"Soviet victory symbols" Topic
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 John the OFM  | 09 May 2010 5:18 p.m. PST |
Did the Russians use red stars as victory symbols on their fighter aircraft? link See some images towards the bottom. |
 elsyrsyn | 09 May 2010 6:08 p.m. PST |
Either that, or Ivan got credit for shotting down lots of his comrades. I've always liked the P-39, and kind of thought it got a raw deal. With a superhcharger, it might have been a contender. Doug |
SSgt Carl  | 09 May 2010 8:08 p.m. PST |
The markings on those p39s are almost certainly ground attack. I don't know off the top of my head whether they are for missions (like bomb symbols on U.S. planes) or individual kills, but my guess would be that they denote individual ground attack kills (tanks, trucks and so on) |
| Mainly28s | 09 May 2010 11:44 p.m. PST |
I believe the Soviets had something against marking their equipment with enemy markings, so their kills were marked with Soviet markings rather than enemy insignia, as was common with the Germans, who showed roundels, stars or stars-n-bars to distinguish the nationalities of their kills. |
| Dave Jackson | 10 May 2010 7:48 a.m. PST |
Yes, they used red stars. |
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