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15 February 2000, 06:01 AM
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Forum Ace of Aces
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Hi Boris,
 Above the War Fronts shows 3 balloons for Ancilloto and 5 (one "round balloon") for Baracchini but only ONE of the five was confirmed.Other Italian pilots had single balloon victories too. I did not see ballooon victories mentioned for the Russian aces but I have seen some time ago a report that Russian aircraft destroyed a German balloon and think that was not the only case. Maybe the Russians Air Service did not count balloons (??) or the reports vanished. Maybe another Forumitee can help you with examples of German or Austrian balloons destroyed by Russian aircraft. |
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15 February 2000, 11:09 AM
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Among the AH aces, the top balloonatiks were:
Bonsch 6 (5.00) Brumowsky 5 (3.66) Fiala 3 Rudorffer 3 Three others got 2 each; 9 more 1 each including shares.
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15 February 2000, 02:48 PM
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The action on the Eastern Front was much more fluid than in the West. Maybe there just wasn't as much opportunity to attack balloons there. The Russian pilots were very brave and resourceful and they would have gone after any that could be had.
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16 February 2000, 06:34 AM
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Hi Boris
I only have fragmentary information about Russian claims but... The Russian Air Force claimed 8 enemy ballons in 1916 according to LGA. I have a long list of total russian pilot claims until end 1916 but cant identify who was responsible for those ballons. VBR Gunnar |
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