Cold War Era

page generated: July 28, 2002

compiled by Allan Magnus


Yugoslav claims

Pilot Name(s)SquadronDateComments

por. Dragomir Zecevic

zas. Dragan Stanisavljevic

254. puk09/Aug/1946claimed 1 USAAF C-47 while flying Yak-3

Vladimir Vodopivec

Milorad Knezev

254. puk19/Sep/1946claimed 1 USAAF C-47 while flying Yak-3
Zeljko Cermelj111. puk1946RAF C-47 forced to land while flying Yak-3
NotesSource
The USAAF C-47s were shot down over the northern part of Yugoslavia, which is part of Slovenia now. During the summer of 1946 there was a tense situation on the Italian/Yugoslav border regarding Trieste.

The RAF C-47 was forced to land in the south of Yugoslavia, after it flew over the Nis area in southern Serbia.

On several occassions the Yugoslav Air Force tried to intercept unknown aircraft over Yugoslav airspace with Il-2s from the 421. puk. but with no results.

"Jak-3 u Jugoslaviji" (Yak-3 in Yugoslavia) ,Aeromagazin No.1 Volume 1 Oct. 1990, Micevski & Dimitrijevic, AIR PRESS, Secovlje, Yugoslavia 1990

ISSN 0353-7706

via Damir Zorcec

Czechoslovak claims

NameSquadronDateCommentsSource

Jaroslav Novak

11 Fighter squadronshot down 6 spy balloonsJosef Hlava: Byvaly jedenacty stihaci, in magazine Letectvi+Kosmonautika 3/1994

via Ondrej Repka

Jaroslav Sramek10/Mar/1953shot down one USAF F-84 from the 36TFW while flying a MiG-15

414, asi jsme se srazili, Josef Faul

via Tomas Polak

Zdenek Voleman10/Mar/1954shot down one twin engine plane

414, asi jsme se srazili, Josef Faul

via Tomas Polak

Cpt. Jaroslav Benes

Cpt. Josef Faix

12/Oct/1959shared in forcing to land 1 Italian F-84. Benes was flying a Mig-17, while Faix was flying a Mig-19

"Zhave vystrely studene valky, part 1", Tomas Polak, Plastic Kits Review No.26, 1994

Jan Foks1963claimed one unknown aircraft sometime in 1963

414, asi jsme se srazili, Josef Faul

via Tomas Polak

Bugarian claims

NameSquadronDateCommentsSource
Trifonov7 victories, among them some spy balloonsMiG-19 Monografiya, Aviacia i Vremiya magazine 1995

via Ondrej Repka

Cpt. Boris Vasilev Petrov

St.Lt. Konstantin Krumov Sankiyski

27/Jul/1955shared in downing an El Al Lockheed Constellation

"Zhave vystrely studene valky, part 1", Tomas Polak, Plastic Kits Review No.26, 1994

U.S.S.R. claims

Pilot Name(s)SquadronDateComments
Ml.Lt. Zizevskii14 IAP29/Aug/1945damaged and forced to land 1 USAF B-29 while flying Yak-9

Source: VVS Russia (http://www.airforce.ru/awm/hotsky/hotsky.htm)

P. Dushin351 IAPApril 1950claimed 1 USAF B-26

Source: Stalin's Falcon's:The Aces of the Red Star: A tribute to the Notable Fighter Pilots of the Soviet Airforces 1918-1953, Tomas Polak & Christopher Shores, Grub Street, London 1999 ISBN: 1-902304-01-2

V. Sidorov351 IAPApril 1950claimed 1 USAF B-26

Source: Stalin's Falcon's:The Aces of the Red Star: A tribute to the Notable Fighter Pilots of the Soviet Airforces 1918-1953, Tomas Polak & Christopher Shores, Grub Street, London 1999 ISBN: 1-902304-01-2

Nikolai N. Guzhov351 IAPApril 1950claimed 2 USAF F-51

Source: Stalin's Falcon's:The Aces of the Red Star: A tribute to the Notable Fighter Pilots of the Soviet Airforces 1918-1953, Tomas Polak & Christopher Shores, Grub Street, London 1999 ISBN: 1-902304-01-2

V.S. YefremovMay/1950claimed 1 USAF F-51 over Chukotka Penninsula while flying La-11

Source:"Goryache nebo kholodnoy voyny", Alexandr Kotlobovskii & Igor Seidov, Aviatsia i Vremya 2/1995

Lt. Ivan Ivanovich Tezyaev30 GvIAP8/Apr/1950piloting one of four La-11s to down a USN PB4Y of VP-6. the other VVS pilots involved being St.Lt. Boris Pavlovich Dokin, St.Lt. Anatolii Stepanovich Gerasimov & Lt. Yevgraph Sataev.

