Veyenno-Vozdushnyye Sily - The VVS -Soviet Airforce
The world owes a lot to the Soviet Airforce, military and her peoples. Had they surrendered or negotiated a separate peace after the onslaught in June of 1941, World War Two may well have turned out differently. Nazi Germany would have turned against the British with the full force of its military and had the time and resources to fully develop the technologically superior equipment that surfaced just at wars end with the V2 rockets & jet fighters with wire guided missles. America was still unready, factories that would turn out 50,000 aircraft in one year did not exist until 1943. The Soviet peoples sacrifices bought the West precious time and in the end the combined efforts of all the Allied nations divided the Axis resources, resulting in their defeat.
Several works in progress:
Mr. Leoned Michajlovich Shumakov
A story of Leoned Michajlovich Shumakov with the help of his son Jurij and Bob Kenly . Loened was a crew member and mechanic of the IL-4 in the Great Patriotic War.
Mr. Kuraev A story of Mr. Kuraev with the help of Mr. Antipov. Mr Kurev was a gunner of the IL-4
Mr. Skvirskiy A story of the help of his daughter and wife. Pilot of several types of Soviet bombers and lend lease US aircraft in the War.
Links:
Soviet Aircraft of WWII
Il -4 data site
Russian WWII Avaition stories site
Soviet Women pilots and Aircrew in WWII
Red Star - Black Cross A collection of stories from a soon to be released Series on the Eastern Front Airwar.
Another collection of stories on Soviet Women Aircrews in WWII from Snow Leopard productions
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