ALLIED AIRCRAFT IN ARCTIC
TRIBUTE PAID BY RUSSIAN London, Oct. 7. Paving a tribute to the part which is 1 being played by British and American ! planes in the defence of Murmansk, j Major Oleshkovsky, writing in the 1 ‘’Soviet War News,” says that Russian engineers quickly adapted Hurricanes. Tomahawks, and Airacobras for the polar conditions. The Hurricanes were given heavier armament, and the Airacobras were lightened for j greater manoeuvrability. Four hundred German planes have been shot down on the Arctic front in a year. The Luftwaffe ace. Schaschke. who had shot down 94 planes in various countries, and Willi Pfenger. renowned German aerobatics instructor. who was credited with 36 air victories, were both shot down on the Arctic front.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 9 October 1942, Page 5
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