78. IAP-SF

78. IAP-SF
The regiment was formed in late 1941 in the air force Severomořské fleet. As the equipment got fighter the Hawker Hurricane, which in the polar areas of war pilots of the RAF. The regiment became a part of the 6.IA-SF. Later he was přezbrojen on the aircraft P-40 Kittyhawk. Throughout the war he served in the defence of the murmansk area.

Notable pilots:
Adonkin, In.With.
Dorošin, In.With.
Kurzenkov, With.G.
Sakharov, P.I.
Semensko, P.
Sgibněv, P.G.
Strelnikov, In.P.

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