He traded the high-altitude MiG-3 for the American Airacobra—an aircraft with a car door, a back-mounted engine, and a deadly tendency to spin. Many pilots feared this machine, but Grigory Rechkalov made it his primary weapon.
This video presents a large-scale, artistic reconstruction of the combat career of one of the most successful and controversial aces of World War II. From the initial shock of encountering Lend-Lease equipment in 1942 to a duel with an Me-262 jet in the skies over Berlin in 1945.
#rechkalov #pokryshkin #militarystories #aviationhistory #airbattles #sovietaviation #warheroes #warhistory #sovietaceks #ww2 pilots #heroofthesovietunion
He traded the high-altitude MiG-3 for the American Airacobra—an aircraft with a car door, a back-mounted engine, and a deadly tendency to spin. Many pilots feared this machine, but Grigory Rechkalov made it his primary weapon.
This video presents a large-scale, artistic reconstruction of the combat career of one of the most successful and controversial aces of World War II. From the initial shock of encountering Lend-Lease equipment in 1942 to a duel with an Me-262 jet in the skies over Berlin in 1945.
#rechkalov #pokryshkin #militarystories #aviationhistory #airbattles #sovietaviation #warheroes #warhistory #sovietaceks #ww2 pilots #heroofthesovietunion