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Beautiful Very rare Extremely pricey Interesting that wiki page devoted to this beauty practically ignores its imperial period (not to mention that it’s generally very superficial). Let’s try to do something new with this interesting order

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1945 1+ confirmed victories 14.01.1945: his last victory, he shot down one Ju.87 - it might be the two-37-mm-cannon armed Ju.87G-2 W.Nr. 494210 flown by Uffz. Johann Lacher of 10.(Pz)/SG 77, but Luftwaffe loss records credit it to the flak.

1944 4+ confirmed victories + (1 reported shot down) 7.05.1944: a Romanian He-111H-6 No. 48 (Observer killed) 16.07.1944: fought group of Ju.87s and Hs.129s, shot down three Ju.87s and one Hs.129. No Stuka losses match these claims, but 10.(Pz)/SG 9 lost three Henschels that day, including Hs.129B-2 W.Nr.141966 of Hptm. Rudolf-Heinz Ruffer, who had 80 Russian tanks in his tally.

1943 55 confirmed victories 9.04.1943: His first victory flying the P-39 Aircobra. Making the debut of the pendulum and the "Kubanskaya Etazherka", he claimed to set on fire a Bf.109 out of a group that was jumping LaGG-3s. No Luftwaffe combat loss matches this claim, but 8./JG 3 reports the loss of Bf.109G-4 W.Nr. 14885 by engine failure. The pilot, Uffz. Reinhold Baisch, is listed as MIA. 12.04.1943: in a swirling dogfight over Krasnodar Pokryshkin claimed to shot down four Bf.109s (the last kill Pokryshkin scored saved a Soviet P-40). His probable victims were: Bf.109G-2 W.Nr. 14617, pilot unknown (35% damaged), 6./JG 3. Bf.109G-4 W.Nr. 14952, pilot unknown (15% damaged), 4./JG 52. Bf.109G-2 W.Nr. 13879, pilot unknown (15% damaged), 4./JG 52. Bf.109G-2 W.Nr. 14842, pilot unknown (80% damaged and written-off), III./JG 3. (according to the Luftwaffe, it was an accidental loss). 15.04.1943: shot down a Bf.109, probably Bf.109G-2 W.Nr. 14192 of 15.(Kroat)/JG 52 with 55% damage (according to the Luftwaffe, it was an accidental loss). 16.04.1943: shot down a Bf.109, probably Bf.109G-2 W.Nr. 19221 of 8./JG 52 (60% written-off, according to the Luftwaffe, it was an accidental loss). 20.04.1943: he shot down Bf.109G-4 W.Nr. 14955 of III./JG 3, which crashed in the Black Sea near the gulf of Tsemesskaya. 21.04.1943: he claimed to shot down a Bf.109, in fact caused 50% damage to Bf.109G-4 W.Nr. 14966 of 4./JG 52, which crashed in the Black Sea near the gulf of Tsemesskaya. 24.04.1943: he claimed to shot down a Bf.109 - no German combat loss matches this claim. 29.04.1943: he claimed to shot down a Ju.88, in fact almost certainly a Heinkel He.111H-16 of III./KG 55. All its five crewmembers (included the pilot, Ltn. Hans-Peter Schickling) were injured. 30.04.1943: Pokryshkin shot down the Bf.109G-2 W.Nr. 14787, wounding the pilot Uffz. Ernst Kerkhoff (4./JG 52). 4.05.1943: claimed to shot down two Ju.87s and one Bf.109. No Stuka losses match these claims, but the Messerschmitt fighter almost certainly was Bf.109G-2 W.Nr. 19219 of Ltn. Kurt Günther (9./JG 52, WIA). 5.05.1943: claimed to shot down a Bf.109, actually 45% damaged the Bf.109G-4 W.Nr. 19335 of Fw. Heinz Sachsemberg (6./JG 52, WIA) 6.05.1943: Pokryshkin shot down the leader of a group of Bf.109s, probably Bf.109G-2 W.Nr. 13688 of 9-kills ace Fw. Hans Scholze (KIA, 4./JG 52). 8.05.1943: he shot down a Ju.87, and later once again Pokryshkin use his favourite tactic of shooting down the leader of a group of Bf.109s. Ju.87D-3 W.Nr. 110760, crew unknown but both KIA, 4./StG 77. probably Bf.109G-2 W.Nr. 19555 of 58-kills ace Ltn. Helmut Haberda (KIA, Staffelkapitan of 5./JG 52). 14.05.1943: a Ju.87 - no Stuka loss matches this claim. 29.05.1943: he claimed to shot down a Ju.88, actually Ju.88A-4 W.Nr. 2553 (9./KG 51), killing all four crewmembers. 31.05.1943: Pokryshkin caused 50% damage to Bf.109G-2 W.Nr. 13586 of I./JG 52. 14.06.1943: two Bf.109s 22.07.1943: a Bf.109, the Messerschmitt of Fw. Heinz Sachsemberg (6./JG 52, WIA), this time 60% damaging of Bf.109G-6 W.Nr. 19236 - the aircraft is written off. 23.07.1943: the Bf.109G-6 W.Nr. 20149 of 56-victories experte Uffz. Hans Ellendt (4./JG 52) Mid August — transferred to new area; Airacobras often attacked by other Soviet pilots as the unfamiliar type looks like the Bf.109 17.08.1943: claimed a Ju.88 - No German loss matches this claim. 18.08.1943: Pokryskin shot down a reconnaissance Ju.88 above 8,000 m (26,000 ft), almost certainly the Ju.88D-1 W.Nr. 430825, all the crew including Hptm. Günther Sauer (Stafelkäpitan of 2.(F)/22) was killed. 21.08.1943: shot down two Ju.87s, shot up one Bf.109 - No German losses match these claims 22.08.1943: shot down a Bf.109, probably Bf.109G-6 W.Nr. 20533 of Uffz. Günther Müchnow (8./JG 52), who was injured. 23.08.1943: one Ju-87 - No German loss matches this claim. 21.09.1943: earlier Pokryshkin shot down two Ju.87s, later in the evening three more Ju.88s downed over Bolshoy Tokmak, two confirmed. Ju.87D-3 W.Nr. 31247, Fw. Walter Bock (MIA), gunner returned, 6./StG 1. Ju.87D-5 W.Nr. 130767, Fw. Hans Plumm & gunner returned, 6./StG 1. Ju.88A-4 W.Nr. 8708, crew unknown, 5./RummKGr Ju.88A-4 W.Nr. 2009, crew unknown, 5./RummKGr Ju.88A-4 W.Nr. 5768, crew unknown, 5./RummKGr 7.10.1943: a reconnaissance Ju.88 - No German loss matches this claim. one Ju-87 5.11.1943: one unescorted Ju-52 over the Black Sea. 6.11.1943: Another unescorted Ju-52 over the Black Sea. 19.11.1943: a third unescorted Ju-52 over the Black Sea, near Tenderovskaya Kosa. 28.11.1943: one Ju-87 - No German loss matches this claim. 16.12.1943: a Fieseler F.156 Storch.