Source:

Stalin's Falcon's:The Aces of the Red Star: A tribute to the Notable Fighter Pilots of the Soviet Airforces 1918-1953, Tomas Polak & Christopher Shores, Grub Street, London 1999 ISBN: 1-902304-01-2

Task Force Russia Archives (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/tfrquery.html)

Mj. Keleinikov29 GvIAP24/Apr/1950claimed 1 USAF P-38

Source: Stalin's Falcon's:The Aces of the Red Star: A tribute to the Notable Fighter Pilots of the Soviet Airforces 1918-1953, Tomas Polak & Christopher Shores, Grub Street, London 1999 ISBN: 1-902304-01-2

Kap. I.I. Shinkarenko 351 IAP11/May/1950claimed 1 USAF B-24

Source: Stalin's Falcon's:The Aces of the Red Star: A tribute to the Notable Fighter Pilots of the Soviet Airforces 1918-1953, Tomas Polak & Christopher Shores, Grub Street, London 1999 ISBN: 1-902304-01-2

Lt. Kursonov29 GvIAP9/Aug/1950shot down a People's Republic of China Tu-2 that was mistaken for a B-25 when it had strayed over a restricted area near Shanghai

Source:Sovetskie letchiky na zashchite neba Kitaya i Korei 1950-1951, V.B.Naboka, Sovetskaya Kuban, Krasnodar, 1999

Kap. S.A. Bakhaev

St.Lt. N.Kotov

523 IAP26/Dec/1950shared in downing one USAF RB-29 while flying Mig-15

Source: VVS Russia (http://www.airforce.ru/awm/hotsky/hotsky.htm)

St.Lt. Ivan Yakovlevich Lukashyev

St.Lt. Moisei Kuzmich Shchukin

88 GvIAP-TOF06/Nov/1951shared in downing one USN P2V Neptune of VP-6 over the Sea of Japan while flying La-11.

Source:

VVS Russia (http://www.airforce.ru/awm/hotsky/hotsky.htm)

Task Force Russia Archives (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/tfrquery.html)

St.Lt. A.A. Kalugin

5 GvIAP19/Nov/1951forced to land 1 USAF C-47 at Papa Airfield, Hungary on 19/Nov/1951 while flying Mig-15bis

Source: Task Force Russia Archives (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/tfrquery.html)

St.Lt. N. Semernikov

St.Lt. I.Yatsenko-Kosenko

16/Feb/1952 shared in downing one Swedish Air Force PB4Y Catalina

Source: VVS Russia (http://www.airforce.ru/awm/hotsky/hotsky.htm)

Kap. Oleg Petrovich Fedotov

St.Lt. Ivan Petrovich Proskurin

1 IAP-TOF13/Jun/1952 shared in downing one USAF B-29 over the Sea of Japan.

Source:

VVS Russia (http://www.airforce.ru/awm/hotsky/hotsky.htm)

Task Force Russia Archives (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/tfrquery.html)

Kap. Osinskii483 IAP13/Jul/1952downed one Swedish Air Force DC-3 near Ventspils (Latvia), Baltic Sea while flying Mig-15

Source: VVS Russia (http://www.airforce.ru/awm/hotsky/hotsky.htm)

St.Lt. Zheryakov

St.Lt. Lesnov

368 IAP PVO 29 VA PVO07/Oct/1952 shared in downing one USAF B-29 near the Kurile Islands.

Source:

VVS Russia (http://www.airforce.ru/awm/hotsky/hotsky.htm)

Task Force Russia Archives (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/tfrquery.html)

St.Lt. A.D. Rybakov

St.Lt. Yu.M. Yablonovskii

88 GvIAP29/Jul/1953shared one USAF RB-50 over the Sea of Japan while flying Mig-15

Source: VVS Russia (http://www.airforce.ru/awm/hotsky/hotsky.htm)

Selibanchik1954claimed 1 spy balloon.

