK F72047 Soviet Pilots+Mechanic WW II

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Product code: CMF72047
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ManufacturerCMK
Product codeCMF72047
Weight:0.02 kg
Ean:8595593108278
Scale1:72
Added to catalog on:7.20.2010
Tags:Russian-World-War-II-Air-Force

Military Air Force (in Latin, Russian: Wojenno-Wozdusznyje Si³y, abbreviated as VVS or WWS) is one of the types of Soviet armed forces that emerged shortly after the October Revolution of 1917. The intensive development of the Soviet military aviation took place from the beginning of the 1930s, when this type of military force was enlarged, but also new types of aircraft were introduced, such as I-15 or I-16 fighters or bombers such as SB-2 or DB- 3. It is worth adding that some of these types of aircraft, used during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), were not significantly inferior to their Italian or German counterparts in its initial period. However, the advent of machines like the Me-109 and He-111 changed this state of affairs. It can be assumed that the introduction of new aircraft to VVS indirectly accelerated in 1939-1941 - especially fighter machines such as the Yak-1 or the LaGG-3. However, in the initial period of the war with Germany (1941-1945), the Soviet air force suffered enormous losses. They can be explained by the shortcomings of the well-trained officer cadre (the aftermath of the Stalinist purges of the 1930s), the inferior individual training of Soviet pilots compared to their German opponents or the inferior tactics used by Soviet pilots. However, in the course of World War II, these deficiencies were to a greater or lesser extent made up for, and the Soviet air force was powered by new (good or very good) types of aircraft, to replace the entire Yakovlev family of planes: Yak-3, Yak-7 or Yak-9. The achievements of the Soviet aviation industry were also not in the parade, which from June 1941 to May 1945 produced approx. 157 thousand. machines! It is worth adding that WWS was the only air force in World War II to introduce a program to train women for airline service as fighter and bomber pilots. The effects of this program were, for example, the achievements of Lidia Litwiak or Jekaterina Butanowa.

In the course of the war with the Third Reich, the Soviet Air Force, i.e. the Military Air Force (in Latin, Russian: Wojenno-Wozdusznyje Si³y, abbreviated as VVS or WWS), have come a long way from suffering huge losses in the clash with the Luftwaffe in 1941 to assault flights over Berlin in 1945. Undoubtedly, the achievements of the Soviet aviation industry contributed to it, which from June 1941 to May 1945 produced approx. 157 thousand. machines! Like the introduction of new (good or very good) aircraft types to the line in the period 1941-1945, to replace the entire Yakovlev family of planes: Yak-3, Yak-7 or Yak-9. However, the ground handling of these machines and the broadly understood ground handling, compared to German or especially American aviation, was often even primitive. First of all, all types of advanced navigation tools, especially radars, were used on a much smaller scale, which translated into communication and detection of enemy air formations. Incidentally, it can be added that the radars that were in the WWS were often delivered as part of the Lend-and-Lease program from the USA or Great Britain. Secondly, all kinds of technical devices to accelerate and facilitate the work of ground crews were used on a relatively small scale. In the years 1941-1942, due to the great losses in the initial period of the war, there was also a shortage of specialized vehicles (e.g. mobile tanks), which also made ground handling difficult.

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