1942 7 confirmed victories, all flying the Yak-1 January and February — reconnaissance flights only, he founds Von Kleist's 1st Panzerarmee (still flying MiG-3). No air combats. early March — shot down Hs.126 special reconnaissance missions flying a Messerschmitt fighter in German markings (the Bf.109E-7 of Nikola Vucina, a 15.(Kroat)/JG 52 pilot who defected to the Soviet side on 4 May 1942). May — escort mission, shot down one Bf.109 and damaged another reconnaissance mission, shot down Bf-110 17.07.1942 - Pokryshkin escorted Il-2s, shot down two Bf.109G-2s, the ones flown by Feldwebel Hans Dammers (future 113-kills experte, 50 victories at that time) and his wingman Unteroffizier Kurt Keiser (7./JG 52). 20.07.1942: while he escorted Il-2s, shot down Bf.109G-2, probably 30-kills experte Leutnant Fritz Brückmann (KIA), 9./JG 52. 28.07.1942: fought a group of Bf.109G-2s, shot down one, probably Croatian 16-kills ace Potpukovnik Franjo Dzal (who bailed out safe and sound), commander of 15.(Kroat)/JG 52. 1.08.1942: he fought a group of Ju.88s over Kropotkin, shot down one, probably Ju.88A-4 W.Nr. 144092 of III./LG 1 (all the crew was killed). 2.08.1942: the 16 GIAP repelled a group of Ju.88s and Bf.110s attacking Kropotkin aerodrome. Pokryshkin got credit for three shared Zerstorer kills - Luftwaffe records confirm the loss of Bf.110D-4 W.Nr. 2262 of 7.(H)/LG 2 (the crew perished).

List of engagements and victories 1941 14 confirmed victories (plus several unconfirmed), all flying MiG-3 22.06.1941 - 'friendly' kill, Su-2; killed the plane's navigator 23.06.1941: Probably Bf.109F-2 W.Nr. 5689, crew unknown (50% damage), II./JG 3. 24.06.1941: Probably Bf.109F-2 W.Nr. 6746, Obfw. Erwin Kortlebel ( experte with 17 kills), 4./JG 3. 26.06.1941: reconnaissance flight, claimed to shot down two Hs.126s. One was Hs.126 W.Nr. 3106, crew Obltn Wilhelm Mayer and copilot both KIA, 8.(H)/32. The other was a Romanian PZL P.24, who escaped undamaged. 26.06.1941: fought against four Bf.109s, shot down Bf.109F-2 W.Nr. 6741, pilot unknown (65% damage, written off), I./JG 3 27.06.1941: in the first sortie of the day fought a group of Ju.88s and Bf.109s, shot down one bomber. In a second sortie escorted SB bombers, shot down one of the Bf.109s which tried to attack the SBs. His preys were: Ju.88A-4 W.Nr. 7131, pilot Obltn Kurt Engel and three crewmembers were all KIA, 4./KG 77. Bf.109F-2 W.Nr. 5719 of Uffz. Ernst Winkler (17-kills experte ), 4./JG 3. ground attack against enemy airfield, destroyed Bf.109 on the ground ground attack against Kishinev airfield, destroyed Ju.87 on the ground 2.07.1941: escorted SB, shot down one Bf.109 personally and one Bf-109 in group; his victim almost certainly was Bf.109F-2 W.Nr. 8249, pilot unknown, III./JG 3. 3.07.1941: claimed to shot down a PZL P.24. No Romanian loss matches this claim. 5.07.1941: claimed to shot down a Hs.126. No German loss matches this claim. 22.07.1941: fought with four Bf.109s, shot down one of them, probably Bf.109E-7 W.Nr. 3765 of Hptm. Reinhard Heydrich attached to II./JG 77 (Luftwaffe credits the loss to the Soviet flak). attacked reconnaissance Ju-88, shot up but unable to shoot down due to problems with armament fought 3 Ju-88s, shot down one by air-to-ground rockets (not officially confirmed), officially credited for the second fought four Ju-88s, shot down one. escorted SB, shot down one Bf-109. 5.10.1941: reconnaissance flight, shot down one Bf.109 - so far no German loss matches this claim.

You are not alone Some russian collectors "do" only officially minted medals and ignore these privates (although when the price is right they buy them too ) These are 100% Russians But of course medals for zeal were made by foreign private workshops. One of these days I'll make a thread devoted to them Cheers, Nick

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