Source: VVS Russia (http://www.airforce.ru/awm/hotsky/hotsky.htm)

Kap. L.I. Savichevsummer/1954claimed 1 spy balloon over the Ukraine while flying Mig-17P.

Source: VVS Russia (http://www.airforce.ru/awm/hotsky/hotsky.htm)

Kap. Kostin

St.Lt. Seberyakov

610 IAP 110 IAD 29 VA7/Nov/1954shared one USAF B-29 near Tanfil'eva Island in the Kuriles while flying Mig-15

Source: Task Force Russia Archives (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/tfrquery.html)

Kap. Korotkov

Lt. Sazhin

18/Apr/1956shared in downing one USAF RB-47 near Kamchatka while flying Mig-15

Source: VVS Russia (http://www.airforce.ru/awm/hotsky/hotsky.htm)

Kap. G.F. Svetlichnikov

Kap. B.F. Zakharov

34 VA27/Jul/1958shared in downing one USAF C-118, 30 km. South of Yerevan (Armenia, USSR) while flying Mig-17P

Source: VVS Russia (http://www.airforce.ru/awm/hotsky/hotsky.htm)

St.Lt. H. Gavrilov

Ivanov

St.Lt. Kucheryaev

St.Lt. V.V. Lopatkov

02/Sep/1958shared in downing one USAF C-130 Hercules near Yerevan (Armenia, USSR)

Source: VVS Russia (http://www.airforce.ru/awm/hotsky/hotsky.htm)

Kap. Vasilii A. Polyakov171 GvIAP01/Jul/1960downed one USAF RB-47H over the Barents Sea

Source: Cold War Shootdowns (http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~pettypi/elevon/gustin_military/shotdown.html)

V.P. Pavlovskii156 IAP-PVO20/Nov/1963shot down 1 Iranian civilian L-26B

Source:"Goryache nebo kholodnoy voyny", Alexandr Kotlobovskii & Igor Seidov, Aviatsia i Vremya 2/1995

Kap. Pechenkinsummer/1964forced to land 1 Iranian L-20.

Source: VVS Russia (http://www.airforce.ru/awm/hotsky/hotsky.htm)

"Na yuzhnykh rubezhakh 'Kholodnoy voyny', Igor A. Seidov, Aviatsia i Vremya No.4/2000

Kap. O.G. Stepanov156 IAP-PVO28/Jun/1967forced to land 1 Iranian L-20.

Source: VVS Russia (http://www.airforce.ru/awm/hotsky/hotsky.htm)

"Na yuzhnykh rubezhakh 'Kholodnoy voyny', Igor A. Seidov, Aviatsia i Vremya No.4/2000

Kap. Yu.B. Alexandrov

Kap. V.A. Igonin

Mj. I.F. Yevtoshenko

Kap. I.K. Moroz

30/Jun/1968forced to land one Boeing-707 of Seaboard World Airways on Iturul Island, Kurile Islands. It was carrying US troops and entertainers to Vietnam.

Source: VVS Russia (http://www.airforce.ru/awm/hotsky/hotsky.htm)

Kap. Gennadii N. Yeliseyev34VA28/Nov/1973destroyed 1 Iranian aircraft (T33 or F-4) by ramming it with his Mig-21SM. Yeliseyev KIA.

Source: VVS Russia (http://www.airforce.ru/awm/hotsky/hotsky.htm)

Kap. A. Bosov20/Apr/1978shot down KAL Boeing 707 while flying Su-15TM. Boeing 707 crash landed on a frozen lake near Murmansk.

Source: VVS Russia (http://www.airforce.ru/awm/hotsky/hotsky.htm)

Valerii I. Shkinder152 IAP21/Jul/1978shot down 2 Iranian Boeing CH-47C Chinook helicopters on 21/Jul/1978 while flying Mig-23M

Source:"Na yuzhnykh rubezhakh 'Kholodnoy voyny', Igor A. Seidov, Aviatsia i Vremya No.4/2000

Kap. Valentin Kalyupin34VA18/Jul/1981destroyed 1 Iranian Canadair CL-44 by ramming while flying Su-15TM.

