Labels:text | screenshot OCR: Top Scoring Aces of World War II ers WarBirds - Ploesti.GED مممطعمةـ Kills Germany Short Stories of World Warll Aces Help 158 Marseille, Lof the 1 5th 124 Bär, Obers Douglas Bader, Lilya Litvyak, Jr. Lt. (USSR) 112 Bühligen, (Great Britain) Lilya Litvyak holds the 104 Galland, G George F. Beurli distinction of being the (Canada) greatest woman ace in the 102 Münchebe world downing 12 aircraft. Kills Germany Dick Bong, Majo During the Second World 352 Hartmann, (United States) War, Soviet women combat 301 Barkhorn, Adolf Galland, G pilots served mostly in the 122nd Air Group of the 272 Rall, Majo (Germany) Soviet Air Force, where they 267 Kittel, Obe Erich Hartmann, were collectively credited 255 Nowotny, with 38 kills. Lilya Litvyak, (Germany) the highest scorer of them all, served with the 73rd Kills Japan Robert S. Johns Guards Fighter Regiment. 87 Nishizawa (United States) In the beginning, Lt. Litvyak had a difficult time being 80 Iwamoto, L 70 Sugita, En Ivan Kozhedub, taken seriously, because she was tiny, blonde, and attractive. And even after she had proven her flying ability and earned the respect of her male squadron 64 Sakai, Lt. (USSR) Lilya Litvyak, Jr. mates, her commanders disliked sending her aloft, 58 Shinohara because they feared for her safety. Nevertheless, flying 54 Okumura, (USSR) a Yak-1, Lilya Litvyak shot down an even dozen German 39 Anabuki, N Hiroyoshi Nishiz fighters and bombers. 38 Tarui, Capi (Japan) Lilya herself disappeared during an aerial duel over 38 Sasaki, W Stalingrad on August 1, 1943. Comrades saw her Saburo Sakai, Lt jumped by a pair of Bf. 109s, but they saw no smoke, no
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