Source: VVS Russia (http://www.airforce.ru/awm/hotsky/hotsky.htm)

Kondakov152 IAP-PVOsummer/1981forced to land 1 Iranian plane

Source:"Na yuzhnykh rubezhakh 'Kholodnoy voyny', Igor A. Seidov, Aviatsia i Vremya No.4/2000

Mj. Gennadii N. Osipovich1/Sep/1983shot down KAL Boeing 747-230B (KAL flight 007) over Sakahil Island while flying Su-15

Source: The Real Story of KAL 007 (http://www.aim.org/column/col905.htm)

Kap. Zdatchenko03/Sep/1990claimed 1 spy balloon.

Source: VVS Russia (http://www.airforce.ru/awm/hotsky/hotsky.htm)

People's Republic of China claims

Zhongdao HeAir Force 6th regiment of Division 220/Sep/1952claimed 1 USAF B-29 at the mouth of the Yangtse River
Yaxiong HeAir Force 42nd regiment of Dvision 146/Mar/1953claimed 1 USN F-4U at Qianlidao in Qingdao
Xicai LinAir Force 41st regiment of Division 147/Nov/1953claimed 1 USN PBM-5A at Qianlidao in Qingdao
Xizhong NiAir force 46th regiment of Division 1610/May/1955claimed 1 USAF F-86 at Dagushan in Liaoning
Zhongwen SongAir Force 6th regiment of Division 222/Aug/1956claimed 1 USN P4M-1Q Mercator (BuNo 124362) of VQ-1 USN 32 miles off the coast of China (Shengsi Island near Wenchow).
Source
History of China's Aviation, Jun Yao et. al., Beijing, China 1998

ISBN: 7-5347-1987-9

U.S.A. claims

Pilot Name(s)SquadronDateComments
1/Lt Bertram Eric Beecroft335 FIS22/Jan/1954NW of Sokto Island, Yellow Sea. An RB-45 with an escort of F-86Fs was attacked by 8 Mig-15s, with one Mig-15 being shot down.
1 La-7 shared by:

Lt. Roy M. Tatham (flying AD-4), VF-54

Ens. Richard R. Crooks (flying AD-4B), VF-54

1 La-7 shared by:

LT(jg) John L. Damien (flying AD-4), VF-54

Lt(jg) John M. Rochford (flying AD-4), VF-54

Lt.Cdr. Paul I. Wahlstrom (flying AD-4B), VF-54

Lt(jg) Richard S. Ribble (flying AD-4), VF-54

Lt.Cdr. Edgar B. Salsig (flying F4U-5N), VC-3

VF-54, VC-326/Jul/195415 miles E of Hainan Island, China. While searching for survivors from the Cathay Pacific airliner shot down by Chinese fighters on 22/Jul/1954, two AD-4s launched from Philippine Sea (CVA-47) were attacked by two Chinese LA-7 fighters. During the engagement, the two LA-7s were downed by seven ADs and one F4U-5N that came to assist. Other pilots involved were: Lt.Cdr. William H. Alexander & Ens. John J. Zarius, both flying AD-4 aircraft from VF-54.

1/Lt. Charles D. Salmon

Capt. George F. Williams

335 FIS05/Feb/195540 miles W of Pyongyang, over the Yellow Sea. An RB-45 with an escort of F-86Fs was attacked by Mig-15s, with 2 North Korean Mig-15s being shot down.

Cpt. Robert K. Fulton

1/Lt. Burt C. Phythyon

35 FBS10/May/195550 miles SW of Sinuiju. 2 Chinese Mig-15s shot down.
Source
United States Credits for Destruction of Enemy Aircraft in Air-to-Air Combat Post World War Two, Frank J. Olynyk, Frank J. Olynyk January 1999

Cuban claims

Pilot Name(s)SquadronDateCommentsSource
Rafael del Pino Diaz4/Mar/1961shot down a US Beechcraft AT-11 while flying a T-33Cuban researcher Ruben Urribarres
Lorenzo Alberto Peréz Peréz231° Escuadron26/Feb/1996shot down two US Cessna 337 while flying Mig-29UB

Cuban researcher Ruben Urribarres

"Jurors Hear Tape of Cuban MiG pilot", Miami Herald article, February 16, 2001 (http://www.miami.com/herald/content/news/local/dade/digdocs/039548.htm)


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